Jennifer Petkos, MSN, FNP-BC, graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Villanova University in 2003 and obtained her Master’s Degree as a Nurse Practitioner from Columbia University in 2009. She is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner with the American Nurses Credentialing Center and a member of the Institute for Functional Medicine.
Jennifer melds her strong personal belief in “alternative” medicine practices with over 17 years of experience in the conventional medical model, including practicing at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and in the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. She believes there are many paths to wellness, and this broad clinical experience allows her to offer her patients comprehensive integrative medical care.
At Bock Integrative Medicine, Jennifer works in collaboration with Dr. Bock to formulate treatment plans for patients across the lifespan with complex chronic diseases. These modalities combine the latest research with well-established treatment options to formulate a highly-specialized and personalized approach to difficult to manage disorders. Jennifer has a passion for treating the whole person: She embraces that people are endlessly fascinating and complex, and believes individuals deserve a healthcare provider that values that.
Jennifer’s strength is in educating, empowering, and supporting individuals along their journey towards healing. She is particularly interested in the body’s central stress response system, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, and how chronic stress affects the body and brain, contributing to inflammation, disease, and disrupting cognition and mood. From a personal perspective, she is also committed to providing women quality healthcare rooted in a holistic approach.
Jennifer is married with four children, and chose the Hudson Valley as the place to call home and start her family. She loves music, food, family, and friends. Her free time is spent in her garden or outdoors with her children where she feels most grounded and at peace.
Over the past decade, the number of 12- to 17-year-olds suffering from mental health disorders has more than doubled. While adolescents and teens are notorious for mood swings and rebellion, parents today are navigating new terrain as their children are increasingly at risk of struggling with a mental health issue. But the question remains: What is causing this epidemic of illness?