Services Provided
The Integrative Medicine Clinic provides services to the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Community by offering care from a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, Chiropractor, and a Registered Dietician. We strive to help our patient’s bodies find their innate balance and heal by helping them address chronic health conditions such as Diabetes and pain, as well as acute states such as colds, flu, and ankle sprains.
We work to find the best solutions to medical issues in order to decrease or eliminate the need for prescriptions medication with the help of:
- Acupuncture
- Botanical medicine (herbs)
- Nutritional supplements
- Homeopathy
- Essential Oils
- Flower essences
- Low level laser
- Frequency Specific Microcurrent
- Myofascial release techniques
- Injection therapy for pain
- Nutritional Intravenous therapy
New and established patients:
Appointment scheduling:
30 minutes for Drs Krause, ND
15 minutes for Dr Peterson, DC
30-60 minutes RD (Nutritionist)
15-60 minutes for the Nurse’s clinic- run by staff Ruth Davis LPN, Ivy Valenzuela MA, Evelyn Garcia CNA, Jessica Ochoa MA, depending on treatment requested)
Doctor visits:
Appointments may be scheduled for Dr. Krause (Monday-Friday) and Dr. Peterson (Tuesdays and Thursdays). RD schedule varies.
Nurse Clinic:
Appointments and limited walk-ins are accepted for Biometrics, Ear nada (ear acupuncture), and a variety of other simple acute issues (i.e. cold, allergies, styes of eye).
In order to have an appointment on the nurse’s schedule for an IM shot, IV, or Orthoplus, one must have a standing order from the Naturopathic doctor or one of the Chiropractor.
Refill line:
(520) 879-6271
Please leave your name and each supplement you need refilled. Refills will be completed within 2 business days.
Practitioners:
- Dr. Apryl Krause – Naturopathic Doctor
- Dr. Jeff Peterson – Chiropractor
Support Staff:
- Jessica Ochoa – Front desk
- Ivy Valenzuela – Medical Assistant
- Ruth Davis – Licensed Practical Nurse
- Evelyn Garcia – CHR
Apryl Krause, N.D.
Dr. Apryl Krause is the manager of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Integrative Medicine clinic and practices medicine there as a Naturopathic Doctor. She has enjoyed working for PYT since 2007 in both the Integrative Medicine Clinic and as the manager of the Diabetes Program. Before coming to PYT she worked as a primary care practitioner in various offices in metro Phoenix, AZ. She has extensive experience working in Integrative Medicine and enjoys working in multidisciplinary clinics. In addition to clinical work, she is a volunteer site visitor for the Public Health Accreditation Board, and is the Accreditation co-coordinator for the PYT Health Department. She received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Colorado, completed studies in Naturopathic Medicine at the Southwest School of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, AZ, and received her Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Jeff H. Peterson, D.C.
Dr. Peterson attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney where he studied biology and pre-medicine. He continued his education at New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls, New York, graduating early with honors. He performed his internship in Cheektowaga, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, before moving to Arizona in 1996. Dr. Peterson began his first practice alongside his chiropractic mentor Dr. Mitchell, in Phoenix in 1996. He moved to Tucson and opened Superior Chiropractic on May 1st, 1998. His practice has evolved through the years from only chiropractic care, to adding acupuncture, and now massage therapy. Dr. Peterson was honored to join the Pascua Yaqui team in August of 2012, where he works two days a week in the Integrative Medicine Clinic.
