Frustrated by Chronic Illness
Meet The Doctors at Bock Integrative Medicine
Children, teens and adults suffering from frustrating, autoimmune disease depend on Kenneth A. Bock, M.D., and his team of medical experts for proper diagnosis and treatment of their chronic medical conditions.
Dr. Kenneth Bock
We often begin where conventional practitioners leave off — at the dead ends or the unanswered questions. We listen. We think. We ask questions. We listen some more. Then we get to work and we are relentless in our pursuit of the answers. We are not satisfied until we have designed a treatment plan that addresses the factors that contribute to the development of these chronic conditions.
— Kenneth Bock, MD
Dr. Kenneth Bock has appeared as a guest on many TV programs including Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, and The CBS Early Show.
World-renowned Integrative Medicine Doctor
As a leader in integrative medicine, Dr. Kenneth Bock has accumulated over 35 years of experience diagnosing the root cause of chronic illnesses and restoring balance to his patients’ immune systems. He founded Bock Integrative Medicine in response to the increasing need for board-certified medical providers who take a unique “whole body” approach to diagnose and treat chronic illness. Dr. Bock is a well-respected integrative medicine doctor and autism expert who focuses on the treatment of autism and co-occurring conditions, PANS/PANDAS,ITABI, tick-borne illnesses, and adult conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and heart disease. He integrates alternative modalities with conventional medicine into a comprehensive integrative medicine practice. His natural curiosity and expertise at tackling medical problems that have been difficult to diagnose and treat make him sought after by patients throughout the world as an expert at tackling complex medical problems.
After graduating Summa Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1973, Dr. Bock went on to earn his M.D. with Honor from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1979. He is board-certified in Family Medicine, a Certified Nutrition Specialist, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice, the American College of Nutrition, and the American College for Advancement in Medicine, of which he is a former President. Dr. Kenneth Bock is also a faculty member of the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM).
Dr. Bock has lectured nationally and internationally for the past three decades on a broad range of topics. His lecture topics have included integrative approaches to immune system imbalances and disorders; detoxification; and the treatment of complex chronic illness, including Lyme disease and co-infections, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmune disorders, and the integrative medicine treatment of children’s mood disorders, PANS/PANDAS/ITABI, autism, ADHD, asthma and allergies. He has written for general interest publications, including Psychology Today and Autism Digest, and has been a contributing author to numerous published articles and studies in medical journals, including The Journal of Neuroimmunology, The Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, and most recently, The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Dr. Bock has co-authored four books, including The Road to Immunity (Pocket Books), Natural Relief for Your Child’s Asthma (Harper Collins), The Germ Survival Guide (McGraw Hill) and Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies (Random House). His latest book is Brain Inflamed: Uncovering the Hidden Causes of Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mood Disorders in Teens and Adolescents (HarperCollins). He is also a regular participant in the Autism Research Institute’s annual Think Tank, which brings together 40-50 experts from around the world to address the global epidemic of autism spectrum disorders.
Empowering, Educating, and Supporting Individuals on their Healing Journey
Hannah Kastanos is a Hudson Valley native, born and raised, and now returns to her beloved community to practice her life-long passion of holistic and functional medicine.
She has been a registered nurse since 2015, and received her Masters of Science in Family Nursing at College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale-Bronx, NY in 2021 with honors and awards.
Throughout her 10+ years of experience in healthcare, she primarily worked in cardiology, as well as, procedural cardiac catheterization/ electrophysiology, and cardio-thoracic surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital in NYC. Hannah has post-masters emergency medicine fellowship training, and is a practicing member of The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M).
At Bock Integrative Medicine, Hannah looks forward to continuing Dr. Bock’s integrative and root-cause analysis process for children and adults with chronic infection, inflammation, and metabolic dysfunction. She will also be specializing in women’s health and longevity medicine, with a focus on bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, peptide treatments, and functional foods/ adaptogen support.
Hannah is a devoted wife and mother to two little boys, and enjoys antiquing, traveling around the Aegean Sea, cooking, and dining with family and friends. She also has a degree in Fine Arts. A quote from one of her favorite artists, Georgia O’Keeffe, that always resonates with her is, “To create one’s world, in any of the arts, takes courage”. For Hannah, holistic medicine and healing is truly an art form that requires diligence, joy, creativity, and courage.
Hannah Kastanos, FNP
Integrative Medicine The Comprehensive Treatment You’ve Been Seeking
Integrative Health Practitioners Committed to Improving Your Well-being
Children, teens and adults who are experiencing multi-symptom, multisystem disorders can realize a significant improvement in their well-being with Bock Integrative Medicine’s multifactorial diagnostic and treatment approach. Whether you have an autoimmune disorder, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Lyme disease or other tick-borne disorder, an autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, asthma, allergies, or experience chronic or recurrent infections, Bock Integrative may help. After thoroughly exploring the many factors to which you are exposed, we uncover the layers of your illness to reveal the root cause of your symptoms. Dr. Bock and Jennifer Petkos, MSN, FNP-BC, will develop an individualized treatment plan for you that will likely include a combination of environmental controls, dietary modifications, nutritional supplementation, detoxification and medications. Our goal is to search for and remediate the root causes of your illness, alleviate your symptoms and any adverse effects of medications, and help restore normalcy to your life.
We Don’t Just Treat Symptoms
Evidence-based Diagnosis and Personalized Treatment Plans
With over three decades of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of complex medical disorders, Dr. Bock has a wealth of knowledge from which to draw when determining cause and effect of chronic illnesses. He recognizes that the combination of factors that can contribute to any chronic medical condition differs for each person and uses integrative functional medicine to diagnose and treat these often-frustrating illnesses in children, teens and adults. Dr. Bock does much more than only manage your symptoms. He takes the time to comprehensively evaluate everything that impacts your life and incorporates validated lab results and decades of diagnostic experience to develop an evidence-based diagnosis on which to base a highly personalized treatment regimen.
Our research-supported treatment plans typically involve individualized combination therapy that may include IV immune modulations, chelation therapy, vitamin and mineral therapy, herbal therapy, and dietary modifications, as well as antibiotics and other medications as needed to treat infections. With any treatment plan, safety is our top priority. When we prescribe pharmaceuticals, we are always careful to use supplements, herbs and nutritional support to protect the liver and gut. We move forward with caution when implementing any treatment plan, using an iterative process to evaluate results often and make adjustments as needed.
Restoring normalcy to your life!
For over 35 years, the highly experienced and caring team of medical professionals at Bock Integrative Medicine are committed to providing chronically ill patients with compassionate care and a comprehensive set of personalized diagnostic and treatment services. Our board-certified medical providers explore the interaction between each patient and their environment, including infection and other contributing factors. We treat our patients clinically by basing our customized treatment plans on a combination of scientific evidence, validated lab results, and decades of diagnostic and treatment experience. Patients with complex medical conditions from the U.S. and throughout the world have expressed how thrilled they are with how we have helped them manage their chronic illnesses.
Top-Rated Integrative Medicine Experts
Our Only Regret Is We Didn’t Find Your Practice Sooner
“After two years of dealing with our son’s unpredictable symptoms, consulting with many doctors, and being given a variety of incorrect diagnoses, we were frustrated and anxious about his future. Then an acquaintance recommended the “medical detectives” at Bock Integrative Medicine. From the start, Dr. Bock’s compassion and knowledge of complex conditions made us confident that he could help. He took the time to listen, combining what he learned about our son’s background with research-based science to develop a diagnosis and treatment plan that improved our son’s well being. Our only regret is that we didn’t consult with the wonderful team of experts at Bock Integrative Medicine sooner.”
~ Tim and Tonya Johnson, New York
Contact the Medical Detectives at Bock Integrative Medicine
…and take the first step in restoring normalcy to your or your loved one’s life.
Bock Integrative has helped restore normalcy to patients’ lives worldwide and locally, including New York, New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania.
Find out how the board-certified experts at Bock Integrative Medicine can help determine the true cause of your chronic symptoms. Call (845) 758-0001 or email to set up an appointment for a consultation.