HEATHER PETERS
Nurse Practitioner, Family
About
Heather Peters, FNP, is a co‑founder of Elevation Health, PC, where she practices Direct Primary Care with a lifestyle‑first approach. She emphasizes longer, personalized visits that address the root causes of illness, integrating nutrition, fitness, stress management, and chronic disease care alongside registered dietitian Maggi Birdsell.
Heather earned an Associate’s degree in Nursing from Wilkes Community College (2002), a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Winston‑Salem State University (2004), and a Master of Science in Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner from East Tennessee State University (2010). After years as an intermediate‑care nurse and school nurse, she returned to school to become an NP, driven to provide personalized, preventive primary care.
Credentials
Training & certification
- Medical school
- East Tennessee State University (2010)
- Specialty
- Nurse Practitioner, Family
Training programs
- Associate Nursing · Wilkes Community College (Wilkesboro NC)
- Bachelors Nursing · Winston-Salem State University (Winston-Salem NC)
- Masters Family Nurse Practitioner · East Tennessee State University (Johnson City TN)
Licensing
Licensure & registration
- NPI
- 1700184348 · active
- Primary license
- North Carolina · 5005072
Practice
Where Dr. PETERS practices
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Elevation Health, PC
West Jefferson, NC
Community
Active in community volunteer work and local health initiatives; collaborates with dietitian Maggi Birdsell and participates in health education and outreach programs.
Data aggregated from publicly available sources including the NPPES Registry, practice websites, and professional directories.