Our Doctors
Doctors of Chiropractic must satisfy a demanding academic course that leads to a first professional degree requiring six academic years of study - two years preparatory and four years professional. Chiropractors must meet stringent educational requirements including approximately 600 hours of externship, which qualify them for licensure in all states and Canadian provences. Our doctors are each fully qualified and together, bring to our clinic years of experience and a passion for Chiropractic.
If you are in need of relief from any wide range of ailments, pain, or suffering, don't overlook the Doctor of Chiropractic. He or she has worked and studied many long hours to gain the necessary knowledge to help you feel well again. Give your chiropractor, and yourself, the chance you deserve.
Doctor Erik Hudak
Dr Erik graduated from Lakeshore High School, gaining three letters in both basketball and baseball. He graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Medicine and then went on to Palmer College of Chiropractic.
During school, he played professional Rugby in the MLR league for three years and worked in the Palmer Sports Injury and Rehabilitation clinic. There he had the opportunity to work on high school athletes, professional athletes and Olympic athletes. He also provided humanitarian healthcare for the Hungarian underprivileged and provided chiropractic care for the Hungarian Olympic Youth program.
He is currently involved in the Michigan Chiropractic Society and stays active physically playing and coaching basketball and volleyball. He and his wife, Dr. Heather, love the opportunity of going into practice with his father, Dr. Tom and hope to touch as many lives as they can during their lifetimes.
Doctor Heather Hudak
Dr Heather Hudak grew up in Bucyrus, Ohio, where she graduated 7th in her class and has a 3 year letterman in both volleyball and basketball.
She received her bachelors of science in Biology and Chemistry from Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio and was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority. She then went on to Palmer College of Chiropractic, where she gained her doctorate degree. Heather studies under a pediatric chiropractor at Palmer clinic and was a teaching extern for the Palmer technique department. She traveled to Hungary while in school to provide humanitarian care to those in need.
Dr. Heather's passion lies in her love for treating children, her involvement in church and the community, being with her friends and family and her marriage to Dr. Erik. She is currently vice president of the Michigan Chiropractic Society in District 3. She is dedicated to teaching her community on the benefits of chiropractic care for everyone of all ages and she is available for public speaking engagements and lectures various topics including chiropractic and wellness.
Doctor Tom Hudak
Dr Tom Hudak has now retired. Here is a letter from Dr Hudak to all his patients over the years:
To my patients:
It is hard for me to believe thirty-six years have passed since I began my practice here. It is even harder for me to acknowledge that my golden years have arrived. Most days I still feel energetic enough to go looking for a pick-up game of beach volleyball.
But time has its way of passing and it is time for me to retire. I will be leaving my practice at the end of June. I hope to be able to travel, which I was not really able to do when I was concerned with your care and running the business of an active Chiropractic clinic.
I am very lucky to be turning my practice and your care over to two very qualified doctors whom I know and trust. For the last three years I have been working with Drs. Erik and Heather Hudak, my son and daughter-in-law. I am confident that they share my views on Chiropractic health care and holistic care for your overall wellness. I suppose it gives me some gratification to think it takes two of them to replace one of me – but in this case, such are the demands of a growing practice.
They have had the finest Chiropractic training available. They are both graduates of Palmer College of Chiropractic; which, you may know, is my alma mater. Palmer still provides the best Chiropractic training. It is, in fact, the ‘Harvard’ of chiropractic schools.
You may find that Drs. Erik and Heather run the business side of the practice in a more formal manner. This is a necessity of changing times. Insurance companies and Medicare demand more paperwork and phone negotiation; more work behind the scenes in order to get your claims processed.
I hope you will continue in the care of Drs. Erik and Heather. However, if you choose to leave the care of Hudak Chiropractic Clinic, please know that your patient records will be available to you.
I have very much enjoyed knowing and serving each of you. It seems like you have always been a part of my life. Your health and wellness have been my primary concern and I appreciate your trust in me all these years.
I thank you for your good wishes as I enter a new phase of my life.
Thomas J. Hudak, DC