Dr. Bossenbroek grew up in Muskegon and is an alumnus of Western Michigan Christian High School. She graduated with an honors degree in biology from Calvin College, and attended the Medical College of Wisconsin. She was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and received several other honors, including the Hiram B. Benjamin Award and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists Award for the highest scores in anatomy and pathology.Dr. Bossenbroek's dermatology training was completed at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where she received a C.S. Livingood Dermatology Award as the highest-ranked resident in her graduating class. Her Dermatopathology fellowship was completed at New York University Hospital Medical Center, where she trained with an internationally-recognized expert in melanoma.