I've known Rick for over 20 years as a compassionate and wise healer. When I awoke in the middle of the night with dire abdominal pain he met me at his clinic immediately, where he diagnosed gallstones, gave me some herbal medicine and within a half an hour the pain disappeared, never to return. Had I gone to the hospital I suspect I'd have been immediately cut open. When I had degenerative disks diagnosed at OMC the only solution offered was to fuse vertebrae. After drinking horsetail tea for two weeks, on the advice of another naturopathic healer, the pain I'd suffered for years went away as well. A cardiologist advised having a pacemaker installed to treat fatigue, and it made no difference at all. MD's and surgery have their place,but when the only tool you have is a knife the only solution looks like cutting. 

I know him to be a good man and am sad for his loss as a healer to this community. Why he would risk his profession in this manner is a mystery.