Dr. Richard M. Gerber received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and began his medical practice in 1981. He trained in a variety of alternative therapies as well as conventional Western Medicine. Dr. Gerber was a private practice internist in Warren for 26 years and wrote a pair of best-selling books on vibrational medicine and healing; Vibrational Medicine and A Practical Guide to Vibrational Medicine.
During a 1988 interview Richard Gerber commented: “Vibrational medicine is a diagnostic and healing approach to illness using energy in various forms and frequencies. As a therapy, vibrational medicine is the application of different types of energy for healing, including approaches as traditional as X-ray and radiation therapy for cancer, the use of electrical nerve stimulation for treating pain, and electromagnetic field stimulators for accelerating the healing of fractured bones. Even full spectrum light is used for treating seasonal affective disorders or the ‘winter blues’. However, vibrational medicine also covers the more subtle forms of treatment such as acupuncture, homeopathy, flower essences, therapeutic touch, and that sort of genre. The latter involve using subtle life-force medicine, but they are energetic therapies nonetheless. This is the spectrum from the more traditional to a range of therapies that stress treatment of the whole person, sometimes referred to as ‘complementary’ medicine.”
In the world of today’s medicine, Dr. Gerber touched areas that few physicians are willing to go. Medical practice is extremely controlled in the US and alternative therapies are discouraged if not banned. Dr. Gerber leads you systematically from conventional medicine into areas that are far more unconventional. Although his books are reference texts in this field, his work epitomizes flying below the radar…
Richard M. Gerber, M.D., died Friday, June 22, 2007, in his home.
Flying Below the Radar 