Dr. Michael Gerber graduated from the Kansas University School of Medicine in 1972. He completed his internal medicine internship at Oakland County Hospital with additional training in Zaire, Africa. He also trained in a psychiatric externship at the crisis intervention ward at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School, and performed psycho-pharmacology research at the Stanford Research Ward of the Palo Alto, California, Veterans Administration Hospital and Menlo Park Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. Michael Gerber has always been drawn to natural approaches to medicine, and early in his practice he studied with many well-known medical pioneers such as Dr. John Christopher, Dr. Paavo Airola, and two-time Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling. He has been a chelating physician since 1976 and has been a diplomate of the American Board of Chelation Therapy since 1984. He is also is a diplomate of the International College of Anti-Aging Medicine and is a graduate of the UCLA Medical Acupuncture Training Program. He is the president of the Nevada Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Association, a past president of the Orthomolecular Medical Association, and was a medical advisor and featured columnist for Alternative Medicine Magazine and The Townsend Letter.