It took me over 50 years to find a doctor and staf...

It took me over 50 years to find a doctor and staff like you have at this facility. Dr. Rice is a functional medicine doctor who has a real passion for cardiology. He is one of the few doctors that you will ever meet who believes that the future of medicine is in improving people's nutrition rather than prescribing more medicines. For that reason, he has a nutritionist on the staff that he often encourages people to visit. Dr. Rice does the most thorough bloodwork assessment of a new patient that I've ever seen. The results are probably 14 pages long and he spent over an hour going through each of the results in explaining what they meant. After I saw him do this with my daughter who has an autoimmune disease, I went back to become a patient myself. The blood test showed that I was within a month of having a serious myocardial event and could have easily died. I also discovered that I was a type II diabetic with fairly severe diabetes. The doctor gave me the choice of going to an endocrinologist and being on insulin the rest of my life or trying a 15 week therapy program that they had to change my eating habits. I chose the latter option and within three months went from diabetic to prediabetic. Within another three months I was no longer even prediabetic. I managed to lose 60 pounds and keep it off for nearly 2 years and am now back at the gym lifting weights and swimming a mile at the age of 57. The doctor says I have added years to my life. I also like having a doctor who is himself a person who works out. I always thought it was stupid to go to a doctor who looked old and sat in out of shape and listen to his advice on how to be healthy. But Dr. Rice is fit and trim and is a credible messenger. It takes me an hour to drive from my home to his office, but I cannot imagine going to another doctor. The staff are friendly and competent. The nutritionist is a real joy to be around and will become a fast friend of yours. This facility does not file on your insurance. So you will have to pay for visits out-of-pocket and then deal with the insurance company on your own. Unfortunately for me, my insurance does not pay for any out-of-network provider. So when I go, I pay out of my own pocket. But I would rather do that then go to an in network Dr. who didn't really know how to help me achieve true health but instead just gave me medications to change my symptoms.