Yes, we have met him before. Recently, I came across Vickers again though one of my recent posts describing the story of a young Cambridge student who died following his advice.
Vickers describes himself as follows:
Dr. Patrick Vickers is the Creator and Founder of the Advanced Gerson Therapy Protocol; the world’s premier protocol for the treatment of cancer and degenerative disease. Chronicled in the epic documentary, The Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest, and a repeatedly invited guest on countless podcasts around the globe, Dr. Vickers is one of the most recognizable faces in natural medicine and the face of the Gerson Therapy around the world. His patient is also chronicled in the documentary, The Beautiful Truth.
At the age of 11, after witnessing a miraculous recovery from a chiropractic adjustment, Dr. Vickers’ passion for natural medicine was inspired. Born and raised outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Dr. Vickers obtained undergraduate degrees in Pre-Med from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and LIFE University in Marietta, Georgia before going on to receive his Doctorate of Chiropractic from New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls, New York in 1997.
While a student at NYCC, Dr. Vickers befriended the iconic Charlotte Gerson; the last-living daughter of Dr. Max Gerson, M.D. who Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, called, “The most eminent genius in medical history,” as Dr. Gerson was reversing a vast majority of degenerative diseases, including terminal cancer, up until his death in 1959. To date, eight movies have chronicled Dr. Gerson’s work.
Upon graduation and recognizing Dr. Vickers fervent passion for Dr. Gerson’s therapy, Charlotte Gerson invited Dr. Vickers to come live with her and study Dr. Gerson’s handwritten files of all his active patients from 1905-1959. Dr. Vickers remains one of the few people in the world to ever study Dr. Gerson’s personal files.
Fifteen years ago, seeing a desperate need to preserve Dr. Gerson’s legacy and the progression of his therapy, Dr. Vickers created the Advanced Gerson Therapy Protocol and Clinic which, rapidly, became the world’s premier clinic for the treatment of cancer and advanced disease.
With the rapidly changing, increasingly dangerous. societal, political and economic conditions in Mexico and around the world today, making it nearly impossible to efficiently, safely and peacefully carry out the Gerson Therapy in a clinical setting. Dr. Vickers has recently created his Three-Month, Advanced Gerson Protocol Home Program to replace all former, clinical operations. With no evidence to suggest that clinical outcomes are increased by receiving the Gerson Therapy in a clinical setting, Dr. Vickers remains dedicated to providing the most comprehensive, patient-centric protocol for cancer and degenerative disease while guaranteeing the greatest personalized attention and cost-effective solution available anywhere in the world today.
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Allow me to make just 7 short point based on Vickers statements:
- Dr. Patrick Vickers: he is a chiro and not a proper doctor (are US chiros allowed to treat cancer?*).
- the world’s premier protocol: I see no evidence for this claim.
- miraculous recovery from a chiropractic adjustment: it ought to be ‘miraculous’, as chiropractic adjustments are not based on evidence.
- Dr. Gerson was reversing a vast majority of degenerative diseases, including terminal cancer: there is no sound evidence that Gerson ever reversed a single case of cancer.
- the world’s premier clinic for the treatment of cancer and advanced disease: this must be the most pompous untruth I’ve heard for a long time.
- the most comprehensive, patient-centric protocol for cancer and degenerative disease: this must be the second most pompous untruth I’ve heard for a long time.
- cost-effective solution: I see no evidence for this claim.
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As Vickers seems a bit shy about disclosing all the facts, let me try to add to his CV what he seems to have forgotten:
Vickers founded and directed the Northern Baja Gerson Center in Rosarito, Mexico. The clinic offered treatments like:
Hyperthermia therapy (water based treatment)
Oxygen enhancement therapies
Ozone therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen chamber
Laetrile (B17)
High dose intravenous vitamin C
Chelation
Beamer math
Coley’s toxins therapy
Dendritic cell therapy
Infrared therapy
Frankincense oil
Natural enzymes
CoQ10
Due to “challenges” in operating clinics in Mexico, Vickers transitioned to offering his “Three-Month Advanced Gerson Protocol Home Program” whichincludes Gerson-specific supplies (e.g., coffee, flax oil, potassium powder), high-dose supplements like curcumin, selenium, CoQ10, and niacin, educational videos and regular consultations with Vickers and his team. The program is as unproven as Gerson’s original therapy. Vicker’s Medline-listed papers seem to amount to exactly zero!
Vickers asserts that Gerson Therapy is heavily censored by medical authorities and media due to its threat to the conventional medical industry. He cites alleged suppression of Dr. Gerson’s work as evidence. Vickers claims his therapy has the potential to disrupt the trillion-dollar medical industry. Vickers is active on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, sharing patient stories. He is a frequent guest on podcasts like BetterHealthGuy, Rational Wellness, and CancerTalks, discussing the Gerson therapy. Vickers’ approach is rooted in a belief that conventional cancer treatments are limited or even detrimental and that the Gerson therapy offers a more natural, effective alternative. None of these claims are supported by sound evidence.
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Vickers of course is a predatory cancer quack, sucking money out of desperately sick people by selling them false hope and lies.
Unfortunately, the current trend for digital platforms is “total freedom”, i.e. allowing parasites like Vickers to peddle their nonsense unhindered, so I guess he can keep on making victims for some time to come yet.
But what on earth is ‘Beamer math”?
I think he misspelled this one and meant BEMER, a quack device that I am about to have a look at.
OK, so basically that’s PEMF therapy. Which may have some use in the healing of fractures, but not much else.
And:
“The companies that sell and manufacture them as “general wellness products” are not permitted to make medical claims of effectiveness in treating disease.”
I’m puzzled why these SCAM clinics always feel the need to offer a huge range of quack treatments – and even more so why (potential) clients fail to see this ridiculously wide range of ‘treatment’ options as a very clear sign that it is in fact no good at all.
it does not puzzle me at all: it is a way of maximising their income!
I guess you’re right. Too bad that gullible customers don’t recognize it as a big red flag.
My mother was persuaded to spend her life savings at that clinic, despite my (and the rest of the families’ desperate pleas not to) My two bothers who are believers of all things ‘woo’ talked her into it, when her endometrial cancer returned post chemo. They went along with her, made ‘friends’ with Vickers and thought him ‘a great guy’ Years later, on reflection, one of them at least sees things differently. They witnessed Vickers online betting with vast amounts of money while sat in the clinic. My Mother wasn’t allowed to leave the building (she would struggle to anyway, because of the lack of control over her bowel movements, because of the constant juice) It was a nightmare basically, and completely unsustainable once she got home (a shell of her former self after 6 weeks) They can blame the lack of recovery on the fact that she didn’t follow the protocol properly. She died 4 months later, having wasted 6 weeks being lied to, denied conventional pain relief and being given false hope. Vickers belongs in prison.
sorry to hear your story; it is rather typical: patients die poorer, and miserably feeling guilty because the charlatans claim that their inability to follow the ridiculous therapy is to blame.
Thank you. Yes, absolutely. It’s the perfect excuse for them isn’t it. “You didn’t follow the protocol” Very sad indeed.
hard to think of behavior more despicable!
Hi Claire, sorry to hear this. I’m a reporter looking into this clinic, would you like to speak? Pippa
Pippa- look at this gofundme page (this person is a friend of a friend)
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jgux5c-help-maeve?attribution_id=sl:61993880-47f4-42f6-a9eb-d300e92b597f&lang=en_GB&ts=1756321938&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp13_c&utm_medium=customer
The recipient writes “ The costs involved are:
£4200 for an Exacta test – which is required every 3 months. This test takes a blood sample and examines in a lab to see what it is going to respond to. There are a list of chemotherapy agents, repurposed drugs and natural supplements so the treatment I receive is tailored to me and my cancer.
Each 8 week block of hyperthermia, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, curcumin infusions and light therapy is £15k. And if the exacta test comes back to say I will respond to IV vit C then that will also be added on top.
Monthly in depth blood tests that measure absolutely everything including vitamins and minerals is over £2000.
Plus the monthly consultations with my nutritionist at £400.
So all in all treatment costs are around an eye-watering £11k a month. An extortionate amount but thanks to you I now have funds to continue until Christmas – which I am so very grateful for.
Please know that every single contribution, no matter the size, is making a huge difference. I’m deeply grateful for this incredible community rallying around me and want to convey my sincerest thanks.”
I am horrified that she is being SCAMed so blatantly, her desperation and vulnerability being do exploited and that so much charitable giving is lining the pockets of these despicable con merchants. She may well suffer harms as a result of this too. I am sickened. There is no mention of what clinic is offering this, the use of the Exacta tests gives it a veneer of credibility – surely such clinics can be shut down?