Bio of Dr. John E. Gambee
    I attended Corvallis high school and graduated in 1956.  I joined the Navy that summer and served aboard the USS Kearsarge, an aircraft carrier for 2+ years.  Following the Navy, I attended Gonzaga University for 3 years and then the University of Oregon Medical School (Oregon Health Sciences University [OHSU] now) graduating in 1966.  I did an internship and a general surgery residency at a private hospital in Salt Lake City and then did a urology residency at the University of Michigan finishing in 1971.  I was in the private practice of urology in Salt Lake City from 1971 – 1979.  I was board certified in urology in 1976.  In 1979 I moved to Eugene to pursue the practice of alternative medicine with Fuller Royal, M.D.  In 1980 Dr. Royal moved to Las Vegas to practice while I chose to remain in Eugene.  I practiced alternative medicine at 66 Club Road, near Alton Baker Park, for the next 20+ years.  My practice consisted of chelation therapy, IV vitamins and minerals, prolotherapy, electro-dermal allergy testing, homeopathic allergy treatment, elimination diets, thyroid therapy and bio-identical hormone therapy.
    In 1994 the Oregon Medical Board revoked my license for doing the clinical diagnosis of hypothyroidism, using ozone on one terminal cancer patient, using cranio-sacral manipulation, and doing electro-dermal evaluations.  The official charge was that I was unscientific and unprofessional.  There were no charges that I had harmed anyone, no malpractice, and  no patients had complained about these services.
    In 1995, working with a group of patients, doctors, and legislators we were able to pass an amendment to the medical practice law ORS 677, allowing for the practice of “Alternative Medicine.” (AM)
    AM is defined by Oregon law, ORS 677.190(A), as a treatment that a doctor  has found from personal experience and/or personal study to have a reasonable expectation of effectiveness and is safe, even if it is not something taught in medical school or in traditional medical journals.  If one other Oregon physician agrees with the therapy it is lawful.
    Following the passage of this law, I regained my medical license and continued practicing in Eugene from 1997 until 2003.  From 2003 until the present time, I have practiced from an office on Highway 99 in Junction City.
    In 2010 the medical board filed a complaint alleging that I had violated an order from them.  Three Oregon physicians agree with me that this allegations were false.  The medical board suspended my license in 9/10, on the false allegations that I had failed to do blood tests and prostate exams, even though patient charts notes show that these tests were done.
    My license was revoked in June 2011, again.  Even though there were no patient complaints, malpractice, complaints of harm and the treatments followed the amended medical practice act, my license is currently revoked.  That decision is being appealed.