Become a Patient
The Riordan Approach
At Riordan Clinic, we believe the path to real health is a journey and one that we are committed to take with our co-learners (patients). Our providers take an integrative approach that combines functional, naturopathic, orthomolecular, and allopathic medicine to discover root causes of symptoms and develop customized care plans for each individual. Our providers are experts and thought leaders in their fields and have been caring for individuals with cancer and complex chronic illnesses since 1975.
If you are looking for a deeper understanding of your unique needs, and the source of your health challenges, Riordan Clinic may be a good partner for you. We will work with you, as a co-learner, to restore, improve, or maintain your health. We want to find out why a disease occurred and address root causes, rather than simply treat your symptoms. Using comprehensive testing, our providers will create an individualized journey to ensure that you feel your absolute best.
We view our providers and patients as partners in health in the co-learning journey toward Real Health. Regardless of where we meet you on your health journey, we are committed to learning with you and from you. We would be honored to be your partner in finding your way to well.
Conditions We Support
At the Riordan Clinic, we treat a wide variety of health conditions, specializing in integrative oncology and complex chronic illnesses. Our team of providers are experts and thought leaders in their field and are constantly increasing their knowledge and adaptation of the latest care therapies.
The list of conditions below is not comprehensive but is intended to give potential patients an idea of what treatments we offer.
Please give us a call at 1-800-447-7276 to discuss how we can partner with you on your journey to Real Health.
| Alzheimer's | dementia | Lyme's |
| anxiety | depression | lymphoma |
| arthritis | Epstein Barr | melanoma |
| asthma | esophageal reflux (GERD) | menopausal flushing |
| Atherosclerotic heart disease | fibromyalgia | obesity/overweight |
| autoimmune disease | hormone imbalance | ovarian cancer |
| bladder cancer | hyperlipidemia | pancreatic cancer |
| brain cancer | hypertension | perimenopausal disorder |
| breast cancer | hypogonadism | postmenopausal disorder |
| cancer | kidney cancer | prediabetes |
| chronic fatigue | kidney disease | prostate cancer |
| chronic inflammation | leaky gut | rheumatoid arthritis |
| cognitive decline | liver cancer | skin cancer |
| colitis | long COVID | stomach cancer |
| colorectal cancer | lung cancer | stroke |
| Crohn's | lung disease | thyroid disease |
| decreased libido | lupus | type 2 diabetes |
Meet Your Team
Get Started
Our providers approach care as a journey with co-learners, giving the providers the opportunity to learn alongside each patient. From your first appointment, you can expect that your provider will take time to get to know you and your unique history. This builds the foundation for a long-term relationship and begins the co-learning process. Extensive testing follows to analyze your specific health needs. Based on your appointment and test results, your provider will work with you to develop a customized care plan. Initial on-site appointments can last for several days, or up to three weeks, depending on your unique needs. Your visit may also include a variety of clinic services and therapies such as intravenous vitamin C or ozone. Follow-up testing, therapies, treatments, and appointments will be scheduled as outlined in your care plan. Once your condition has stabilized, you and your provider will decide how to approach your health maintenance plan.
Co-learners embark on their health journey with their medical provider. There are no one-size-fits-all treatments at the Riordan Clinic. Every care plan is unique to the individual. As a result, our providers and co-learners have achieved healing success for many co-learners seeking hope, healing, and health. Read some of their stories below.
Patient Stories
Professor Grateful and Looks Forward After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Meredith Trexler DreesAs Meredith Trexler Drees rode with her husband, Jeff, to her family’s farm near Hill City, Kansas on the day of her breast cancer diagnosis, she had no idea she would be walking the campus at the University of Notre Dame a little less than two years later.
“I remember on the day that I was diagnosed, I told my husband as we were driving back out to the farm I thought I was going home to die,” she said, recalling that her initial perspective was limited because she didn’t know about options beyond conventional care.
Meredith, 38, was diagnosed in February 2021 with a large, cancerous tumor in her left breast, with a spot that had grown into her sternum. She had two weeks to wait before she could get more scans, so she and Jeff headed toward her family in Hill City.
Steve Spencer Finds Help and Hope After Treatments
Steve SpencerSteve Spencer rolled his wheelchair into the Riordan Clinic in Overland Park in 2020 looking for help … and hope. He found both. In the spring of 2022, he finished a 5K and celebrated a family vacation in Hawaii and his younger daughter’s engagement.
Steve, 62, of Liberty, Mo., was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2019, and initially followed a traditional treatment path. A week after his diagnosis, he secured an appointment at the University of Kansas Medical Center to receive a whipple procedure, which removes part of the pancreas. Steve said the surgical team was unaware at the time that he was dehydrated, and the surgery was stopped an hour and a half after it started because his blood pressure was dropping. For more than two days, Steve said his condition was so uncertain that his family was encouraged not to leave the hospital.
Patient Advises Others to “Be Curious” After Potentially Fatal Autoimmune Diagnosis
Denise DoutyScleroderma started small for Denise Douty, 49, of Wichita. Her fingers felt funny after scraping her windshield on a frigid January morning in 2019. Not thinking much of it at first, she assumed it would go away. It didn’t.
Not long after, she began experiencing joint pain, which became increasingly debilitating. As the year progressed, so did her pain. Denise had a job teaching a graduate school class at a Wichita-area college that summer. She said the pain was getting so bad she began to doubt if she would be able to walk across campus. She also worked as a licensed counselor and could hardly show up for appointments because of the exhaustion and pain.
Having no primary care physician of her own, she saw her wife, Cindy’s, doctor, who referred her to a rheumatologist. During the four-month wait for her appointment her symptoms continued to worsen.
“By that time, I thought I was just dying,” Denise said. “I was feeling awful and could hardly work.”
Process to Become a Patient
Your journey to Real Health at the Riordan Clinic begins with our New Patient Coordinators. They will discuss your medical concerns and guide you through the process of connecting with a care provider.
- Fill out the Request an Appointment form (below) or call 1-800-447-7276 ext. 1354 today.
- A New Patient Coordinator will contact you to answer any questions you may have, discuss your health concerns and needs, share additional informational materials as appropriate, and schedule your appointment with one of our providers.
- Once you are scheduled with one of our providers, you will receive a New Patient Packet with forms to review and complete before your visit.
- While you wait for your visit, you are invited to connect with us via social media and access our website for a wealth of information that will help you prepare for your consultation and clinic visit, including travel information.
- Prepare a list of questions for your provider to get the most out of your visit.
- Our New Patient Coordinators are a resource for you. If you have any questions before your visit, call 1-800-447-7276 ext. 1354 or email newpatient@riordanclinic.org.
Let’s Get Started! Request An Appointment:
To request an appointment, please fill out the form below. We will be in touch about appointment times and dates. We look forward to meeting you!
