Mikkelus M. Vagus

Semi-Retired Doctor, Medical Professor, and Mocha Aficionado

Mikkelus Mikkelis Vagus seems a quiet. middle-aged man, easily overlooked in a crowd. Hours of working with transients in city parks and travelling between county nursing homes has left his short-cropped hair bleached by the sun and given him a deep permanent tan. Time, too, has begun to etch lines in his features, making it hard to guess his age. When he smiles or laughs, which is often when he's talking to people in the park or a county facility, the laugh lines around his eyes and mouth seem to melt away the years. When talking about his past and why he left Los Angeles, however, a sadness seems to creep into his eyes and voice, and the years come flooding back as laugh lines turn into worry lines.

His passport, issued in Switzerland, lists his date of birth as 21 September 1958, though in unguarded moments he seems either much older or much younger. The oldest medical degree hanging on his wall, conferred by Universität Ulm in 1982, is flanked by additional degrees in numerous languages denoting specializations, licensure in additional countries, or perhaps his inability to have yet found a university anywhere on the European continent that prints diplomas in English. His most recent credentials, other than letters written in Spanish and the obligatory Ohio certification and licenses, were bestowed by the UCLA medical Center.

By appearances, Mikkelus favors functional and comfortable over fashionable in his personal life: scrubs or a pinstripe jacket and comfortable shoes at work, chinos and button-down shirt over some stylish Armani suit when out on the town. However, he has long since given up on his reliable Volvo 240 station wagon, replacing it with a LandShark amphibious trike. Somehow, nobody has been able to impress upon him that doctors deserve to flaunt the best of everything, or perhaps it goes with bucking the trend and turning to alternative medicine. Still, he can be seen frequenting the club, drinking cappuccinos and mochaccinos at all hours, proof  that although he may not charge enough to indulge in constant ostentatious displays of wealth, he can still live comfortably. Or perhaps he has a sponsor?.

One could well argue that Mikkelus prefers functional at work as well. His idea of functional, however, is a more holistic, naturopathic model than what the AMA and drug companies regularly promote. Whether using Reiki, a Rife frequency generator, bio-resonant laser treatments, or Perkl treatments, much of his cutting edge treatment resembles mainstream medicine in Europe... for good reason.