Dr. Richard A. Mickle

Dr. Richard A. ("Rick") Mickle died Dec. 2, 2011, following a motor vehicle accident. Rick was the second of four children born to William W. and Mary Alice Mickle, of Shenandoah, Iowa.

Following high school, Rick attended the University of Arizona in Tucson and Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Neb., where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1977. He then attended Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1982. He then attended Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri, and received his Doctor of Osteopathy degree in 1986.

Following an internship at the Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital and residency at the Osteopathic Medical Center of Philadelphia, Rick settled in Phoenix and opened Adobe E.N.T. and Allergy offices in Mesa and Casa Grande.

He served as an adjunct clinical professor at the Midwestern College of Osteopathic Medicine and Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, and on the Board of Directors of Mesa General Hospital. He also served on the Credentials Committee of Health Choice of Arizona and as Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee at Arizona Regional Hospital.