Our Story – The Apheresis Center

When Markus fell ill at the end of 2020 after contracting Covid and his life was taken away from him through a severe case of Long Covid, he, his family and friends already had lost hope of a recovery when a therapy in Mülheim, Germany brought him back to life again. Dr. Beate Jaeger treated him with H.E.L.P. Apheresis for Long Covid. He was patient Nr. 14 in her published case study (click here for case study). He also was the first Long Covid patient ever to receive what is now known as Combination Therapy. 

After his recovery, he, his best friends Constantinos Georgiou and Silke Fischer with the support of Dr. Beate Jaeger (WAZ News article on Dr Jaeger and Markus Klotz click here for news article), B.Braun and Mediprod opened the Apheresis Center in Larnaca with Dr. Irina Pavlik Marangos, who leads our medical team as our Medical Director, to give German, English, Greek and Russian speaking people access to H.E.L.P. Apheresis and Combination Therapy.

Markus is our managing director and head of research, Constantinos, former PiceWaterhouseCoopers, manages the center and finances and Silke, formerly B.Braun, as one of the leading H.E.L.P. Apheresis application experts trained our medical team in German medical standards. You will find Silke’s talk on various apheresis forms and Combination Therapy here: Click here 

You find a video with Markus about our Long Covid and Post Vac treatments and his personal advice for affected people here

Constantinos gives you a personal tour through our clinic here

A video and interview of the two together from the ARTE TV documentary ‘Long Covid – Healing in Cyprus’  can be found here

クリニックの設備

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インバル・アルモン・トファン医師は、ザグレブ国際大学で学位を取得した熱心な総合診療医である。

ザグレブのレブロ大学病院での臨床ローテート期間中、アルモン・トファン医師は、全人的な患者ケアと慢性疾患の管理を重視した、重点的な家庭医療の実地経験を積んだ。

臨床に加え、アルモン・トファン医師はレブロ大学病院で研究に携わり、いくつかの研究プロジェクトに協力した。

アルモン・トファン博士は、ヘブライ語を母国語とし、英語とクロアチア語に堪能で、スペイン語の中級程度の知識を持つマルチリンガルである。 

彼女の多様な経験と語学力は、総合的な患者ケアを提供し、キプロスの医療界と国際的な研究に貢献することを約束する、思いやりと知識豊富な開業医としての地位を確立している。 

クリソ・ゾルバスはクリニカルディレクター兼臨床栄養士です。彼女はすべての患者さん、そしてヘルスコーチのタニヤ・ヴァルザーや医療チームと直接協力し、患者さん一人ひとりに、バランスのとれた、医療チームによってリアルタイムで適応される、個別のコンビネーション・セラピー・プランを提供します。また、初日から栄養面でも患者さんの手を取り、回復過程をより促進させるような、患者さん個人に合った食事プランでセラピーを進めていきます。

Combining the two fields of clinical management and clinical nutrition – working as the perfect connector directly between the medical team and the patients, whilst optimizing the patients diet during the treatment course is a highly specialised field. Her acquired knowledge in directing large-scale projects during the last years has prepared her for this new field where cutting-edge medicine in the form of Combination Therapy meets optimizing clinical nutrition.

She has acquired her master’s from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. You can learn more about Chryso’s work in her talk Click here for videos

ラファエラ・エヴァンゲロウ、シニア・ナース

Rafaella Evangelou has been heading nursing teams on the island for many years before she became sick with Long Covid. Our patients love the ‘magic way’ she handles apheresis needles and catheters. Her quite and calm way are a real blessing for all patients that suffer from anxiety and cognitive impairment – knowing Rafaella knows exactly how it feels, gives them great comfort and the feeling to be heard at any time. 

Tanja is our certified Functional Medicine Health Coach – together with our Clinical Nutritionist Chryso one of the most important positions at our clinic – the combination of health coaching and clinical nutrition supervision is ‘nothing short of semi-miracles and boosting the treatment results to another level’ (quote of our co-founder Markus). As a recovered Long COVID patient, she fully understands the ramifications of Long COVID and other post-viral conditions. 

当クリニックの臨床栄養士Chryso Zorbasと密接に協力しながら、患者やその介護者と協力して、回復への道のりを最適化するために、ペース配分、ストレス管理、睡眠、必要に応じて運動などのライフスタイルの修正に関する指導を行う。コーチングは、患者のクリニック滞在の準備、キプロス滞在中のサポート、そして最適な結果を得るための帰国後の継続的な指導の一環である。 

She has acquired her master’s from the University of Zurich, Switzerland as well as Edinburgh, Scotland. You can learn more about Tanja’s work in her talk. Click here for videos.

ジョージ・キリアコウ、マーケティング＆デジタル・エンゲージメント・ディレクター

George, our Director of Marketing and Digital Engagement, works closely with our Clinical Director and partners to ensure a seamless patient experience from first contact to treatment. Known for his skill in reaching new patients, George has led numerous individuals to express, “if only I had found you sooner.” He drives our digital marketing and outreach campaigns, raising awareness of our clinic’s specialized therapies. By understanding each patient’s goals and challenges, George tailors our approach to meet specific needs, enhancing quality of life. With extensive experience in London’s healthcare sector, he brings invaluable expertise to our Larnaca clinic, promoting patient-centered care with professionalism and insight. 

アリ・モリス、サイエンティフィック・アドバイザー

Arri is an inventor, biomedical engineer, and a clinical researcher with interests in rehabilitation medicine, genetic engineering, anti-aging, and saving lives with science. He designs clinical trials, analyses results with custom statistical software, programs compliant data capture systems, and carefully listens to patients to get at the right answers in the complicated world of medicine. He has been inspiring new treatment forms and treatment schedules with his scientific views – especially when our medical teams’ clinical experience is combined with his scientific approach, the results are outstanding!

Our common current focus is to constantly find more affordable and available treatments for the patients, as H.E.L.P. Apheresis despite the great results seen in the last years also has drawbacks: costs involved/low coverage of insurances and low availability of machines in the next years.

You will find an interview about this and other topics of Dr. Beate Jaeger and our Co-founder Markus Klotz here: Click here for interviews

Joachim Gerlach, Scientist and Researcher in the field of Long Covid and the SarsCov2 virus delivers valuable insights into the nitty-gritty of biochemical processes in this field. Find some of his work here here:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joachim-Gerlach and a talk with Markus Klotz and him on the advance of Long Covid treatment protocols below.