The Story of Helixona
Three Friends. One Shared Calling. A New Path to Healing.
Helixona began long before the name existed. It started with three friends—Cassandra Gray, Dr. Thomas Bakman, and Dr. Eduard Drannikov—working together in an integrative clinic, caring for patients with complex chronic illness. What began as collaboration soon grew into something deeper.
Where It All Began
What started as professional problem-solving grew into real partnership. We found ourselves spending long hours talking not just about operations or logistics, but about the stories behind the charts. We talked about the exhaustion in patients' eyes, the maze of fragmented care they were forced to navigate, and the unnecessary suffering created by a system that made people chase solutions from clinic to clinic instead of receiving coordinated, whole-person support.
We spoke openly about our own experiences, including what it felt like to be on the patient side of the counter, investing time, money, and hope into finding answers that always seemed just out of reach. Those moments shaped how we thought about healthcare, and they shaped how we worked together. Little by little, a shared idea took form: A place where advanced, evidence-based therapies could live under one roof. A place where patients were truly seen, heard, and guided. A place where care felt unified, not fragmented.
Over time, those talks turned into plans, and those plans grew into a blueprint — not just for a clinic, but for a different way of caring for people. Helixona was born from that collective vision.
Our guiding philosophy
Eliminate. Nourish. Repair.
These three pillars guide every treatment we do.
Through years of caring for those facing complex illness, we recognized a simple truth: healing becomes clear when you understand what needs to be removed, what needs to be replenished, and what needs to be rebuilt. This insight became our clinical framework — and it shapes every protocol and every step of a patient's plan.
We address all three through a comprehensive intake, advanced diagnostics, and a tailored roadmap for healing. Every step of care is transparent, thoughtful, and focused on what matters most: your long-term well-being.
Who We Are
Clinical depth, operational expertise, and a shared commitment to healing.
Dr. Eduard Drannikov
Board-certified in integrative, functional, and family medicine, Dr. Drannikov leads the clinical vision of Helixona with a focus on systems-based healing and whole-body restoration.
Dr. Thomas Bakman
With more than three decades of experience, Dr. Bakman is the architect behind Helixona's functional neurology and brain-based approach, bridging neurological, structural, and metabolic health.
Cassandra Gray
A healthcare executive with 25 years of experience building practices, Cassandra designed Helixona's operational, technological, and patient-experience systems. Her own time as a patient informs the precision and empathy built into every detail of the clinic.
Together, we bring clinical depth, operational expertise, and a shared commitment to healing — a combination that shaped the foundation of Helixona.
What Makes Helixona Different
Designed from the inside out — refined long before our doors opened.
Helixona was intentionally designed from the inside out. Our team's long history of working together means our systems, communication, and care approach were refined long before the first day we opened our doors. Patients experience:
- ✓A clear clinical map through Eliminate. Nourish. Repair.
- ✓Deeply coordinated care from a unified team
- ✓Advanced diagnostics and modern therapies organized in the right order
- ✓Whole-person medicine delivered with presence and purpose
- ✓A leadership culture grounded in humility, service, and integrity
Why We Built This Clinic
Healing should be supported, not scattered.
Helixona exists because we believe healing should be supported, not scattered. Patients deserve clarity. They deserve providers who listen. They deserve a team that walks with them, not in front of them or behind them.
We built the clinic we wished had existed in the hardest chapters of our own journeys — a place guided by science, strengthened by compassion, and anchored in hope.
This is the future we imagined together.
Now it's here — for you.