Identifying the Lead Actors in Your Health
When my partners and I founded Helixona, we set out to reimagine what healthcare could look like. After years of working inside the medical system—and living through it as a patient myself—I knew that medicine could do better. Together, we believed it was time to blend advanced science, proven technology, and genuine compassion to restore not only health, but hope.
Helixona was born out of shared frustration with how patients are treated in the traditional model—especially those struggling with complex chronic illnesses like Lyme disease, mold toxicity, autoimmune disorders, mast cell activation, and Long COVID. Too often, people are passed from one specialist to another, offered temporary relief instead of lasting answers. We wanted to change that.
I had the privilege of partnering with Eduard Drannikov, MD, and Tom Bakman, DC, two of the most brilliant and compassionate physicians I’ve known. Each of us brought a different strength to the table. Dr. Drannikov is board certified in family, functional, and integrative medicine and also trained in Ancient Chinese Medicine and acupuncture. He understands how to merge modern diagnostics with the subtle energetic systems of the body.
Dr. Bakman is an expert in functional neurology and has spent decades developing diagnostic methods that can identify shifts in health long before lab results show a problem. His approach helps us detect imbalances early—often before illness becomes entrenched.
We also have the privilege of working alongside Shannon Haliko, MD, whose focus is wellness, longevity, and hormone balance. Dr. Haliko helps patients move from treatment into thriving—bridging the gap between recovery and true vitality. Her work ensures that once patients regain their footing, they can continue to strengthen, age gracefully, and live with greater energy and purpose.
Together, we built Helixona as a place that honors the body’s innate intelligence while using the most advanced tools available to support it. Every therapy, every system, and every conversation aligns around one unifying philosophy:
ELIMINATE. NOURISH. REPAIR.
These three words guide everything we do.
- ELIMINATE what harms the body—pathogens, toxins, and inflammation—through advanced detoxification therapies like EBOO (extracorporeal blood oxygenation and ozonation), filtration, and cellular cleansing.
- NOURISH what the body needs—nutrients, oxygen, and cellular energy—through IV therapy, oxygenation treatments, and mitochondrial support.
- REPAIR the systems that are no longer functioning properly—neurological, digestive, or mitochondrial—through techniques like Erchonia laser therapy, functional neurology, and our Energetics program that restores communication within the body.
By addressing all three, we don’t just relieve symptoms—we help the body return to balance and resilience.
Our current clinic, located at 114 Pacifica in Irvine, is a 6,000-square-foot space where we combine insurance-covered services (including IVs, office visits, and most diagnostics when medically necessary) with cash-based modalities like EBOO, Erchonia laser, the BioCharger, and our world-renowned Energetics team.
One of the things I’m most proud of is that Helixona accepts PPO insurance for as many services as possible. In the world of functional and integrative medicine, this is almost unheard of. We believe advanced care shouldn’t be limited to those who can pay entirely out of pocket, and our team has worked tirelessly to make this level of care more accessible.
Just steps from our current location, we’re now building our new 7,000-square-foot flagship facility on the ground floor—designed entirely around healing flow and efficiency. This new space will include everything we have now, plus new modalities such as a salt room for halotherapy and oxygen nano baths, among others. Every detail is intentional, from the architecture to the patient experience.
At Helixona, we measure success by one thing: helping people get better. We don’t want our patients to be in long-term treatment; we want them to regain their health and move forward in life. That means tracking outcomes, collaborating with referring physicians, and creating personalized care plans that evolve as the patient heals.
As we begin our three-year journey as Turtle Rock Magazine’s Featured Health Experts, my partners and I are honored to share our knowledge with our neighbors in Turtle Rock, Shady Canyon, and the surrounding Irvine community. Many of us live, work, and raise our families here. We care deeply about this community and are grateful to be part of it.
Over the coming months, we’ll explore topics that affect so many of us—chronic inflammation, fatigue, hormone imbalance, and recovery from Long COVID—with the hope of helping people understand that healing is always possible.
We built Helixona for the people who refuse to give up—for those who know their bodies are capable of more, they just need the right support.
In a world that often tells patients to accept their limits, Helixona stands for possibility.
Because healing was never meant to be complicated—it was meant to be complete.