Dr. Gersch Private Practice
»We see patients at my practice who don't want to leave after 5 minutes with just a prescription, but who would like to work on the root cause of their health struggles or take a long term preventive approach on their life«
– Dr. Gersch
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Private Practice
We see patients at my practice who don't want to leave after 5 minutes with just a prescription, but who would like to work on the root cause of their health struggles or take a long term preventive approach on their life.
The focus of my practice is on functional medicine. Unfortunately, there is no board certification for functional medicine in Germany (yet), but I have extensive training in practicing medicine. I am a licensed medical doctor who is double board-certified in anesthesiology and emergency medicine, but in my practice, the center of my work is on nutrition and general functional medicine since the root of disease interests me more than the sole treatment of symptoms.
My practice is equipped to do a broad spectrum of lab tests. We can measure heart rate variability, CO2, write ECG's and do ultrasound exams.
My general areas of interest include
We will provide you with an invoice for possible reimbursement with private insurances such as BCBS, Cigna or FSBP as well as TRICARE. We do not directly bill insurances so out-of-network deductibles may occur or not everything may be covered. You will pay this invoice directly to us (all major credit cards accepted).
If you want to use insurance, please verify that your insurance plan does not exclude certain functional medicine services and treatments like long physician appointments (we will spend 45–60 mins with you and bill a higher rate because of that), the use of supplements, vitamins, natural, herbal, homeopathic or over-the-counter medications, bioidentical hormones or the use of compounding pharmacies).
We send most blood to an outside lab for processing, who will mail you a separate invoice you can hand in to your private insurance company or Tricare. If you have a high-deductible plan or are uninsured, self-pay discounts are available on lab testing.
Please understand that we will not accept German social insurance (such as AOK, BKK, TK). Patients on these insurances may be seen on a self-pay basis. Expect € 500 – 650 for a 60 minute intake appointment (depending on services provided). There will be additional charges for lab tests.
Is there a difference between functional medicine and integrative medicine? This is just different terms, talking all about the same framework: Treating the root cause of disease rather than the symptoms.
Let's take metabolic syndrome with diabetes. Conventional treatment methods might include drugs that increase insulin output or even injectable insulin. All these will have side effects and only manage the symptoms.
But a consultation with a functional medicine practitioner will mean that you will team up together and look for the underlying issue. In this case, this will be insulin resistance, most often caused by high levels of uric acid and a dysfunctional fruit sugar metabolism. Or maybe you have a food intolerance and keep eating food that does not love you back. If we can reverse the cause of your disease, we will try to cure it. That is the idea of functional medicine.
Still, we are fully fledged Western doctors and can start you on medication if necessary. But a symptomatic treatment approach is not actually our goal. What we're you trying to do is get healthy by making diseases go away. Yes, this might include lifestyle changes. But they will be worth it.
The practice of Dr. Gersch is a premium provider of high-end, on-demand, and personalized medical care in the Kaiserslautern area.
We will help you to navigate the local healthcare system, such as scheduling appointments for you or consult with other physicians. We are also available outside of our office hours via our app for our patients who are on our Complete Care & Prevention Plan.
After your initial appointment, we will schedule a follow-up appointment with you, during which we will discuss our findings in detail and, if necessary, initiate further examinations immediately. Our goal is to develop a plan for you. We are focused on much more than just a diagnosis and a prescription. If you decide to implement this plan with us, we have a special framework for that. We call it the Complete Care & Prevention Plan.
In everything we do in our practice, we believe in not only improving the health of our patients but actively promoting it. We believe that health is more than the absence of disease – it is the key to a fulfilled, long, and happy life.
Our »why« is simple: We want to give you the best chances of leading not just a healthy and vital life, but even an exceptionally long one. Health and well-being until the very last day. Having the time and energy to contribute. This conviction drives us to give our best every day. Dr. Gersch's mission is that no one should ever have to be admitted to an intensive care unit. That chronic illness is not simply managed. In our view, traditional reactive medicine – which waits until problems arise – is not enough. Even functional medicine, which looks at the root causes of disease, is not enough for us. Perhaps you are coming to us now with acute symptoms or a long medical history, and it will be our priority to address these at their root cause. We are happy to do this, and we also have elements within the Complete Care & Prevention Plan to optimally support you during this initial phase.
However, our vision is to create a healthcare approach that not only heals but also acts preventively, prevents diseases, and improves your quality of life in the long term. So that you never find yourself in a situation where you need to dial 911. We call it: Functional Longevity Medicine.
To fulfill this vision, we have developed the Complete Care & Prevention Plan. This plan is more than just a series of appointments and a program – it is the result of our deep conviction that true health care requires continuous, holistic care. We do not just want to react when something is wrong. We want to work proactively with you to ensure that you are well – today, tomorrow, and in many years to come.
The Complete Care & Prevention Plan includes a patient support program that accompanies you on your health journey with us. Initially, this might help with dietary changes, managing an autoimmune disease, or treating chronic stress syndrome. But we always keep the goal of a fulfilled, long, and happy life in mind.
Our patient support program within the Complete Care & Prevention Plan comes in four versions, ranging from valuable content for those who prefer to learn on their own to a more intensive version. The Complete Care & Prevention Plan is a medical service that we bill according to the German billing code for physicians, and it can be elegible for insurance coverage. Its entry version is available from € 91.80 per each four weeks.
Due to the annual structure of the Complete Care & Prevention Plan, participation allows you access to the associated consultation capacities. This ensures that our long-term patients do not have to wait months for an appointment, as is sometimes the case with external booking, but can instead benefit from a timely and well-structured care schedule. Additionally, through the connected messaging function, we always have an open line of communication between appointments.
Please note that we do not offer individual appointments beyond the first two appointments with us, so by the end of the diagnostic phase, we will kindly ask you to decide if you want to continue care with us by joining the Complete Care & Prevention Plans. This way we can ensure the high-quality care that we stand for. High-quality care means that we want to avoid being so overbooked that we cannot provide true good care. That's why we strictly limit the number of available spots in the Complete Care & Prevention Plan.
Choosing to work with us means that you can look forward to integrated and holistic care, with you and your health at the center.
With Dr. Gersch's unique app, you will have
The app guarantees encrypted communication with high security standards, but with the easiness of using your smartphone.
The app is only available to patients of the practice. To get access, ask in the office for your personal login code.
Consultation hours are by appointment only. Please schedule an appointment online, email [email protected] or call +49 631 / 34 35 97 38.
Cancellations and missed appointments: If you need to reschedule an appointment, you may do so once up to seven days prior to the appointment by clicking the designated rescheduling link in the email confirming the appointment. If you want to fully cancel an appointment, please reply to the email or contact the practice at least one week ahead of the appointment. After those seven days, the spot in Dr. Gersch's schedule will be reserved just for you. If you cannot make it to the appointment, we therefore still need to bill you for that as we do not have other patients waiting in the practice who could take your spot.
If you call us or visit our office, our healthcare assistants Kyra and Merima and our trained nurse Rebekka will be there for you. They will help you to schedule with us, but also with other practices (avoiding language barriers). They will support you in every way and will be happy to answer all your questions.
During an appointment, you will be seen and treated either by Dr. Gersch, Dr. Hauschild or Dr. Möller.
All members of our team will also be available through our app.
The practice is located at the Business + Innovation Center. When driving, enter Carl-Euler-Straße 1, 67663 Kaiserslautern into your GPS (this will direct you to the parking lot – accross the street there is a grocery store parking lot, but just turn left to enter our gated parking lot pictured below).
Drive on the property. If the barrier is closed, just pull up and the gate will open automatically. In case the gate was closed, you will later receive a parking coin for toll-free exit.
There is a parking lot directly in front of the building. If full, please continue driving on to the parking lot, turn around the corner, and find further parking facilities behind the building.
If you walk, use Trippstadter Str. 110, 67663 Kaiserslautern for your GPS.
Take the SWK bus lines 115 or 116 direction Kaiserslautern, »Uni Ost«. These bus lines leave from the main station.
You may also take the Saar-Pfalz-Bus, line 150, direction Trippstadt, »Bürgermeisteramt«, also leaving from the main station.
Please exit the bus at »Carl-Euler-Straße«. Walking from there will take you about 2 minutes.
Please drive on the building's parking lot. Continue driving on the parking lot, turn around the corner, turn right again and take the ramp where you will find barrier-free parking spaces.
If you need further attention, please call 0631 / 68039 - 110 on arrival. A wheelchair-accessible elevator, as well as a barrier-free restroom, are available.
You will receive access data at your first appointment to access your electronic health record. You can also use the EHR platform to securely message the doctor. The EHR is also accessible via our app.
Dr. med. Christian Gersch
Medical doctor in private practice
supervisory authorities
Landesärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz
Bezirksärztekammer Pfalz
Offical title: physician licensed to practice medicine in Germany (Arzt, verliehen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
Professional regulations:
- Berufsordnung der Ärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz
- Approbationsordnung für Ärzte
- Ärztekammer Rheinland-Pfalz: Gesetze, Verordnungen
Responsible for content according to § 55 paragraph 2 RStV: Dr. med Christian Gersch, VAT-ID DE815792717
Privacy policy
1. Name and contact details of the data protection controller
This privacy policy applies to data processing by:
Dr. Christian Gersch, Trippstadter Str. 110, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Tel. 0631 / 34 35 97 38
2. Collection and storage of personal data as well as the nature and purpose of their use
a) When visiting the website
When you visit the website drgersch.de, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information will be collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:
The IP address of your computer,
date and time of access,
name and URL of the accessed files,
the URL of the refering website,
the name and version of your browser, the OS of your computer and the name of your ISP.
The data mentioned are processed by us for the following purposes:
ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
ensuring comfortable use of our website,
evaluation of system security and stability as well
further administrative purposes.
The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. GPDR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. In no case we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you.
3. transmission of your data
A transfer of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below does not take place.
We only share your personal information with third parties if:
You have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. GDPR
the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. GDPR is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have a predominantly protected interest in non-disclosure your data,
in case that there is a legal obligation to disclose in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 ct GDPR, as well as
this is permitted by law and required under Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. GDPR for the execution of contractual relationships with you.
4. Cookies
We do not set any cookies including personal data of you on our own, but we make use of services from Bing, Google and Facebook:
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If you log in via facebook in this website, we will get to know your name and your email address. We will use this data as described in this policy to address you.
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On my website you have the opportunity to contact me by video, voice or text message via videoask (by Typeform). When using the feauture, you data will be processed by TYPEFORM SL, C/Bac de Roda, 163 (Local), 08018 – Barcelona, Spain. I will record the data you transmit though this platform to answer your questions and handle them as stated above. A data processing addendum is TYPEFORM SL is in place. Learn more about TYPEFORM SL's privacy policy, data handling and use of cookies via https://admin.typeform.com/to/eWpkapYC.
5. affected rights
You have the right to:
in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may provide information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed, the planned retention period, the right of rectification, deletion, limitation of processing or opposition, the existence of a The right to complain, the source of their data, if not collected from us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information about their details;
in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR to demand the rectification of incorrect or completed personal data stored by us immediately;
in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to require the deletion of your personal data stored by us, except where the processing is for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims is required;
in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, as far as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you reject their deletion and we no longer need the data, but you to assert, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR to obtain your personal data provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another person responsible;
pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR your once granted consent to revoke against us at any time. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent for the future, and
according to Art. 77 GDPR to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our office.
To make use of any ove the rights stated above, please contact us.
6. your right to revoke
If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct mail. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which is implemented by us without stating a particular situation.
If you would like to make use of your right of revocation or objection, a notification to the above mentioned is sufficient. Contact details.
7. data safety
We use the widely used Secure Socket Layer (SSL) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. In general, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we'll use 128-bit v3 technology instead. Whether a single page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form is indicated by the closed representation of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.
We also take appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
8. Updating and changing this privacy policy
This privacy policy is currently valid and is valid as of September 2021.
Due to the further development of our website and offers or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to change this privacy policy. The current privacy policy can be viewed at any time on the website at https://www.drgersch.de/#datenschutz will be retrieved and printed by you.
