Meet Areti Gourzis
While Areti is not a medical practitioner, she strongly believes in integrative and functional medicine as the first line of defense for both acute and chronic illness.
She values the life-saving nature of conventional standards of medical care, but also knows firsthand the detriments of poor root-cause diagnosis of one’s health. She is pleased to offer primary care and integrative medicine to NOVA IV Therapy patients.
Education & Background
Areti graduated from Duke University in 1999. She holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Maryland, which she earned in 2008.
Areti’s career began in Information Technology and evolved over time into product management and business strategy, with an emphasis on physical and cyber security. Her background in the commercial corporate sector has afforded her the experience and knowledge to start her own small business, leading to the establishment of NOVA IV Therapy in 2025.
In her spare time, Areti enjoys hanging out with her family, trying new and different cuisines during the occasional girls' night out, and going on walks with her pups.
Areti’s Healing Journey
Areti is the founder of NOVA IV Therapy, which was established in 2025. Areti is not a medical practitioner—she is a patient who was in the fight of her life from 2007 to 2015.
After struggling for several years with mysterious pains that would come and go, she was diagnosed with neurological Lyme disease that had developed into a chronic condition. Her body hurt every day; there were debilitating headaches (trigeminal neuralgia), the onset of Bell’s Palsy, deep-seated fatigue, and general malaise that was too insurmountable to overcome with willpower alone.
Searching for More
Not trusting the efficacy of antibiotics and knowing her sensitivity to them, she sought an alternative approach to bring herself to a cure. She tried herbs, essential oils, diet and lifestyle changes, heavy-metal detox, homeopathic remedies, and more.
Everything helped, but nothing cured. Through her own tenacity and some divine guidance, she found Ozone IV therapy.
Information about ozone IV therapy was limited at the time, and so were medical establishments willing to offer it in the United States.
The Path to Recovery
By 2016, Areti found a place three hours from home that she traveled to every week, only to later find out that her IV procedures had not been administered in effective doses. A few months later, she found a medical office locally in Sterling, VA, and that’s when her astounding recovery truly began.
Areti was administered MAH, 10-Pass, Hemealumen light therapy, and several other IV protocols, including Myers’ Cocktail, Glutathione, and high-dose Vitamin C over the course of 18 months.
She will be the first one to tell you that there is no magic pill, but that with the right nutrients, the body can heal.
Managing Chronic Illness
Over the years, Areti sought IV Services for her whole family, with Ozone, Myers’ Cocktails, Glutathione, and Vitamin C as part of their healing protocols. These IV services supported them through Lyme, Flu, COVID, Arthritis, pre-cancer indicators, broken bones, AFib, and a myriad of other ailments.
Like all patients suffering from a chronic disease, Areti evolved into a warrior for her own health and her family’s well-being. She understands that’s what you must do to overcome the adversities of illness. You must become your own loudest advocate and fight every day with both grace and persistence.
Taking the Leap
When Areti learned that one of the few local medical offices that offers Ozone was closing its doors and that Ozone might become inaccessible to her and her loved ones, she activated.
She decided to open a medical IV center, knowing that it could also help others, i.e., her fellow warriors facing similar struggles. It’s Areti’s fervent desire to provide a place for weary warriors to come find the healing they’ve been seeking in an unexpected but blessed way.
This incredible mission is made possible only by the medical staff who perform the IV procedures available at NOVA IV Therapy. They are the unsung heroes of Areti’s story. May they become your heroes too. Keep the faith and fight on.