TPE Treatment Room
Physician-Supervised Plasma Exchange

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

Many people keep struggling with fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, long COVID, or autoimmune flares despite healthy habits and treatment. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) filters inflammatory proteins and antibodies out of your blood plasma, so the body has less to fight through as it heals.

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UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE

What Is Therapeutic Plasma Exchange?

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange is an outpatient procedure. Blood is drawn through an IV, run through a machine that separates the liquid plasma from your red cells, white cells, and platelets, and returned to you.

Plasma carries thousands of proteins, including the inflammatory signals and antibodies that can drive fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, and autoimmune flares.

During treatment, a portion of that plasma is removed and replaced with a sterile replacement solution, while your blood cells are safely returned to you.

The goal is to lower the load of unwanted circulating factors so your body can do its own repair work with less interference.

THE "OIL CHANGE" ANALOGY

Some longevity clinics describe TPE as an "oil change" for the bloodstream.

While not a perfect comparison, the concept helps explain how reducing circulating inflammatory burden may allow biological systems to function more efficiently.

At Aether Medicine, we view TPE as a tool that creates space for healing, not a standalone miracle treatment.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

You May Be A Candidate If You Experience

Symptoms Addressed

  • Persistent fatigue despite healthy habits
  • Brain fog or declining mental clarity
  • Long COVID or post-viral symptoms
  • Elevated inflammatory markers
  • Autoimmune activation
  • Poor recovery from exercise or illness
  • Chronic inflammatory pain
  • Environmental toxicant concerns
  • A desire to proactively optimize long-term health

Expected Benefits

  • More consistent energy
  • Improved mental clarity
  • Better recovery capacity
  • Less circulating inflammation
  • Enhanced resilience
  • Improved response to nutrition and exercise
  • Greater vitality
  • Support for healthy aging

Conditions We Address

Autoimmune Diseases
Long COVID
Rheumatoid Arthritis/Lupus
Multiple Sclerosis
Post-Viral Syndromes
Chronic Inflammation
Alzheimer's disease
Longevity

POTENTIAL OUTCOMES

What Life Can Look Like After TPE

Realistic goals for appropriate candidates.

Energy Consistency

Fewer crashes and more stable day-to-day vitality.

Mental Clarity

Improved focus, processing speed, and cognitive resilience.

Recovery Capacity

Better recovery from physical, mental, and metabolic stress.

Less Inflammatory Interference

Less circulating inflammation getting in the way of normal healing.

Improved Response

Enhanced ability to benefit from nutrition, exercise, sleep, and other interventions.

Healthspan Support

A more favorable biological environment for long-term health and performance.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

TPE Is A Catalyst, Not A Standalone Solution

At Aether Medicine, we do not position Therapeutic Plasma Exchange as a miracle treatment.

We view it as one component of a larger precision medicine strategy designed to help patients achieve meaningful and sustainable improvements in health.

  • Sleep optimization and circadian health
  • Hormone optimization
  • Metabolic health improvement
  • Gut-immune axis support
  • Nutrition optimization
  • Exercise and recovery strategies
  • Targeted supplementation
  • Reducing toxin exposure

THE AETHER DIFFERENCE

Why Patients Travel To Aether Medicine For TPE

Physician-Led Evaluation

Every patient is personally evaluated by Dr. Christian before treatment recommendations are made.

Biomarker-Guided Strategy

Advanced testing helps identify inflammatory, metabolic, hormonal, immune, and recovery-related contributors to symptoms.

Integrated Care

TPE is incorporated into a broader longevity, performance, regenerative, and health optimization strategy.

Precision Follow-Up

Progress is tracked objectively through symptoms, biomarkers, and clinical outcomes.

Root-Cause Focus

We focus on understanding why dysfunction exists rather than simply suppressing symptoms.

Concierge Experience

A highly personalized patient experience designed around education, access, communication, and support.

Meet Dr. Asare B. Christian

Physician. Educator. Innovator.

Meet Dr. Asare B. Christian

  • —Board-Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
  • —Board-Certified Longevity Medicine Physician (ABAARM)
  • —Harvard Medical School Fellowship
  • —Johns Hopkins Residency
  • —Harvard School of Public Health (MPH)
  • —MIT Sloan Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Most clinics offer Therapeutic Plasma Exchange as a procedure. At Aether Medicine, we view it as a tool.

My interest in TPE comes from its potential to reduce inflammatory burden and create a more favorable biological environment for healing, recovery, and healthy aging.

The goal is not simply to remove plasma. The goal is to understand the person sitting in front of us and determine whether TPE belongs within a broader strategy designed around their biology.

MEET DR. CHRISTIAN

Physician. Educator. Innovator.

Meet Dr. Asare B. Christian

  • —Board-Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
  • —Board-Certified Longevity Medicine Physician (ABAARM)
  • —Harvard Medical School Fellowship
  • —Johns Hopkins Residency
  • —Harvard School of Public Health (MPH)
  • —MIT Sloan Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Most clinics offer Therapeutic Plasma Exchange as a procedure. At Aether Medicine, we view it as a tool.

My interest in TPE comes from its potential to reduce inflammatory burden and create a more favorable biological environment for healing, recovery, and healthy aging.

The goal is not simply to remove plasma. The goal is to understand the person sitting in front of us and determine whether TPE belongs within a broader strategy designed around their biology.

MEET DR. CHRISTIAN

PATIENT STORIES

Real People. Real Results.

Hear directly from patients who chose a precision medicine approach to their health.

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Innovative, attentive, and effective. Dr Christian knows how to look at the big picture. He is compassionate and understanding and focused on helping you achieve your goals. You never feel rushed and always feel heard. He is truly one of a kind and I would highly recommend him.
Dr. Christian is a friend and former colleague that I would trust with my life and those of my family. His professional skill and ethic in the field of physical medicine and rehab is truly special. His dedication to improving access to healing is one to be honored!
Dr Christian and his practice are hands down one of the best. His holistic approach to medicine is something you rarely see in healthcare. As a Physical Therapist, I often refer patients to physicians to collaborate and my number one answer is Dr. Christian at Aether Medicine. The time, care, and determination he shows to his patients is uncanny. Recommend 10/10.
Dr Christian has been my doctor for several years now. I was unable to walk when I first met him. 5 years later I am able to walk and I am again a functioning beyond anything I would have dreamt would be possible. I am walking again and also driving. I'm able to live my life again. Please allow Dr. Christian help you should you need his guidance.
Dr Asare Christian is taking care of my great aunt Inez who will be turning 102 years old this year. He has been very caring and compassionate. She has shown improvement since the treatment and continues to assist with her ADL's and gentle exercises. I would highly recommend Dr Christian to anyone who is experiencing pain.
Dr Christian is FANTASTIC! Very knowledgeable and works very well with his patients on trying to create well rounded approach to their health and wellness. Highly recommend him to anyone looking for help!
If you are looking for someone to truly listen to you as a patient, you need to schedule a visit with Dr. Christian. He does not simply type symptoms into his laptop and wait for the program to instruct how to treat your illness. He understands you are an individual, and considers all aspects of your health. He treats you as a whole person, not a list of symptoms. If you have been frustrated by the health care system, and have yet to find relief for your pain, I highly recommend Dr. Christian and Aether medicine.
My wife experienced a concussion in a car accident a few years back and was treated by Dr. Christian. She could not move her neck left or right for a month along with terrible pain and headaches, which led to vision problems. From her first visit, Dr. Christian helped her get her neck moving side to side again. From that point until now, she feels that after going through all that, she has a normal life today thanks to his treatment. He truly cares about the patients, they are not just numbers or statistics to him. She is totally grateful to him for getting the pain under control and now at his new practice, the peptide therapy has helped her get her Polycystic Ovary Syndrome under control. This helps her with weight loss (down 58 pounds), and the PCOS symptoms have almost disappeared. She is grateful to have an amazing physician like him in her life, we are both very thankful for everything he has done for us!
Dr Christian is a fantastic pain management doctor. He looks at you holistically and is very compassionate and understanding. He listens to you and works with you to come up with the best treatment plan for you. Even if it requires referring you to another doctor. I have had 3 spine surgeries with constant epidurals and rhizotomies in between them. My last surgery was 3.5 years ago and afterwards Dr Christian came up with a new plan for my muscle spasms. It has been a life saver for me, as my falls had been less frequent for me and I haven't needed any additional therapy besides what I do at home. Plus the best part is, I do not want to be on narcotics yet and he respects that and treats me without ever needing to use a narcotic! He truly listens to you and works with you, to care for you! I wish there were more doctors like him!
Extraordinary. Brilliant. Innovative. Compassionate. He changed my life! Chronic cervical pain brought me to Dr. Asare B. Christian. For years doctors/surgeons restricted my movement and wrote pain prescriptions. I challenged Dr. Christian to help me eliminate the prescriptions (morphine), build the physical/mental strength to minimize the pain and live an active life. He became my partner on an amazing journey. We put together a plan for my recovery. He educated and encouraged me. He listened to my personal goals and got to know my family. He provided the latest practices and resources so I could accomplish what all the other doctors said was impossible. Dr. Christian's staff at Good Shephard are smart, dedicated, efficient, customer-centric professionals who treat each patient with warmth and kindness. I walk five miles every day. I dance, exercise, garden, do all the things I was told I should never do. He is, quite simply, remarkable.
Dr. Christian is hands down the best in the business. Not only in medicine, but healthcare. True reformative and proactive healthcare. His approach is integral, conscience, and thorough. He treats people like a human being and looks at ALL aspects of who you are to better understand how he can work WITH you to provide best outcomes. It's never just about the pain. It's about the body and how the mind perceives the pain. He equips all his clients with the tools to become your best self beyond the pain. If the pain is what brings you to Dr. Christian then consider yourself blessed. If you work with him and truly follow and use the tools and strategies he equips you with, prepare to be amazed that your quality of simply BEING renews itself and that you may even rise to new heights you never thought possible before you ever had the pain. It's possible. I promise. From one former chronic pain sufferer to another, not only is there hope with Dr. Christian on your team but a whole new world of wellness and possibilities.
Dr. Christian was very kind and thoughtful. His exam was thorough. He listened to my concerns and offered modalities to improve my condition that make good sense.
Dr. Christian is a very knowledgeable, compassionate and caring physician. He was very present when he met with my wife and me. You feel that he really cares and wants to help you heal. Highly recommended.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Your Personalized TPE Journey

Comprehensive Evaluation

A thorough review of your health history, symptoms, goals, medications, and prior treatments with Dr. Christian.

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Advanced Laboratory Assessment

Blood tests for inflammation, immune markers, blood sugar and metabolism, hormones, and recovery capacity.

Personalized Treatment Strategy

A customized protocol is developed based on your clinical data, goals, and the role TPE will play within your broader care plan.

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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

Done in our office over several hours with continuous monitoring. Blood is drawn through an IV, plasma is removed and replaced, and your blood cells are returned.

Recovery & Monitoring

Post-procedure support including hydration guidance, symptom tracking, and structured recovery to optimize your response.

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Precision Follow-Up

Outcomes are assessed objectively through repeat biomarkers, symptom evaluation, and clinical review to guide next steps.

SAFETY & MEDICAL OVERSIGHT

Safety, Transparency & Medical Oversight

TPE is a medical procedure with both potential benefits and real risks. Every patient undergoes physician evaluation and careful screening before treatment.

Medical Procedure Standards

TPE is a medical procedure supervised by clinicians trained to screen risk and respond appropriately. Your safety is our top priority, and every step is designed with clinical oversight.

Continuous monitoring during treatment
Trained clinical staff
Emergency protocols in place

Understanding Risks

TPE comes with both potential benefits and real risks. Commonly discussed risks include:

Access-site issues (bruising, bleeding)
Transient blood pressure changes
Electrolyte shifts and citrate-related symptoms
Rare complications requiring urgent evaluation

LEARN MORE

Explore The Science

Educational resources designed to help you better understand longevity medicine, inflammation, recovery, metabolic health, and Therapeutic Plasma Exchange.

Design and Structure

Frequently Asked Questions

Comprehensive answers to help you make an informed decision

Is TPE Right For You?

Is TPE Right For You?

Not everyone is an ideal candidate for Therapeutic Plasma Exchange. The first step is a comprehensive consultation with Dr. Christian to understand your symptoms, goals, medical history, laboratory findings, and current treatment strategy. If TPE is appropriate, we will design a personalized roadmap built around your biology.

Your health story is still being written. Let's begin the next chapter together.

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