Our Practice Team

The Kranichstein General Practice is a joint practice run by a male and a female specialist in general medicine, both of whom have completed many years of specialist training in a wide range of medical fields.

Jana Löckermann is fluent in Russian and Georgian. She also understands Ukrainian and Polish.

Olivia Franke speaks very good English.
Lea Sophie Erlebach has a good command of English and Spanish.

Our qualified medical assistants – Elina Schneider, Ceylan Faik, Perihan Bozkurt and Jana Wrbanatz – are available to assist the GPs in their work.

Elina Schneider has a perfect command of Russian and a good command of English, whilst Ceylan Faik has a perfect command of Macedonian. Perihan Bozkurt speaks fluent Turkish and Kurdish.

Our new trainee, Fatma Zehra Özkaya, speaks Turkish fluently.

Aleksandra Dragon joined us on 1 January 2025. She is a trainee specialist in psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. She is completing her mandatory specialist training period in our training practice in order to obtain her specialist qualification. She will be joining our practice until the end of April 2026. She speaks fluent Polish (mother tongue).

Dr. med. Horst Löckermann

Dr Horst Löckermann is a specialist in general medicine. He began working together with his father at the practice in 1978. Following his father’s retirement in 1986, Dr Löckermann continued to run the practice as a sole practitioner. He became a psychotherapist in 1982. He is also a specialist in addiction and environmental medicine. Dr Löckermann has been representing the interests of family doctors for the last 40 years.

Mrs Jana Löckermann

Jana Löckermann worked in this practice as a doctor in specialist training between 2001 and 2004. Since 2006, she has been a specialist in general medicine and an assistant in public health, cardiology and surgery. She became a partner in this practice in 2008. She completed specialist training in nutritional medicine in 2010. She speaks Russian and Georgian, and understands Ukrainian and Polish.

Olivia Franke

Olivia Franke is employed by us as a doctor in specialist training in general medicine. She previously worked as a junior doctor at Alice Hospital in Darmstadt and in an orthopaedic practice. She speaks good English.

Mrs Elina Schneider

Elina Schneider has been with us since 2009, first as a trainee and later as a medical assistant. She successfully completed her training as a care assistant in general practice in 2013. She is qualified to make home visits independently and is fluent in Russian. She is the practice’s data protection officer. Elina Schneider completed her training as a non-physician practice assistant in May 2022.

Ceylan Faik

Ceylan Faik has been working with us as a medical assistant since 2011. She has been active in all nursing duties. She successfully completed her training as a care assistant in general practice in 2016 and has also completed additional training as a non-physician practice assistant. She is therefore qualified to make home visits independently.

Perihan Bozkurt

Perihan Bozkurt has been working in our general practice as a medical assistant since June 2018, following her training with us. She completed further training as a care assistant in general practice and finished her training as a non-physician practice assistant in May 2022. She speaks fluent Turkish. She is currently on parental leave but plans to continue supporting our team.

Ms Jana Wrbanatz

Jana Wrbanatz will remain in our practice team as a medical assistant after training with us. She has good English language skills.

Fatma Zehra Özkaya

Fatma Zehra Özkaya will begin her training as a medical assistant in our practice on 1 September 2025. Having graduated from vocational school, she already has a solid foundation of medical knowledge. She also speaks Turkish.

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