Neurologist-led brain health, delivered by telehealth
Healthopia Institute is a neurology practice and education program built around one question: what can still be changed about your brain's trajectory? We combine a full neurological evaluation with the five lifestyle domains that the evidence keeps pointing back to.
The NEURO framework
Five domains that structure every plan we write. Medical treatment sits alongside them — never instead of them, never in place of them.
Nutrition
A dietary pattern you can actually keep, built around the foods most consistently tied to slower cognitive decline.
Exercise
Aerobic and resistance work dosed to your current capacity, not a generic prescription.
Unwind
Practical stress regulation, because chronic stress load shows up in memory, sleep, and headache patterns.
Restore
Sleep quality and duration treated as clinical data, with testing when the history warrants it.
Optimize
Cognitive engagement plus review of vascular, metabolic, and medication factors you can still change.
How care works
Four stages, all conducted by telehealth with your local clinicians kept in the loop.
Initial visit
An extended neurologist visit covering your history, symptoms, family risk, labs, and current medications.
Neurological workup
Targeted testing where it changes decisions — cognitive assessment, imaging review, bloodwork, sleep or nerve studies.
Personalized plan
A written plan across the five NEURO domains, with the medical treatment and referrals your condition calls for.
Follow-ups
Scheduled reviews to adjust the plan against how you are actually doing, not against an average patient.
Who leads the work
Every clinical protocol on this site is authored and reviewed by a named neurologist or a fellowship-trained specialist in that field.
Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD
Co-Founder and Chair, Clinical Governance
Behavioral neurologist whose work centers on modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and on translating multidomain lifestyle intervention research into ordinary outpatient practice. Chairs the clinical protocol and its revision cycle.
Co-founder and equity holder in Healthopia Institute; teaching honoraria. Practices independently through his own neurology practice.
Ayesha Sherzai, MD, MAS
Co-Founder and Director of Curriculum
Vascular neurologist and behavior-change clinician. Leads curriculum design, case-application review standards, and faculty development across the Institute's clinical programs.
Co-founder and equity holder in Healthopia Institute; teaching honoraria. Practices independently through her own neurology practice.
7 further clinical and advisory seats — movement disorders, headache medicine, sleep, neuromuscular, neuroimmunology, neurorehabilitation, and neuropsychology — are listed as seats until the appointed clinician's name and disclosures can be published.
Clinicians affiliated with Healthopia Institute practice independently. Faculty affiliation means the clinician contributes to the Institute's protocols and education and meets its published standards. It is not a guarantee of outcomes and not an endorsement of individual clinical competence.
Where we can see you
Telehealth visits are limited to states where our clinicians hold an active license. Individual clinicians cover different subsets of this list.
- Arizona
- Florida
- Georgia
- California
- New York
- New Jersey
- Illinois
- Virginia
How payment works
We are an out-of-network, cash-pay practice and do not participate in Medicare. We provide a superbill you can submit to your insurer, and we accept HSA and FSA cards.
- Initial consultation — $500
- Follow-up visit — $250
- Comprehensive package — $1,500
Healthopia Institute provides education, assessment, and care-coordination resources. The content on this site is for general information and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and reading it does not create a physician–patient relationship. Clinical information is summarized from sources such as the NIH, CDC, and Mayo Clinic and may not reflect your individual situation. Always consult a qualified clinician about your own care. If you have a medical emergency, call 911.