Healthopia Institute

Faculty

Faculty and leadership

Every faculty member is listed with credentials, domain, and their financial relationship with the Institute. Seats that are filled but not yet announced are labelled as such rather than presented as named appointments.

Institute leadership

Dean SherzaiMD, PhD

Co-Founder and Chair, Clinical Governance Committee

Neurology, cognitive assessment

Dean Sherzai is a behavioral neurologist whose work centers on the modifiable risk-factor literature and on translating multidomain lifestyle intervention research into ordinary outpatient practice. At the Institute he chairs the Clinical Governance Committee and owns the clinical protocol and its revision cycle. He practices independently; his neurology practice is separate from the Institute.

Disclosures: Financial relationship with Healthopia Institute: co-founder, equity holder, and teaching honorarium. Owns an independent neurology practice listed in the directory.

Ayesha SherzaiMD, MAS

Co-Founder and Director of Curriculum

Vascular neurology, behavioral medicine

Ayesha Sherzai is a vascular neurologist and behavior-change clinician. She leads curriculum design, the case-application review standard, and faculty development. She practices independently; her neurology practice is separate from the Institute.

Disclosures: Financial relationship with Healthopia Institute: co-founder, equity holder, and teaching honorarium. Owns an independent neurology practice listed in the directory.

Core faculty

Faculty seat: sleep medicineMD, sleep medicine

Core faculty

Sleep medicine

The sleep medicine module is authored and reviewed by a sleep physician. The Institute publishes faculty names, credentials, and disclosures at appointment announcement; we do not list unnamed faculty as if they were named.

Disclosures: Financial relationship with Healthopia Institute: teaching honorarium. Full disclosure published at announcement.

Faculty seat: nutritionPhD, RD

Core faculty

Nutrition

The nutrition module is authored and reviewed by a doctoral-level registered dietitian with a research background in dietary patterns and cognition.

Disclosures: Financial relationship with Healthopia Institute: teaching honorarium. Full disclosure published at announcement.

Faculty seat: exercise physiologyPhD

Core faculty

Exercise physiology

The physical activity module is authored and reviewed by an exercise physiologist with trial experience in older-adult populations.

Disclosures: Financial relationship with Healthopia Institute: teaching honorarium. Full disclosure published at announcement.

Faculty seat: behavioral and mental healthPhD, clinical psychology

Core faculty

Behavioral and mental health

The stress, mood, and behavior-change modules are authored and reviewed by a clinical psychologist, including escalation pathways for positive mental-health screens.

Disclosures: Financial relationship with Healthopia Institute: teaching honorarium. Full disclosure published at announcement.

Faculty seat: geriatrics and preventive medicineMD, MPH

Core faculty

Geriatrics and preventive medicine

The medical and vascular risk module, including deprescribing considerations and comorbidity handling, is authored and reviewed by a geriatrician.

Disclosures: Financial relationship with Healthopia Institute: teaching honorarium. Full disclosure published at announcement.

Scientific Advisory Board

Advisory seat: epidemiology and validationPhD

Scientific Advisory Board

Epidemiology, measurement validation

The Scientific Advisory Board reviews study design, the validation roadmap, and every public claim derived from Institute data. Members are named at appointment with full disclosures.

Disclosures: Financial relationship with Healthopia Institute: advisory honorarium. Full disclosure published at announcement.

Practitioner faculty

Practitioner facultyMD / DO / NP / DNP

Case discussion leads

Implementation in independent practice

Practitioner faculty are drawn from the founding cohort. They lead live case discussions, implementation clinics, and onboarding for later cohorts. Appointments are published with names, credentials, and disclosures.

Disclosures: Financial relationship with Healthopia Institute: teaching honorarium. Certified Healthopia Practitioners; independent practice owners.

All faculty financial relationships with Healthopia Institute are disclosed above and in educational materials.