Psychiatric care grounded in diagnostic precision.
An all-physician neuropsychiatry practice providing psychiatric evaluation and treatment by telemedicine throughout California. Every physician is a board-certified psychiatrist with additional subspecialty fellowship training. Initial evaluations run 60 minutes, and appointments are often available within one to two weeks.
A Different Approach
Every evaluation begins with broadband screening, quantitative baselines, and a diagnostic clinical interview designed to identify what other clinicians may have missed, including diagnoses the patient does not suspect.
The patients who find their way to our practice have usually discovered the difference between efficient care and thorough care the hard way. Bay Area Neuropsychiatry was founded on a premise that should not be unusual but is: psychiatric diagnosis requires time, rigor, and physicians trained to look beyond the presenting symptom. We take 60 minutes for every initial evaluation because differential diagnosis cannot be compressed into a 15-minute visit.
All of our physicians are board-certified psychiatrists with additional subspecialty fellowship training completed at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Dr. Lodhi holds a second Stanford fellowship in forensic psychiatry. We treat a full range of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions, and we are equally committed to deprescribing: systematically reducing unnecessary medications when patients arrive on overly complex regimens. Patients who come to us on five medications often leave on two.
Our Physicians
Which physician is right for you?
Shafi Lodhi, MD
Founder & Medical Director
Complex and treatment-resistant conditions: functional neurological disorder, traumatic brain injury, complex adult ADHD, and diagnostic second opinions. Dual Stanford fellowships in neuropsychiatry and forensic psychiatry.
Full credentials →Rohan Patel, DO
Neuropsychiatrist
Psychiatric symptoms arising from neurological disease: neurodegenerative conditions, epilepsy, movement disorders, and post-injury mood and cognitive changes. Stanford neuropsychiatry fellowship.
Full credentials →Sarah Staley, MD
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist
Pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopausal psychiatry, and psychiatric care alongside complex medical illness. Double board-certified in psychiatry and consultation-liaison psychiatry.
Full credentials →All three physicians treat the full range of adult psychiatric conditions. The focuses above are where each has additional depth. Not sure? Choose "no preference" when you request an appointment and we will match you to the physician best suited to your needs.
Patient Perspectives
"Dr. Lodhi has been a great help! He cares about his patients and works with them to find the best treatment and care plan."
"Dr. Lodhi was very thorough and had an excellent bedside manner. There was a lot to cover, but he didn't make me feel rushed."
"This was the first time I felt like a psychiatrist actually listened to me and cared about my experience. I finally had some insight."
Reviews from verified patients. Individual experiences may vary.
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Telemedicine Throughout California
Serving All of California
As a telemedicine practice, we see patients across the entire state, from San Francisco and San Jose to Los Angeles, San Diego, and Sacramento. No commute, no waiting room. Appointments from wherever you are. How telepsychiatry works at our practice →
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