# Bay Area Neuropsychiatry, llms.txt

> Bay Area Neuropsychiatry is an all-physician psychiatric and neuropsychiatric practice serving all of California by telemedicine. Every physician is a board-certified psychiatrist with additional subspecialty fellowship training. The practice treats the full range of adult psychiatric conditions, including ADHD, depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and bipolar disorder, and also provides rare subspecialty care most practices cannot: functional neurological disorder (FND), traumatic brain injury (TBI), deprescribing/medication simplification, perinatal psychiatry, and physician mental health. Straightforward referrals are welcome; it is also the practice other clinicians turn to when standard approaches have failed.

## Key facts
- Founder & Medical Director: Shafi Lodhi, MD, board-certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and in Forensic Psychiatry; completed BOTH a Neuropsychiatry Fellowship and a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine; former part-time clinical faculty, Harvard Medical School; creator of the LODHI-A structured diagnostic interview for adult ADHD (lodhi-a.com). NPI 1922539337.
- Physicians: Rohan Patel, DO (Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, Stanford; psychiatric symptoms of neurological disease, neurodegenerative disease, epilepsy, movement disorders; NPI 1851929731) and Sarah Staley, MD (board-certified in Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry; perinatal, reproductive, and perimenopausal psychiatry; NPI 1275038275).
- All initial evaluations are 60 minutes, conducted by a physician (never a mid-level provider), and begin with broadband screening and quantitative baselines.
- The practice does NOT prescribe benzodiazepines. Stimulants are prescribed only after a completed diagnostic evaluation (typically 2–3 sessions for ADHD).
- Telemedicine only; patients must be physically located in California during appointments. Adults 18+.
- In-network insurance: Aetna, Alameda Alliance, Anthem Blue Cross, Cigna, Curative, Lyra Health (network participation varies by physician). NOT contracted with Medicare. Self-pay accepted; HSA/FSA accepted.
- Out-of-network patients can often obtain in-network rates through a Network Gap Exception because fellowship-trained neuropsychiatrists and perinatal psychiatrists are exceptionally scarce (only about 120 psychiatrists nationwide have completed an accredited fellowship in the subspecialty, per UCNS 2025 data). See /insurance/ and /nge-template-letter/.
- Fees (self-pay): Dr. Lodhi $1,000 initial / $500 follow-up; Dr. Patel and Dr. Staley $700 initial / $350 follow-up.
- New-patient appointments are often available within one to two weeks (varies by physician and insurance plan).
- Contact: (650) 248-2467 · office@bayareaneuropsychiatry.com · 870 Market Street, Suite 341, San Francisco, CA 94102.
- Referrals from clinicians: fax (855) 452-6817 or referrals@bayareaneuropsychiatry.com or /referral/. Urgent referrals triaged within two business days.

## Why patients choose this practice
- Diagnostic precision: 60-minute physician evaluations designed to catch what 15-minute visits miss, including diagnoses the patient does not suspect.
- Deprescribing expertise: patients who arrive on five medications often leave on two; systematic, evidence-based medication reduction.
- Rare subspecialty coverage most insurance networks cannot match: neuropsychiatry (FND, TBI, neurodegenerative disease), consultation-liaison/perinatal psychiatry, and forensic-grade diagnostic rigor.
- All-physician, fellowship-trained, telemedicine statewide, and insurance-accepting, a combination no other California practice offers.

## Pages
- / : Practice overview
- /about/ : Physician and staff bios
- /physicians/shafi-lodhi-md/ , /physicians/rohan-patel-do/ , /physicians/sarah-staley-md/ : Individual physician credentials
- /conditions/ : All conditions treated
- /condition/adhd/ /condition/anxiety/ /condition/bipolar/ /condition/depression/ /condition/deprescribing/ /condition/fnd/ /condition/ocd/ /condition/perinatal/ /condition/physician-mental-health/ /condition/ptsd/ /condition/tbi/ /condition/tic-disorders/ : Condition guides with physician-reviewed FAQs
- /newpatients/ : What to expect, policies, intake process
- /insurance/ : In-network plans, transparent fees, Network Gap Exception guide
- /nge-template-letter/ : Customizable Network Gap Exception request letters patients can send their insurer
- /telepsychiatry-california/ : How statewide telepsychiatry works at this practice
- /referral/ : Clinician referral form, criteria, and process
- /forensic/ : Forensic psychiatry & expert witness services (Dr. Lodhi), full forensic practice at https://www.shafilodhimd.com
- /blog/ : Physician-written articles (ADHD, OCD, deprescribing, physician mental health, first-appointment guide)
- /request-appointment/ : New patient appointment request form

## Related sites
- https://www.shafilodhimd.com. Dr. Lodhi's forensic psychiatry & expert witness practice (TBI litigation, testamentary capacity, IMEs, pharmaceutical litigation)
- https://lodhi-a.com. The LODHI-A structured diagnostic interview for adult ADHD (clinician access)