North America’s Destination for Healthy Independence and Longevity
“I feel like a totally different person. Even my family members have noticed a difference in my behavior. We feel like we have someone who is really taking care of us.”
You’re a whole person – and that’s how you want to be treated. At Grey Matters, we use the principles of functional medicine to identify the root causes of your health concerns – not just your symptoms – to promote lasting wellness.
We treat you with primary and integrative evidenced-based care PLUS ongoing support throughout your life. So let’s work together to enhance your mental clarity, protect against cognitive decline and improve your total health.
This is Real Medicine.
Primary Care
Your care at Grey Matters begins with everyday preventive and wellness care. We’ll work to keep you healthy with everyday medical care, screenings and education to manage your urgent and ongoing conditions.
Functional Medicine
To have a healthy brain, you need a healthy body.
We’re the first primary care clinic in the nation to focus on your total health. We look at the root causes of your health concerns by blending allopathic, naturopathic and functional medical care.
Precision Brain Health
To have a healthy body, you need a healthy brain.
If you’ve already been diagnosed with cognitive decline, we want to manage your brain health. We combine primary care with evidence-based protocols to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other cognitive issues.
OUR TEAM
You’re At The Center Of All We Do
Our passion for client-centered and client-directed care begins with our leadership – ensuring that we treat the whole person, not just the symptoms, while managing your related primary care and supporting your family.
Deb Geihsler
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Deb is a renowned healthcare professional with expertise in preventing and reversing cognitive decline, including conditions such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. She is CEO and Co-founder of Grey Matters Health, the first primary care clinic in the nation that focuses solely on managing cognitive health and preventing cognitive decline by combining Dr. Dale Bredesen’s protocols with a primary care approach. With a master’s degree in Health Administration from St. Joseph’s College, she has held leadership roles at prestigious healthcare organizations such as Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Advocate Health Care. She is also the former owner of Hospice On Call and a Principal at Activate Healthcare. Her extensive experience in healthcare makes her an authority in her field, and her clinic’s use of Dr. Bredesen’s protocols for the reversal, treatment and prevention of cognitive decline has garnered widespread praise.
William Nields, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
William Nields, M.D. graduated from the University of South Florida College of Medicine in 2002, and completed his internship and residency in General Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
Dr. Nields was an associate professor of medicine at Nova Southeastern College of Medicine initially as a Senior Physician in the Florida Department of Corrections Emergency Center, then as Medical Director of the Reception and Medical Center Hospital before moving to the ambulatory primary care setting.
Dr. Nields is the founder of Headwaters Health Primary Care Clinic where the focus is intensive preventative and lifestyle interventions to prevent and reverse chronic disease. In this setting, Dr. Nields has been using Dale Bredesen’s ReCODE protocols for the prevention and reversal of cognitive decline since 2017.
Howard Burde
Howard is a nationally recognized health lawyer who provides general counsel and health law advice to innovative healthcare providers and payers, health care and health information technology businesses. Annually named to Best Lawyers in America, Howard has focused his practice on working with healthcare innovators and entrepreneurs on transactional, joint venture, risk management, privacy, security, regulatory and IP licensing matters as well as capital formation and strategic development issues; counseling health information technology companies, health care businesses, health plans, providers and investors on complex health law regulatory, procurement, reimbursement and business environment; and developing health and wellness programs with employers, employer-based clinics, and occupational health and wellness providers. Founder of the HIMSS HIT Venture Programming, publisher of Health Information Technology Investors Quarterly, a former HIMSS board member and author of several books on health law, Howard was Chief Legal Officer of Activate Healthcare from inception to exit.
Dale Bredesen, M.D., Neurology
Co-founder and Chief Science Officer
Dale Bredesen, M.D. is internationally recognized for his research and expertise in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology, earned his M.D. from Duke University Medical School, and served his residency at UC San Francisco before joining Nobel Laureate Stanley Prusiner’s Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at UCSF as an NIH post-doctoral fellow. He founded the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in 1998 where he serves as President and CEO. He is the New York Times best-seller author of popular books on Alzheimer’s.
IN THE NEWS: Medicare Alternative Payment Model
Grey Matters has just been selected to participate in a NEW Medicare alternative payment model to support people living with dementia and their caregivers. If you have Medicare, call us today to see if you qualify for this new program.
LOCATIONS
950 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 210
Sarasota, FL 34236
(941) 529-0077
1539 Parental Home Road, Suite 5
Jacksonville, FL 32216
(904) 290-6028
228 Ponte Vedra Park Drive
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
(904) 290-6028
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