Dr. Gabriella Safdieh didn't stumble into integrative medicine. She arrived here by design, after one of the most rigorous medical educations in the country and years of training inside some of its most demanding institutions.

She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied the History and Sociology of Science, a lens that, in retrospect, shaped everything. She went on to complete a Master's in Medical Science at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, followed by her M.D. at Penn Medicine. She trained in Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine, then completed a Rheumatology Fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery, one of the most competitive specialty programs in the country, consistently ranked the #1 orthopedic hospital in the nation.

By any measure, she had made it.

And yet, inside the system, she kept seeing the same thing: patients who were technically "fine" (normal labs, no diagnosis) but who felt exhausted, foggy, inflamed, and stuck. People who were being treated for symptoms while the root cause went unaddressed. Medicine was reactive. She wanted to make it preventive.

So she went further.

Dr. Safdieh pursued advanced certification through the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) and became a member of the Longevity Doctors Network, immersing herself in the cutting-edge science of healthspan, disease prevention, and performance optimization. She didn't leave conventional medicine behind. She built on top of it. The result is a practice that brings together the diagnostic rigor of traditional medicine with the depth and personalization of integrative and functional care.

In 2022, she founded Nabella Health, named after her children, and built around a single belief: that every patient deserves the same level of attention, curiosity, and care she gives her own family.

Today, Dr. Safdieh works with patients across New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, and Virginia, both in-person at her Upper East Side practice and via telemedicine. She specializes in hormone health, metabolic optimization, longevity, gut health, autoimmune conditions, and the complex, often-overlooked factors that sit at the intersection of all of them.

She is also, outside of the office, a devoted wife and mother who genuinely lives the lifestyle she prescribes. You'll find her on the beach, on a hiking trail, or deep in research on the latest in longevity science, occasionally with a very good cup of coffee in hand.