DOCTOR
Maya Vaysbrot
Board-certified neurologist and
sleep medicine specialist
Maya Vaysbrot,
DO
Board-certified neurologist
& sleep medicine specialist
Integrative, patient-centered care for complex neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions in La Jolla.
Areas of Focus- Migraine & Headache Disorders complex & treatment-resistant
- Reproductive & Women’s Neurology across every life stage
- Sleep Medicine diagnosis & treatment
- Traumatic Brain Injury recovery & long-term care
- Neuropathy & Pain Syndromes with advanced diagnostics
Two decades of training across neurology, sleep, and women’s neurological health.
Dr. Maya Vaysbrot is a board-certified neurologist and sleep medicine specialist practicing at Essenza Wellness in La Jolla, California. She treats complex neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions through an integrative, patient-centered approach. Originally from New York City, she attended Long Island University before earning her medical degree from NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, where her interest in neuroscience led her toward neurology and neurophysiology.
Dr. Vaysbrot completed her neurology residency at SUNY Stony Brook University Hospital, where she also conducted research in neurophysiology. She went on to complete an additional fellowship year in neurophysiology, expanding her expertise in complex neurological diagnostics and treatment.
Early in her career, she worked alongside neurosurgeons at Southcoast Health, performing nerve conduction studies and EMGs for patients undergoing spine surgery. During that period she also trained within Massachusetts Sleep Centers under the faculty of Harvard Medical School, earning board certification in Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Vaysbrot later joined the neurology faculty at the University of Arizona College of Medicine at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, specializing in complex migraine, regional pain syndromes, and traumatic brain injury. Alongside her clinical practice, she taught medical students, residents, and fellows as clinical faculty.
Following the pandemic, Dr. Vaysbrot relocated to San Diego and joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group, where she developed a focused practice in reproductive neurology and in migraine and neurological conditions affecting women across every stage of life.
Her recent work centers on patients who have not found relief through standard treatment. That includes FDA-cleared TMS, ketamine infusion therapy, and GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment for neuropsychiatric and metabolic conditions. Every intervention is chosen because the evidence supports it.
Today, Dr. Vaysbrot practices neurology and sleep medicine at Essenza in La Jolla, working alongside our psychiatry, longevity, and women’s health teams so that care follows the whole person rather than the boundaries between specialties. To ask about care, contact our office.
A career built across neurology, sleep medicine, & women’s neurological health.
From New York to Boston to Phoenix to San Diego, more than two decades of training and practice at the leading edge of neurological care.
- Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Old Westbury, New York
- Undergraduate Studies Long Island University Brooklyn, New York
- Fellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology SUNY Stony Brook University Hospital Advanced training in neurological diagnostics
- Residency, Neurology SUNY Stony Brook University Hospital With concurrent research in neurophysiology
- Sleep Medicine Training Massachusetts Sleep Centers Under faculty of Harvard Medical School
- Board Certified Neurology American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Board Certified, 2011 Sleep Medicine American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Founding Physician, Neurology Essenza Wellness La Jolla, California, present
- Neurologist Scripps Clinic Medical Group San Diego, California. Focus on reproductive neurology and women’s neurological health.
- Clinical Faculty, Neurology University of Arizona College of Medicine Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix. Focus on complex migraines, regional pain syndromes, and traumatic brain injury.
- Neurologist Southcoast Health Nerve conduction studies and EMG for spine surgery patients