“My goal is to understand each patient’s unique story and use every scientific and human tool available to help them heal, grow, and thrive.”
— Dr. Elizabeth Zharovsky
Elizabeth Zharovsky, MD, Metabolic Psychiatrist and Obesity Medicine Specialist in NYC
Dr. Elizabeth Zharovsky, MD, is an integrative psychiatrist and an American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) board-certified obesity medicine specialist. At Dr. Iospa Psychiatry Consulting Group in Midtown NYC near Bryant Park, she provides evidence-based psychiatric care for adults and older adults, with a particular focus on metabolic psychiatry. As both a psychiatrist and an ABOM board-certified obesity medicine specialist, Dr. Zharovsky is particularly qualified to evaluate the two-way relationship between psychiatric treatment and metabolic health.
Her combined training in psychiatry and obesity medicine allows her to consider how psychiatric symptoms interact with weight, appetite, insulin resistance, sleep, hormonal transitions, physical activity, medical conditions, and medication-related metabolic effects. She helps patients understand these connections without reducing complex mental health concerns to weight or lifestyle alone.
Known for her calm and compassionate style, Dr. Zharovsky combines neuroscience, psychopharmacology, obesity medicine, and mind-body care. She provides in-person and telepsychiatry appointments for patients in New York, New Jersey, and Florida.
A Personalized, Results-Oriented Approach
Patients often describe their work with Dr. Zharovsky as steady and reassuring. She listens carefully, looks at the whole picture, and helps people make sense of what they’re experiencing. When additional support is needed—whether that’s neuropsychological testing, Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT), or therapies such as CBT, DBT-informed work, psychodynamic treatment, or trauma-focused care—she helps coordinate those services so everything feels connected rather than fragmented. Her focus is on assisting patients to feel clearer, more balanced, and better able to move through their lives with confidence.:
Medication management customized to each patient’s health profile
Neuropsychological & psychoeducational testing for ADHD, memory disorders, and workplace accommodations
Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) focuses on memory, attention, and executive functioning.
Holistic support that considers cultural background, medical history, and lifestyle factors
Patients appreciate her ability to blend clinical rigor with compassion, helping them regain clarity, focus, balance, and resilience. Her patients often seek an Integrative Psychiatrist in Midtown NYC near Bryant Park who combines science, empathy, and personalized care in every session.
Conditions Treated by an Integrative Psychiatrist in Midtown NYC
Dr. Zharovsky provides psychiatric care for adults and older adults, including patients whose emotional symptoms overlap with weight, appetite, metabolic health, hormonal changes, sleep problems, or medication side effects. Her dual expertise in psychiatry and obesity medicine is especially valuable when these concerns need to be considered togetheDr. Zharovsky provides psychiatric care for adults and older adults, including patients whose emotional symptoms overlap with weight, appetite, metabolic health, hormonal changes, sleep problems, or medication side effects. Her dual expertise in psychiatry and obesity medicine is especially valuable when these concerns need to be considered together.Dr. Zharovsky provides full-spectrum psychiatric care for adults and older adults. As both a psychiatrist and an ABOM board-certified obesity medicine specialist, Dr. Zharovsky is particularly qualified to evaluate the two-way relationship between psychiatric treatment and metabolic health. Her areas of expertise include:
Depression and Bipolar Disorder
Women’s Mental Health — reproductive, perimenopausal, and hormonal psychiatry, including brain fog, mood changes, and cognitive symptoms during hormonal transitions
Metabolic and Weight-Related Psychiatry (linking obesity medicine and mental health)
- Adult ADHD and Executive Functioning Issues
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- PTSD and Trauma-Related Conditions
Cognitive and Geriatric Psychiatry (memory, attention, and late-life mood disorders)
- Treatment-resistant depression.
What Is Metabolic Psychiatry?
Metabolic psychiatry examines how metabolic processes affecting the body may also influence brain function and mental health. Blood-sugar regulation, insulin sensitivity, sleep, hormonal health, inflammation, nutrition, physical activity, weight changes, and medication effects can interact with mood, anxiety, attention, motivation, and cognitive functioning.
Dr. Zharovsky brings an additional level of medical expertise to this work as an ABOM board-certified obesity medicine specialist. She understands the biological regulation of appetite and weight, the metabolic risks associated with certain psychiatric medications, and the complex relationship between emotional health, eating patterns, sleep, hormones, and physical health.
This does not mean that every psychiatric symptom has a metabolic cause or that lifestyle changes replace psychotherapy or medication. Instead, metabolic information becomes part of a comprehensive psychiatric assessment. When appropriate, Dr. Zharovsky may review weight history, appetite changes, sleep, relevant laboratory findings, medical conditions, and medication-related metabolic risks while coordinating care with the patient’s primary care physician or other specialists.
Clinical Approach
Dr. Zharovsky blends scientific precision with empathetic listening, creating a safe, collaborative space for patients to explore their concerns. Her care philosophy integrates:
- Comprehensive psychiatric evaluations that consider biological, psychological, social, hormonal, and metabolic factors
- Evidence-based psychopharmacology for mood, anxiety, attention, sleep, and cognitive symptoms
- Review of psychiatric medications that may affect appetite, weight, glucose regulation, lipid levels, blood pressure, energy, or sleep
- Obesity-medicine expertise when weight-related health and psychiatric concerns overlap
- Metabolically informed attention to sleep, nutrition, physical activity, and sustainable behavioral change
- Collaboration with primary care physicians, endocrinologists, gynecologists, sleep specialists, and other clinicians when appropriate
Her treatment style is both evidence-based and personally attentive, helping patients feel informed, empowered, and supported throughout their care.
Academic and professional background
Dr. Zharovsky’s academic foundation in neuroscience and biology at Brandeis University shaped her interest in the relationship between brain function, behavior, and physical health. She earned her MD from Chicago Medical School, where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society for excellence in compassionate care.
She pursued advanced training in Obesity Medicine at Columbia University, and became board-certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine. This combination of psychiatric and obesity-medicine expertise informs her work in metabolic psychiatry, including the evaluation of medication-related weight changes, appetite regulation, sleep, hormonal transitions, metabolic risk, and their relationship to mental health.
Prior to private practice, Dr. Zharovsky conducted research at The Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai, contributing to the groundbreaking PsychENCODE Project. Her publications have appeared in Science, Nature Neuroscience, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Biological Psychiatry. She continues to teach and supervise psychiatry residents and medical students on a variety of clinical skills and topics.
Why Patients Choose Dr. Zharovsky
Choosing a psychiatrist in NYC means finding care that unites neuroscience, compassion, and collaboration, which is exactly what Dr. Zharovsky provides. Patients often describe Dr. Zharovsky as calm, personable, and genuinely invested in their well-being. They chose her for her:
- Psychiatric expertise combined with ABOM board certification in obesity medicine
- A metabolic psychiatry approach connecting brain and whole-body health
- Careful attention to psychiatric medication benefits, side effects, and metabolic risks
- Expertise in appetite regulation, weight-related health, and sustainable behavioral change
- Attention to women’s hormonal and reproductive mental health
- Academic and neuroscience research experience
- Calm, collaborative, and personalized treatment
- Coordination with other medical specialists when appropriate
At Dr. Iospa Psychiatry Consulting Group, she provides a modern and discreet environment for New Yorkers seeking advanced mental health care. Each treatment plan combines medical expertise and psychological insight, providing both immediate relief and lasting resilience.
Outside of clinical work, Dr. Zharovsky enjoys cooking, photography, creative writing, and travel. She is inspired by narrative medicine and the lens it provides for examining cultural and emotional understandings of health; storytelling becomes a bridge between scientific discovery and empathy. Her personal and professional life reflects her dedication to curiosity, creativity, and connection. Her practice as a person-centered psychiatrist conveniently located in Midtown NYC continues that same balance, merging clinical excellence with genuine human understanding.