Joseph Andrew Berkowski, MD ^Featured

Andy Berkowski, MD of ReLACS Health is a physician double-board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology in Adult Neurology and Sleep Medicine. ReLACS Health is direct specialty care sleep clinic operating via telemedicine to those in or near Arizona, Florida, Michigan, or Ohio, that can provide the full scope of care for sleep conditions including chronic insomnia disorder. By not accepting payment from insurance, Dr. Berkowski is one of the rare handful of sleep physicians who can offer cognitive and behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) himself without having to outsource the treatment to other providers. All patients new to ReLACS Health start with a 90 minute Comprehensive Consultation to establish care and thoroughly assess health and sleep status. ReLACS Health offers a special Comprehensive Insomnia Management Program with weekly or bi-monthly sessions at the patient's convenience for 5—7 sessions on average. Part of membership is the ability to have regular dialogue and direct communication with Dr. Berkowski in between appointments through secure texting, portal messaging/email, or phone. Standard monthly membership to the clinic is available indefinitely after the completion of the CBT-I program for any ongoing communication, management, questions, advice, or follow up visits related to sleep health. Dr. Berkowski will also manage other sleep conditions simultaneously including restless legs syndrome (RLS), excessive daytime sleepiness/hypersomnia, circadian rhythm problems, sleep apnea, and parasomnias (e.g. sleepwalking, dream enactment behavior). On the occasion that home sleep apnea testing is needed, he can perform this testing affordably using equipment shipped directly to the patient's home.

Dr. Berkowski completed a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Stanford University, learning the principles of insomnia therapy from acclaimed CBT-I specialists including Rachel Manber, PhD, Britney Blair, PsyD, and Allison Siebern, PhD. After fellowship training, Dr. Berkowski was an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan and staff physician at the Cleveland Clinic before founding ReLACS Health in 2022.

Dr. Berkowski focuses on a personalized, lifestyle-based approach to improvement of sleep quality, overall health, and well being. This type of care is best delivered through the direct care model of medicine, which frees patients and clinicians from the constraints and whims of the insurance system and medical centers. CBT-I is a consensus first-line treatment for chronic insomnia disorder, but sleep physicians rarely offer this treatment due to lack of insurance reimbursement and instead resort to largely ineffective sleeping pills/hypnotics. Dr. Berkowski offers CBT-I and comprehensive sleep care in a personalized, patient-centered format. Currently, patients must be present in the state of Michigan, Ohio, or Florida at the time of the initial consultation.