Frequently Asked Questions

Whether you have been searching for answers for years or have simply been living with how you feel and never quite started looking, Health Atlas MD is the right fit. Dr. Mery works with patients dealing with fatigue, brain fog, digestive issues, weight that will not move, joint pain, mood changes, Long COVID, chronic allergies, poor sleep, and skin or hair changes, and in his experience these conditions almost always share a common driver: inflammation. Most patients have been treated for individual symptoms one at a time, without anyone ever asking what is driving all of them at once. That is the question Dr. Mery starts with, and it is where the Inflammation & Immunity Assessment begins.

No referral is needed. You can request an Assessment directly through the Request Assessment page. Some patients come over from Dr. Mery's allergy and immunology practice, Hill Country Allergy & Asthma, when they are ready to go deeper than insurance-based specialty care allows.

The Assessment is a focused first visit with Dr. Mery. He listens first, hears the full story of how you feel and how you got here, reviews your history, and examines you. From there he orders the labs and targeted testing needed to understand what is actually driving your symptoms. By the end of the visit, you have a clearer picture of what is going on in your body and a recommendation for the right next step. The full path from the Assessment forward is on the How It Works page.

Once you submit the form on the Request Assessment page, Dr. Mery's team follows up within 2 business days to schedule your visit. After your Assessment, labs typically take 2 to 3 weeks to return. That does not mean the care waits. Dr. Mery may begin certain treatments based on your clinical picture while the full results come in. Your personalized Inflammation Map and protocol are built once the complete picture is clear.

The Atlas Method is the three-stage clinical methodology Dr. Amin Mery, a double board-certified Harvard fellowship-trained immunologist, uses with every Health Atlas MD patient. It begins with the Inflammation & Immunity Assessment, moves into the 90-day Inflammation Map & Calibration where your personalized protocol launches and adjusts as your body responds, and continues through the Health Atlas MD Membership, where ongoing care sustains and builds on the progress you have made. The full breakdown of each stage is on the How It Works page.

After your Assessment and testing, Dr. Mery builds your Inflammation Map, which is your tailored protocol. The 90-day Calibration is the time you spend on that plan, with Dr. Mery and his team staying close as your body responds and adjusting the plan along the way. Depending on your level of care, this may include physician time, IV and IM infusions, peptides, supplements, targeted testing, and integrative therapies alongside traditional medicine. There are three levels inside the 90 days: Pathway, Roadmap, and Atlas. Dr. Mery places you at the level your picture calls for. Full detail is on the How It Works page.

The Health Atlas MD Membership is ongoing monthly care delivered by Dr. Mery's clinical team under his direct protocol oversight. It keeps the progress from your 90-day Calibration building over time. There are four levels: Pathway, Roadmap, Atlas, and Constellation. Most patients continue at the same level they finished their 90 days, and levels can shift as your picture evolves. The Constellation tier is the premium concierge level with direct access to Dr. Mery and the full protocol library. Full detail is on the How It Works page.

The initial 90-day Calibration is designed to give your body the time it needs to respond to the protocol and show measurable change. After those 90 days, patients move into the monthly Health Atlas MD Membership. A 90 to 120-day period at any membership level is generally the right window before considering a change, so there is enough clinical data to work with. You always have a say in your care, and Dr. Mery and his team guide you as your picture evolves.

The Health Protocols page covers all treatment areas in depth: Fatigue, Weight Loss, Brain Fog, Brain Clarity + Energy, Digestion, Immune + Allergy, Mood, Long COVID, POTS, Anti-Aging + Longevity, Beauty + Hair, Muscle + Bone, Mast Cell Activation, Acne, and Wound Healing. Most patients are dealing with more than one of these areas, and Dr. Mery builds the protocol around what is actually driving the full picture, often addressing several areas within a single plan.

Yes, when your Inflammation Map calls for them. Your protocol is tailored to what your body needs and may include supplements, peptides, IV and IM infusions, injections, breathing treatments, traditional medicine, and integrative therapies. What is included at each level of care is determined by Dr. Mery based on your clinical picture. The full breakdown is on the How It Works page.

Peptides are short amino acid sequences the body already uses as biological signaling molecules. They carry targeted instructions to specific cells, prompting tissue repair, immune regulation, mitochondrial energy restoration, or the body's own growth hormone release, with a precision that vitamins and supplements cannot match.

Dr. Mery uses peptides across multiple protocols, matching each one to the mechanism it addresses. BPC-157 for gut repair and tissue healing. Thymosin Alpha-1 for immune modulation. CJC-1295/Ipamorelin for growth hormone support and recovery. MOTS-c for mitochondrial energy restoration. Semaglutide and tirzepatide, the GLP-1 peptides used in weight management, belong to this same class of biological signaling molecules. Which peptides are right for you, and at what stage, is a clinical decision Dr. Mery makes based on your Inflammation Map and how your body responds. They are never prescribed as a standalone treatment.

Yes. Health Atlas MD offers a focused menu of single-visit IV infusions and targeted injections, including the option to build a custom infusion around your specific goals. These are available to Hill Country Allergy & Asthma patients referred by Dr. Mery and to existing Health Atlas MD members. To book, call the office directly at +1-512-637-2180. If you have been wondering whether Health Atlas MD might be the right fit for your health more broadly, the Inflammation & Immunity Assessment is the best place to start.

A nebulizer turns liquid medication into a fine mist you breathe in slowly at a normal pace, which delivers treatment directly to airway tissue in a way a pill or injection cannot. For patients managing asthma or COPD through Hill Country Allergy & Asthma, that means conventional medications like inhaled corticosteroids and bronchodilators. Through Health Atlas MD, nebulized therapy extends into integrative use — particularly for patients dealing with chronic airway inflammation, oxidative stress, or recurrent respiratory infections.

Glutathione is one of the body's primary antioxidants, and airway tissue takes more of a burden from pollution, allergens, and chronic inflammation than most systems in the body. Taken as a supplement, glutathione breaks down before it reaches the lungs. Nebulizing it delivers it directly to airway tissue, where it can actually be used. At Health Atlas MD, nebulized glutathione is used in the Restore phase of Dr. Mery's Calm, Restore, Rebuild framework — as a complement to, not a replacement for, the foundational care already in place. Whether it belongs in your protocol is a clinical decision Dr. Mery makes based on your full picture.

Yes, and the approach here is different from a standard weight loss program. Stubborn weight is almost never about willpower. It is about a metabolic system that has shifted to a defended biological setpoint, driven by insulin resistance, adipose tissue inflammation, GLP-1 signaling problems, and gut microbiome imbalances that cause the body to extract more energy from food than it should. Dr. Mery's Weight Loss Protocol addresses each of these mechanisms directly, using GLP-1 medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide when appropriate, alongside IM injections, peptide therapies, and targeted supplementation built around your specific metabolic picture.

Yes. GLP-1 receptor agonists, including semaglutide and tirzepatide, are part of the Health Atlas MD Weight Loss Protocol when clinically appropriate. Dr. Mery prescribes them as part of a broader protocol that addresses the metabolic root causes driving weight resistance, not as a standalone prescription. Physician evaluation and ongoing monitoring are required.

Yes, and it is an area where Dr. Mery's immunology background is especially relevant. Long COVID is not vague — the biology is well understood. Spike protein fragments persist in gut tissue and lymph nodes months after the acute infection, maintaining chronic immune activation. Microclots formed during infection impair oxygen and nutrient delivery at the capillary level. Mitochondrial damage from sustained oxidative stress produces the disproportionate fatigue. Autonomic dysfunction creates the heart rate surges and brain fog on standing that many patients describe, and mast cell activation drives unpredictable multi-system flares.

Standard lab work does not capture any of these mechanisms, which is why so many Long COVID patients are told their results look normal. The right tests have simply not been ordered. The Health Atlas MD Long COVID Protocol addresses all of these drivers simultaneously, through a staged plan that may include supplements, IM vitamins, IV infusions, and peptide therapies, tailored to what your specific picture shows. Full detail is on the Health Protocols page.

Health Atlas MD is a cash-pay practice. The Assessment, the Inflammation Map & Calibration, and the Health Atlas MD Membership are not billed through insurance. This is how Dr. Mery is able to practice outside the constraints of insurance-based care and build the kind of personalized, physician-led protocols that are not possible in a standard covered visit. Details for each stage of care are on the How It Works page.

Labs ordered through your Assessment are typically processed through your health insurance, the same way specialty labs would be at any physician's office. Depending on your plan, some or all of the cost may be covered. Any specialty or targeted testing ordered beyond standard labs may be billed separately. Dr. Mery's team can walk you through what to expect when you schedule your visit.

The most meaningful difference is Dr. Mery's specialty. He is a double board-certified, Harvard fellowship-trained immunologist with over two decades of clinical experience, and his third board in anti-aging and longevity medicine is in progress. Where a functional medicine generalist works across broad wellness, Dr. Mery's work is rooted in a deep, specialized understanding of the immune system and how inflammation drives symptoms across the body. He is also one of very few immunologists blending allopathic medicine with Ayurvedic and Eastern philosophies, which shapes how every protocol is built. You can read more about his approach on the About page.

Health Atlas MD's primary location is at 4 Lakeway Centre Ct Unit A in Lakeway, Texas, about 20 minutes from downtown Austin. Dr. Mery also sees patients and offers Health Atlas treatments, including peptides, IM injections, and immunologic therapies, at his Hill Country Allergy & Asthma offices in Marble Falls and Dripping Springs. IV infusions are currently available at the Lakeway location only. If you have a location preference, mention it when you reach out and the team will schedule you accordingly. To get started, use the Request Assessment page or call +1-512-637-2180. Please refer to the footer of this website to view our hours.