————— HEART & LONGEVITY CENTER
Nazifa Sajady
MD MS ABAARM
Minnesota’s Integrative Cardiovascular Longevity Physician
————— HEART & LONGEVITY CENTER
Nazifa Sajady
MD MS ABAARM
Minnesota’s Integrative Cardiovascular Longevity Physician
28+
YEARS OF CARDIOLOGY
Her cardiology career started at St. Paul Heart Clinic and eventually brought her to Minneapolis Heart Institute — one of the region’s most respected cardiovascular programs. Nearly three decades at the forefront of conventional cardiovascular care.
A practice she loved deeply — and one that kept raising questions she was destined to pursue.
————— WHY SHE BUILT SOMETHING NEW
Your results are fine.
You know there's more to the picture.
Dr. Sajady loved her cardiology practice. But across nearly three decades at the highest levels of conventional care, she found herself drawn to questions that mainstream cardiology hadn’t yet fully answered. Why did some patients do everything right — the stress tests, the calcium scores, the medications, the lifestyle changes — and still hit a ceiling? Why were markers like microvascular function, endothelial health, inflammatory burden, and genetic cardiovascular risk so rarely part of the conversation, when the science showed they were among the most predictive indicators of long-term outcomes? These weren’t frustrations — they were invitations.
The kind of questions that, once you start asking them, you can’t stop. She knew the answers existed at the frontier of cardiovascular science, in emerging diagnostics and longevity medicine that conventional cardiology hadn’t yet integrated. And she knew that reaching them would allow her to give her patients something she had always wanted to offer: not just excellent care, but complete care.
“The more I learned, the more I realized how much more was possible. I wanted to practice at the cutting edge of science in cardiovascular and longevity medicine — science that conventional cardiology simply hadn’t caught up to yet.”
Her story is the reason why you're here.
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Dr. Sajady doesn’t just treat cardiovascular disease. She lived on the other side of it — and rebuilt her practice around what she learned.
————— THE TURNING POINT
And then in became personal.
Dr. Sajady faced her own health challenges. And in that experience — sitting on the other side of the equation for the first time — she gained something no amount of clinical training could provide: a visceral understanding of what patients feel when the answers they need aren’t yet part of the conversation. It deepened her resolve to go further.
So she did. Advanced training in functional medicine, metabolic cardiovascular health, genetics-informed protocols, anti-aging medicine, and longevity science. She pursued research conventional cardiology hadn’t yet integrated. She built relationships with diagnostic innovators — the teams behind GlycoCheck microvascular assessment, Cleerly AI coronary analysis, advanced lipid science, and lifestyle genetics.
“Most cardiologists don’t speak the language of genetics, micronutrients, mitochondrial function, or microvascular health optimization. Most functional medicine practitioners don’t have nearly three decades of cardiovascular clinical depth, or the training to recognize when something needs urgent conventional intervention. I speak both languages fluently — and that is exactly what fills the gap. Most cardiologists don’t realize the gap exists. But the science is already there. There is an enormous body of evidence that traditional cardiology simply hasn’t caught up to yet — and that is precisely what the Heart & Longevity Center was built to bridge.”
The Heart & Longevity Center wasn’t built as a departure from cardiology. It was built as its evolution — a place where the full picture is finally possible.
She’s not interested in telling you your results are fine when you know fine isn’t the whole story. She’s not interested in managing your decline when the root cause is sitting in your genetics, your inflammatory burden, or your microvascular terrain — detectable, addressable, and in many cases reversible.
She believes every patient deserves to optimize their heart — elevate their health — and preserve their edge.
The foundation that sets her apart.
Nearly three decades of clinical depth that most integrative practitioners simply don’t have — and that makes her a fundamentally different kind of physician.
Board-certified in cardiovascular disease & preventive cardiology
Nuclear cardiologist & echocardiographer
Cardiologist, St. Paul Heart Clinic and Minneapolis Heart Institute — nearly three decades of clinical depth
Interprets stress imaging, CIMT, coronary CT angiography, and CAC scoring — and knows exactly where conventional care falls short
Where she goes when conventional care stops
Advanced training most cardiologists never pursue — paired with diagnostics that reveal what standard labs were never designed to find.
ABAARM Certified — Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine
Advanced metabolic cardiovascular health specialist
Genetics-informed, personalized protocols
GlycoCheck microvascular assessment · Cleerly AI · Advanced lipid science · Lifestyle genomics · Biological age profiling
Advanced Cardiovascular Assessment
A comprehensive evaluation using diagnostics unavailable in traditional cardiology — to give you the complete picture, not just a snapshot.
GlycoCheck Vascular Assessment
A non-invasive test measuring microvascular function — detecting risks years before standard imaging or lab work shows anything abnormal.
Comprehensive Laboratory Testing
Advanced markers beyond standard panels — inflammatory load, metabolic signals, lipid genetics — the data that finally explains what you’ve been looking for.
————— WHAT TO EXPECT
What it means to be Dr. Sajady's patient.
This is not a standard cardiology appointment. It is a comprehensive, unhurried evaluation by a physician who has both the clinical depth to recognize what needs immediate attention and the longevity medicine training to address what standard care has never thought to look for.
She reads the full picture — not just the flag
Most physicians respond to what’s abnormal. Dr. Sajady looks at the full terrain — what’s trending, what’s borderline, what your pattern of results says about where you’re headed — and builds a strategy around that, not around a single number.
She has time for the conversation
A practice intentionally designed to allow the kind of depth that a high-volume clinical setting never permits. You will leave with answers, not follow-up appointments to get them.
She knows when to intervene — and when not to
Nearly three decades of conventional cardiovascular care means she recognizes a true emergency. It also means she knows how often what looks alarming is addressable through precision lifestyle, metabolic, and longevity protocols — without reflexive medication.
She builds a plan you can actually follow
Specific to your biology, your genetics, your goals, and your life. Not a generic protocol. Not population averages. A roadmap that reflects who you actually are — and where you actually want to go.
————— CREDENTIALS
Training & Expertise
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Board-Certified Preventive & Non-Invasive Cardiologist — 28 years clinical practice
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Nuclear Cardiologist & Echocardiographer — St. Paul Heart Clinic · Minneapolis Heart Institute
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ABAARM Certified — Advanced Metabolic Cardiovascular Health Specialist
04
A4M Fellow — Anti-Aging & Integrative Medicine
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Longevity Medicine Certified
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Peptide Certified — Advanced Peptide Therapy
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Master of Science in Physiology — University of Minnesota
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Licensed: Minnesota · Wisconsin & Florida (expanding soon)
————— HOW DR. SAJADY PRACTICES
Not just the numbers. The whole person.
After nearly three decades in clinical cardiology, Dr. Sajady has seen what guideline-directed care does well — and where it consistently falls short.
She respects conventional cardiology as the essential foundation it is. But she built this practice for everything the standard of care leaves behind: the fatigue, the brain fog, the vitality that quietly disappears between normal test results.
THE HEART
Where we prevent and reverse disease as much as current science allows.
THE MIND
Where we reduce fear, cognitive decline, and the slow erosion of clarity.
THE SOUL
Where we protect energy, purpose, and connection — through cellular and mitochondrial health, microcirculation, and autonomic balance.
At Heart & Longevity Center, we honor all three.
01
Two goals, not one
Prevent heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure. And restore and protect quality of life — stamina, breath, sleep, mood, and cognition. Dr. Sajady believes we don’t choose between living longer and living better. We aim for both.
02
Beyond the numbers
We care about more than LDL and ejection fraction. How far you can walk. How you sleep. Your stress load, your energy, your sense of purpose. We see you as a whole person — not a collection of lab values.
03
Microcirculation, glycocalyx, and mitochondria
Heart and brain health depend on healthy microcirculation, an intact endothelial glycocalyx, and resilient mitochondria in every cell. These are the systems that determine how you feel day to day — and they are almost never addressed in standard care.
04
Evidence with tiers — not all or nothing
Dr. Sajady is transparent about the strength of evidence behind every therapy. Large trials with hard outcomes. Moderate-sized studies with strong surrogates. Emerging science with compelling mechanisms. She tells you clearly which tier applies — and matches intensity of therapy to your risk, preferences, and safety profile.
05
Integrative by design
Dr. Sajady trained in and deeply understands guideline-directed cardiology. She uses it where it serves you. But patients seek her out because they want more than that — and as an integrative cardiologist, she is equipped to go beyond the standard workup to address the residual risk and diminished vitality that conventional care leaves behind.
————— HOW DR. SAJADY PRACTICES
Not just the numbers. The whole person.
After nearly three decades in clinical cardiology, Dr. Sajady has seen what guideline-directed care does well — and where it consistently falls short.
She respects conventional cardiology as the essential foundation it is. But she built this practice for everything the standard of care leaves behind: the fatigue, the brain fog, the vitality that quietly disappears between normal test results.
THE HEART
Where we prevent and reverse disease as much as current science allows.
THE MIND
Where we reduce fear, cognitive decline, and the slow erosion of clarity.
THE SOUL
Where we protect energy, purpose, and connection — through cellular and mitochondrial health, microcirculation, and autonomic balance.
At Heart & Longevity Center, we honor all three.
01
Two goals, not one
Prevent heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure. And restore and protect quality of life — stamina, breath, sleep, mood, and cognition. Dr. Sajady believes we don’t choose between living longer and living better. We aim for both.
02
Beyond the numbers
We care about more than LDL and ejection fraction. How far you can walk. How you sleep. Your stress load, your energy, your sense of purpose. We see you as a whole person — not a collection of lab values.
03
Microcirculation, glycocalyx, and mitochondria
Heart and brain health depend on healthy microcirculation, an intact endothelial glycocalyx, and resilient mitochondria in every cell. These are the systems that determine how you feel day to day — and they are almost never addressed in standard care.
04
Evidence with tiers — not all or nothing
Dr. Sajady is transparent about the strength of evidence behind every therapy. Large trials with hard outcomes. Moderate-sized studies with strong surrogates. Emerging science with compelling mechanisms. She tells you clearly which tier applies — and matches intensity of therapy to your risk, preferences, and safety profile.
05
Integrative by design
Dr. Sajady trained in and deeply understands guideline-directed cardiology. She uses it where it serves you. But patients seek her out because they want more than that — and as an integrative cardiologist, she is equipped to go beyond the standard workup to address the residual risk and diminished vitality that conventional care leaves behind.
————— The Conversation You’ve Been Trying to Have
You have found the physician
you’ve been searching for.
You don’t have to wait for a warning sign. The complete picture of your cardiovascular health — your vitality, your performance, your future — is available now. Let’s build your roadmap.
Heart & Longevity Center
Dr. Nazifa Sajady, MD, MS
Expansion underway to select states across the U.S., including Florida, Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, and California.
Consultations are provided only in states where licensure is active.
Telemedicine available
Prevention is easier than a cure.
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