Neuroscience Education Institute

What Neuroscience Education Institute does

Neuroscience Education Institute (NEI) is a private continuing medical education company specializing in evidence-based psychiatry and psychopharmacology training. Founded in 2000 and operating as a subsidiary of HMP Global, NEI serves psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, pharmacists, and other mental health clinicians across multiple countries through a membership-based platform. Its operations are anchored by the personal brand and content library of founder Stephen M. Stahl, whose Essential Psychopharmacology textbook has sold over a million copies and is described by users as the premier psychopharmacology resource globally.

NEI's product stack is built on a digital education platform delivered through the neiglobal.com website and two mobile applications (NEI Learn for CME/CE access and NEI Prescribe with monographs for 150+ psychotropic drugs). The bundled NEI Membership subscription includes the Master Psychopharmacology Program certificate track, a point-of-care Clinical Toolkit, Patient Education resources, Encore Presentation recordings, and discounts on live events. The company also operates annual in-person conferences (NEI Fall Congress, NEI Spring Congress), free Saturday Morning Live virtual sessions, a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Academy, the peer-reviewed CNS Spectrums journal (with Stahl as Editor-in-Chief), and a podcast. Through its partnership with HMP Education, NEI holds joint accreditation from ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC, allowing it to issue continuing education credits across multiple healthcare disciplines in a single program.

The business model combines recurring individual and group/institutional membership subscriptions with conference registration fees, pharmaceutical industry sponsorships and exhibitor fees, and one-time sales of teaching slide collections and MOC self-assessment activities. Pricing examples include multi-chapter teaching bundles at $445 (member) / $950 (list) and a free 3-month NEI Prescribe trial used to convert non-members. Distribution is primarily digital (website, iOS/Android apps, podcast) supplemented by in-person events, with a self-serve sign-up flow for individuals and direct sales for institutional accounts. The company is led by CMO Andrew J. Cutler, MD, a clinical researcher and former principal investigator on over 400 trials, and is positioned within HMP Global's broader healthcare education portfolio.

Name

Neuroscience Education Institute

Legal name

Neuroscience Education Institute

Website

https://neiglobal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Neuroscience Education Institute (NEI) is a private continuing medical education company providing evidence-based psychiatry and psychopharmacology training to mental health clinicians worldwide through membership subscriptions, mobile apps, and live conferences, operating as a subsidiary of HMP Global.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Medical Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD), Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

Keywords

• Continuing medical education
• Psychiatry education
• Psychopharmacology training
• CME certification programs
• Medical education platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlsbad

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Membership Subscriptions: Annual membership providing access to online CME/CE content, clinical tools, NEI Prescribe app, encore presentations, and discounts on conference registration. Membership is a primary recurring revenue stream with individual and group/institutional pricing tiers.
2. Conference Registration Fees: Revenue from NEI Fall Congress, NEI Spring Congress, Saturday Morning Live, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Academy events, both in-person and virtual/simulcast formats. Members receive discounted rates.
3. Teaching Materials and Slide Sets: Sale of Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology teaching slide collections and tests for use in professional education settings. Products sold as one-time purchases with member and non-member pricing.
4. MOC Self-Assessment Activities: Maintenance of Certification self-assessment programs for ABPN continuing certification, available for purchase separately from membership.
5. Corporate Sponsorships and Exhibitor Fees: Pharmaceutical and healthcare industry sponsorships, exhibitor opportunities, and sponsored educational sessions at NEI conferences.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

NEI provides continuing medical education (CME/CE) products and services for mental health professionals, anchored by an annual membership subscription that bundles mobile apps (NEI Prescribe, NEI Learn), certificate programs (Master Psychopharmacology Program), on-demand video libraries, clinical decision-support toolkits, and live/in-person congresses (NEI Fall Congress, NEI Spring Congress, Saturday Morning Live). The company also publishes the peer-reviewed CNS Spectrums journal and sells Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology textbook and teaching materials.

Product overview

Neuroscience Education Institute (NEI) is a medical education company that provides a comprehensive platform of continuing medical education (CME) products and services for mental health professionals. The core offering consists of NEI Membership (subscription) which provides access to multiple integrated products: NEI Prescribe (mobile app with prescribing information for 150+ psychotropic drugs), NEI Learn (mobile CME app), the Master Psychopharmacology Program (certificate program), the Clinical Toolkit (practice decision aids), Patient Education resources, and Encore Presentations (on-demand recorded sessions). NEI also operates live events including the NEI Fall Congress, NEI Spring Congress, and NEI Saturday Morning Live. Supporting products include CNS Spectrums journal, Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology textbooks and videos, the NEI Podcast, and Teaching Slides and Tests for educational institutions. All offerings focus on evidence-based psychopharmacology education for psychiatrists, physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NEI Prescribe

Quantifiable outcome

• Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology books have sold over a million copies
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The Defensive LinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEI and The Defensive Line have a synergistic partnership aimed at improving mental wellness and providing evidence-based suicide prevention training techniques and resources. The partnership focuses on ending the epidemic of youth suicide, especially for young people of color, by transforming the way communities communicate and connect about mental health. Joint educational initiatives and resource sharing support this mission.
• Fountain HousecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEI and Fountain House partnership focuses on providing person-centered education curriculum focused on recovery for people with serious mental illness. Fountain House is a national nonprofit organization fighting for the dignity and dreams of people living with serious mental illness, working to improve health, increase opportunity, and end social and economic isolation for those most impacted by mental illness.
• HMP EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEI partners with HMP Education to plan and implement accredited continuing education that advances healthcare quality and patient outcomes. HMP Education holds joint accreditation from ACCME, ACCPE, and ANCC, enabling NEI to provide CME/CE credits for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physician associates, psychologists, and social workers. NEI is an HMP Global Company.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• RMEI Medical Education: Independent medical education company offering accredited CME/CE across therapeutic areas including psychiatry. Closely comparable funding model (pharma-supported), format mix (live + enduring), and target clinician segments.
• Pri-Med: CME provider combining large annual conferences with online education primarily for primary care clinicians. Comparable in combining subscription, live events, and accredited content, and overlaps NEI where primary-care clinicians treat common psychiatric conditions.
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP): Professional society running CME, conferences, and practice resources for child and adolescent psychiatrists. Overlaps NEI's Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Academy and Master Psychopharmacology Program in target audience and content scope.
• CME Outfitters: Independent accredited CME provider delivering live, online, and podcast-based education across multiple specialties including psychiatry. Closely comparable business model — multi-accreditation, faculty-led content, digital delivery, and pharma sponsorship — making it a like-for-like competitor for clinician mindshare.
• MedEdicus: Accredited continuing education provider producing live meetings, webcasts, and monographs for healthcare professionals. Overlaps NEI in multi-specialty CME delivery with similar industry-supported economics.
• Global Medical Education (GME): Provider of accredited CME programming, including psychiatry-focused content for clinicians. Comparable as a mid-sized, specialty-focused CME publisher relying on faculty-led content and industry sponsorship.
• Audio Digest Foundation: Long-running CME provider offering audio and digital accredited education to physicians across specialties. Comparable as a subscription-led, audio/digital-first CME platform competing for the same clinician engagement minutes.
• American Psychiatric Association (APA) CME: Professional society offering CME, journals (focus, AJP), and practice guidelines for psychiatrists. Direct competitor for psychiatry clinician audiences and an authoritative alternative to NEI's Stahl-branded curriculum.

Broad incumbents

• HMP Global: Parent company of NEI and a diversified healthcare education and events operator (conferences, journals, CME). Relevant not as a competitor but as the broader incumbent context shaping NEI's strategic options, synergies, and constraints.
• Medscape Education (WebMD): Largest free CME/CE platform serving physicians, nurses, and pharmacists across all specialties. Overlaps with NEI on psychiatry/psychopharmacology content and clinician audience but operates at much larger scale and as part of a broader medical information portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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