Joseph Teel, MD

he/him/his
Family Medicine
LGBTQ+ affirming provider
Sees patients of all ages
Penn Family Medicine University City
Schedule onlineCall 215-474-6100
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About me

  • Chief, Regional Primary Care for Penn Medicine Medical Group
  • Advisory Dean, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health

Senior Fellow - Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Middlesex Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

355 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
June 2026
doctor teel was very approachable, professional and flexible of seeing patients.
Anonymous
June 2026
helped with my problems and was nice
Anonymous
June 2026
took time to walk through history and changes, courteous, patient, proactive but not reproaching i missed appointments, bloodwork done right away
Anonymous
June 2026
overall great

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Teel is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Erica Lamberg "Should You Ask Patients to Self-Screen for Sleep Issues?" , Medscape: 2026

Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP; Joseph Teel, MD; Evelyn Okorie, MS1, Catherine Reitz, MPH; Alison Purcell, MSN, CRNP; Christopher K. Snider, MPH; Kayla Clark, MPH; Rebecca C. Kersting, MSW; Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH; Mary Putt, PhD, ScD; Charles Rareshide, MS; Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD "Behavioral Economic Framing for Enrollment and Retention of Patients in Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring" , JAMA Network Open, 8(9): 2025

Teddy Amenabar "Do you know which vaccines you got as a child? Here's how to track them." , Washington Post: 2025

Mehta SJ, Volpp KG, Troxel AB, Teel J, Reitz C, Purcell A, Shen H, McNelis K, Snider CK, Asch DA “Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring With Social Support for Patients With Hypertension” , JAMA Network Open: 2024

Jennifer N. Lee, Laura Kurash, Max Yang and Joseph Teel "Utilizing Medical Assistants to Manage Patient Portal Messages" , The Annals of Family Medicine, 22(3): 2024

Anderson E, Crawford CM, Fava M, Ingelfinger J, Nikayin S, Sanacora G, Scott-Vernaglia S, Teel J “Depression – Understanding, Identifying, and Diagnosing" , New England Journal of Medicine, 390(17): 2024

JENNIFER N. LEE, MD, JENNY WANG, MD, FAAFP, LAURA KURASH, MD, , AND JOSEPH TEEL, MD, FAAFP "Utilizing a Flex Clinician to Manage Absences and Support Wellness" , Family Practice Management, 31(3): 2024,15-18

Anderson E, Crawford CM, Fava M, Ingelfinger J, Sanacora G, Scott-Vernaglia S, Teel J “Depression – Treatment Options and Managing Depression in Primary Care" , New England Journal of Medicine, 390(19): 2024

McCoy J, Levine L, Wan G, Chivers C, Teel J, La Cava W "Intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate monitoring to predict acidemia at birth with the use of deep learning." , American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology: 2024

Janet M Y Cheung, Hannah Scott, Alexandria Muench, Dieter Riemann, Joseph Teel, Michael Thase, Michael Perlis Lancet Correspondence. Author Reply. , Lancet: 2023