Joseph R Teel, MD

Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
Advisory Dean, Perelman School of Medicine
Chief, Regional Primary Care, Penn Medicine Medical Group
Department: Family Medicine and Community Health
Contact information
Penn Family Care at
Penn Medicine University City, 9th Floor
3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Medicine University City, 9th Floor
3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-8933
Education:
BA
Franklin & Marshall College - Lancaster, PA, 1999.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , 2003.
Permanent linkBA
Franklin & Marshall College - Lancaster, PA, 1999.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , 2003.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Low to Moderate Risk ObstetricsFamily Centered Maternity Care
Description of Other Expertise
Health System OperationsProcess Improvement
Selected Publications
Teddy Amenabar: "Do you know which vaccines you got as a child? Here's how to track them." Washington Post February 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 June 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), May 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), May 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): 15-18, May/June 2024.
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), May 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 April 2024.
Janet M Y Cheung, Hannah Scott, Alexandria Muench, Dieter Riemann, Joseph Teel, Michael Thase, Michael Perlis: Lancet Correspondence. Author Reply. Lancet October 2023.
Kendall Williams, Joseph Teel, Shazia Sazul: "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" Penn Medicine Primary Care Podcast November 2022.
Michael L Perlis, Donn Posner, Dieter Riemann, Celyne H Bastien, Joseph Teel, Michael Thase: Insomnia. Lancet 400: 1047, September 2022.