Joseph R Teel, MD

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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
Office: 215-662-8933
Education:
BA
Franklin & Marshall College - Lancaster, PA, 1999.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , 2003.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Low to Moderate Risk Obstetrics
Family Centered Maternity Care

Description of Other Expertise

Health System Operations
Process 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.

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Last updated: 02/21/2025
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