Joseph R Teel - Faculty Biosketch

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

Office: 215-662-8933

Email:
joseph.teel@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Education:
BA
Franklin & Marshall College - Lancaster, PA, 1999.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , 2003.

Post-Graduate Training
Resident Family Practice, Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT, 2003-2006.
Chief Resident, Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT, 2005-2006.
Leading Change Fellowship - Family Medicine, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2015-2016.

Certifications
American Board of Family Medicine, 2006.
ABFM - Certificate of Added Qualification in Healthcare Administration, Leadership and Management, 2026.

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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

Erica Lamberg: "Should You Ask Patients to Self-Screen for Sleep Issues?" Medscape. Medscape, February 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), September 2025.

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.