"Dr Ian" Pulmonologist, Critical Care, Internal Medicine

There are two of them !  His wife also works here, and “Dr Nicole” likes HCDTO enough that she helped recruit “Dr Ian” Joel to join this team.  He watched HCDTO for almost 2 years before joining this concierge medical group.  

It is wonderful to have a world-class pulmonologist see you at home as part of your overall critical care management.  Dr Ian does his own ultrasounds at your home, reads his own CT, PET CT scans and reads his own MRI studies.  A significant part of his effort is looking for subtle clues that matter in your treatment. 

He spends a lot of his clinical time in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at the regional hospital.  The benefit:  Dr Ian really does understand what is needed at home as you return from a complex hospitalization.  He knows how to keep you home.  He understands what can be BETTER managed at home.  This helps make you a happier patient.

Dr Ian’s background also includes extensive experience and training in alternative pain management programs, including treatment of opiate addiction patients or suboxone therapy.

As part of teaching new physicians at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, he is also a certified ultrasound instructor.  Dr Ian uses it everywhere including its use in complex cardiology and pulmonology cases.  

A peer-reviewed physician and scientist in his own right, Dr. Ian has written extensively about subjects that include “Resuscitation for Septic Patients with Heart Failure”, “Ultrasound Assessment of …Carotid Corrected Flow…in Undifferentiated Shock” and even “Treatment response prediction in late-life depression”. 

As part of his lifelong education, Dr Ian Joel received the Clinical Scientist Scholarship from 2010–2014 at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He graduated cum laude as an MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He also holds a Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in Psychobiology from UCLA.  

Dr Ian's postdoctoral fellowships include: 

     2017–2020 Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine, UCSD 

     2014–2017 Resident in Internal medicine, UCLA.

Ian is the father of three children who are good at capturing his attention.  Somewhere rattling around there he has a great wife who is also member of our crew. Dr Ian is part of an active outdoor family, with a smart happy puppy rolling around in the mix.

If you landed directly on this page, Dr Ian is one of our go-to physicians for asthma, emphysema, cough, pulmonary embolism, COPD, pneumonia and oxygen related problems.  He is one of our primary resources for patients being discharged home from the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) or coming home after complex hospitalizations.  His board certifications are: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology and Critical Care.