"Dr Nicole" Joel, Internal Medicine, ABIM

Her previous work at a UCLA safety net clinic means that many of Dr Nicole’s other patients have life situations that limit their ability to travel in to see specialists. That results in her being very comfortable managing complex autoimmune, cardiac, diabetic and rheumatologist cases with minimal specialist involvement.  In the middle of 2025 Dr Nicole moved to Florida for family reasons AND remains on our team part-time for complex auto immune cases.  We always team two physicians together on those MCAS and other similar cases.  Her part just became remote. 

One of the most interesting aspects of this medical group is that our physicians need to bring an exceptional level of communication and empathy to their patient discussions. Dr Nicole Joel’s skills fit our team. We are only slightly kidding when we notice that “Mom of 2+ children” seems to be a defining characteristic for those skills across this medical group.  

Dr Nicole graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and before that graduated magna cum laude from Miami University with a bachelors in zoology and a minor in finance. 

Those skills come from her years as a primary care attending physician at both University of California, San Diego Medical Center and Olive View UCLA Medical Center. She did her Internal Medicine residency at Olive View Medical center in 2014. Then later at UCSD Medical Center Dr Nicole served as both primary care attending physician and as a teacher for new resident physicians and medical students in the Continuity Clinic and in the Ambulatory Care apprenticeship clinic.

Some of her other scholarly activities include time spent as a clinical research assistant separately at University of Chicago Department of Medicine and at also at Children's Memorial Injury and Prevention Research Center in Chicago.

Most of our physicians work for two medical organizations -- the variety of workload between clinics, hospital ERs and our concierge group keeps every provider at the top of their game.  If you landed directly on this web page, Dr Nicole Joel's internal medicine residency was at UCLA Olive View Medical Center in 2014.  Then on to UCSD Medical Center, back to Olive View, on to Jupiter Medical Center in Palm Beach, Florida (and still part-time here).