About US
MedPodLA was founded on a single premise: high-performers deserve healthcare that matches their standards for excellence in every other area of life.
Does This Sound Like You?
You’re doing everything “right,” but you’re still exhausted. Your mind feels foggy, your energy used to be sharp and limitless, and lately you’ve been wondering where it all went. Maybe you’ve hit a trigger moment—like sudden weight gain, burnout, or hormonal shifts—and you just want answers. You believe in Western medicine, but you also believe there’s more. You see health as the new wealth. You refuse to accept decline as inevitable. You want a provider who feels like a secret weapon, not just another white coat. And deep down, you know optimization isn’t optional—it’s non-negotiable.
If this sounds like you, it’s time to stop settling and start optimizing—your next chapter starts here.
Our Story
The Origins of MedPodLA
MedPodLA was born from a vision of healthcare that simply didn’t exist yet.
Founded by the husband-wife team of Dr. Daniel Ghiyam and Sanam Ghiyam, we combined 25+ years of medical expertise with sharp business acumen to create something truly revolutionary. Dr. Ghiyam’s extensive clinical experience showed him firsthand how conventional medicine was failing patients, while Sanam’s background in real estate and business optimization revealed a critical pattern among high-performers in her network: despite resources and commitment to wellness, they struggled with persistent brain fog, fatigue, and diminished vitality that standard healthcare couldn’t address.
These weren’t people looking for quick fixes or trendy solutions. They were ambitious individuals committed to optimization in every area of life—yet healthcare was letting them down. They’d leave doctor appointments with “normal” lab results despite feeling anything but normal. They’d try supplement after supplement, therapy after therapy, without the strategic framework needed for true transformation.
When we saw this gap between what medicine offered and what high-performers needed, we knew it was time to build something different. Drawing from Dr. Ghiyam’s medical knowledge and Sanam’s talent for optimization, we envisioned a practice that would deliver the precision, personalization, and results that ambitious individuals deserve.
MedPodLA emerged as that vision realized—where data drives decisions, protocols are precisely calibrated to individual biochemistry, and the standard isn’t managing decline but engineering revival. By combining cutting-edge therapies with concierge-level care, we created the practice we wished had existed years earlier.
Today, MedPodLA serves as the quiet advantage for those who refuse to settle—in health or in life. The practice reflects our core philosophy of “highest and best use in everything we do,” delivering healthcare that finally measures up to the standards of excellence high-performers demand in every other area of their lives.
How We Help You Optimize
Personalized Medicine, Reimagined
At MedPodLA, we’ve stepped outside the constraints of traditional medicine to create something more personal, more progressive—and frankly, more human. After 25 years in the insurance-based system, we knew there had to be a better way to help people truly feel their best. That’s why we built this practice around customized anti-aging and longevity medicine—where you’re seen, heard, and supported every step of the way.
Our journey together begins with comprehensive onboarding ($500) that includes a full consultation, lab review, and your first personalized protocol. This gives us a deep understanding of your biochemistry and goals so we can design precision interventions using peptides, bioidentical hormones, and strategic lifestyle optimization. Following this initial phase, you’ll transition to our annual membership ($2,500)—which includes unlimited lab reviews, quarterly consultations, monthly check-ins, and continuous protocol refinement without surprise fees or rushed visits.
Unlike conventional medicine’s reactive approach, we build a strategic partnership focused on sustained performance. Our protocols don’t just manage symptoms—they target the root causes of brain fog, fatigue, and diminished vitality that standard healthcare often misses. This isn’t about quick fixes or trendy solutions. It’s about creating your unfair advantage through precision medicine that finally measures up to the standards you demand in every other area of life.