Dr. Daniel Ghiyam, MD — Longevity & Precision Medicine, Beverly Hills
After 25 years practicing medicine, Dr. Ghiyam arrived at a conclusion most physicians won’t say out loud: conventional medicine doesn’t have all the answers. So he went looking for better ones, and built MedPodLA around what he found.
Board-certified family medicine physician. Founder, MedPodLA. Practicing in California since 2001.
Board-Certified, Family Medicine MD
25+ Years in Clinical Practice California
Licensed Since 2001
Founder & Medical Director, MedPodLA
A video from Dr Ghiyam
Why I Practice Medicine Differently
I spent many years practicing conventional family medicine, and I was great at it. I enjoyed it, and I still do. There is real value in helping patients manage diabetes, blood pressure, and cholesterol, and I take that work seriously.
But over time, I kept seeing the same thing: patients with real symptoms and real suffering whose labs came back normal. No answers from the tests. No answers from the system. Just people who knew something was wrong and couldn’t get anyone to dig deeper.
That’s where I started to feel the limits of what I was trained to do. Western medicine is powerful. It is also not designed to answer every question a patient can walk in with.
I’ve always believed that if we’re here to help patients, we have to be willing to use every appropriate tool available, because one treatment, one protocol, or one approach is not going to work for everybody. For me that was never about abandoning conventional medicine. It was about combining it with what else works: functional medicine, longevity science, peptide therapy, hormone optimization, nutrition, advanced lab interpretation, and anything else that is thoughtfully and medically sound.
That combination is what MedPodLA is. Not trendy wellness. Not one-size-fits-all protocols. Listening to the patient, looking deeper, connecting the dots, and using every reasonable resource to help people feel better.
What Dr. Ghiyam Focuses On
His work spans six clinical areas, each approached through individualized lab interpretation and a personalized protocol built around your biology.
Hormone Optimization
Comprehensive evaluation of testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, thyroid function, cortisol, and adrenal health, calibrated to how you feel, not just where your numbers fall in the reference range.
Precision Peptide Protocols
Physician-prescribed peptide therapy for recovery, cognitive performance, body composition, and cellular repair, with full lab monitoring and clinical oversight at every stage.
Metabolic Health & GLP-1 Management
Evaluation and management of insulin resistance, body composition, and metabolic function, including GLP-1 therapy when clinically appropriate, with lab monitoring built in.
Cognitive Health & Brain Optimization
Targeted evaluation of cognitive performance, memory, focus, and neurological resilience, addressed through hormonal, metabolic, and supplemental interventions.
Advanced Lab Interpretation
We run the panels your primary care physician likely skipped: ApoB, hs-CRP, fasting insulin, free testosterone, SHBG, IGF-1, and full thyroid panels, then interpret them through a longevity lens, not a disease-detection one.
Cellular & Gut Health
Root-cause evaluation of inflammation, gut integrity, and immune function using the 5R Gut Protocol and targeted biomarker analysis.
Before any protocol is built, Dr. Ghiyam evaluates four things. Every decision that follows is built around what that evaluation reveals.
Full Health History
Not a 10-minute intake form. A comprehensive review of your medical history, prior diagnoses, medications, and what you’ve already tried.
Advanced Biomarker Analysis
A baseline lab panel that goes well beyond standard bloodwork. We measure what matters for longevity, hormonal health, metabolic function, and cardiovascular risk.
Your Goals
Energy, cognition, body composition, hormonal balance, performance, healthspan. What you want to feel like matters as much as what your labs say.
How You Actually Feel
Subjective daily experience is clinical data. If you feel exhausted while your labs look fine, that tells us something important. We start there.
*The experiences described reflect one patient’s individual results. Outcomes vary based on individual health history, goals, and adherence to recommended protocols. Nothing in these testimonials constitutes medical advice or a guarantee of results. Any changes to prescription medications described were made under the direct supervision of a licensed physician.
This Is Not a Protocol. It's a Physician Relationship.
Most longevity companies start with a protocol and fit you into it. We start with your biology and build around that.
Dr. Ghiyam is not a lab-interpretation service or a subscription that sends you supplements. He is your physician. The clinical relationship is the product. He observes patterns in your biology over time, adjusts as your health evolves, and treats the whole patient, not just the latest panel.
You will see Dr. Ghiyam. Not a PA, not a health coach, not a care coordinator filling in for the physician. Every clinical decision runs through him.
That is not how most practices work at this scale. It is how MedPodLA is built.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Dr. Ghiyam is a board-certified MD with 25 years of clinical experience, not a naturopath or health coach with a functional medicine certification. He combines conventional medical training with advanced lab interpretation and evidence-informed therapies. His patients have typically already tried functional medicine clinics and didn't get answers. That's often what brings them here.
You will see Dr. Ghiyam. Every clinical decision at MedPodLA runs through him directly. He is not a figurehead for a team of non-physician providers. That is a core part of how MedPodLA is built, and one of the meaningful differences between this practice and most longevity clinics operating at scale.
All peptide therapy at MedPodLA is physician-prescribed and monitored with regular lab work. Dr. Ghiyam only prescribes therapies appropriate under current FDA and California Medical Board guidelines. The regulatory environment around certain peptides continues to evolve, and our protocols are updated accordingly. Specific questions about a particular therapy are addressed during your intake.
Lifeforce and Parsley offer lab interpretation paired with health coaching, but the physician relationship is secondary. Function Health gives you data without treatment. MedPodLA gives you a treating physician who knows your biology over time, adjusts your protocol as your health evolves, and is accountable for every clinical decision. The physician relationship is the product here, not a feature of it.
MedPodLA is a self-pay practice and does not bill insurance. Membership fees cover physician access and care coordination. Lab costs, peptides, and compounds are billed separately. Patients who choose MedPodLA are investing in a level of clinical attention and access that the insurance-based system was not designed to provide.
After your Precision Intake, Dr. Ghiyam builds a personalized protocol around your labs, history, goals, and how you feel day to day. From there, you move into a membership tier that matches the level of access and support you need. Protocols are updated as your biology evolves. This is not a one-time consultation. It is an ongoing clinical relationship.
Ready to Start?
New patients begin with the Precision Intake Process. Dr. Ghiyam reviews your full health history, your labs, your goals, and how you actually feel day to day. Everything that follows is built around those four things.
The onboarding fee is $500.
MedPodLA is a self-pay practice. We do not bill insurance.