Meet Dr. Phil Zhou

Board-certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Osteopathic physician. Fifteen years in Los Angeles County hospitals, clinics, and patients’ living rooms.

Dr. Phil Zhou, DO

Why this practice exists

I have practiced medicine in a county hospital, in a federally underserved primary care clinic, and in hospice — often at a patient’s kitchen table. Those settings have almost nothing in common except one thing: the medicine got better when I had time, and worse when I did not.

Hospice taught me that most clearly. When you sit with someone at the end of their life, you find out what the system missed — the symptom nobody chased down, the conversation nobody had time for, the question the patient never got to ask. I opened this practice so those things get caught while there is still time to do something about them.

So the model here is deliberately small. One physician, a limited panel, and a price you can see before you agree to it. No insurance company decides how long your visit is, because no insurance company is paying for it.

You can text me. That is not a marketing line — it is how I have practiced for years, and it is the part of hospice medicine I most wanted to bring to everyday care. A text at nine in the evening asking whether a symptom is worth worrying about is exactly the kind of question that should be easy to ask.

I speak English and Mandarin, and enough Spanish to get through a visit. 是的,我会说中文。

Education & Training

Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Hospice Medical Director Certified — 2023

Residency
Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
and VA Long Beach Healthcare System
2016 – 2019

Internship
Transitional Year / Medicine Preliminary
Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
2015 – 2016

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo, CA
2015

B.S., Chemistry
University of California, San Diego
2008

Experience

Phil Zhou Medical — Upland, CA
Founder and physician
2026 – present

Wisteria Hospice
Hospice and palliative physician
2018 – present

Primary care, underserved population
Federally qualified community clinic, Los Angeles
2019

Los Angeles County
Harbor–UCLA Medical Center
2015 – 2019

Licensure & Certification

  • Unrestricted California Osteopathic Medical License
  • Unrestricted DEA registration
  • Hospice Medical Director Certified (2023)
  • ACLS, BLS/CPR, and AED certified — American Red Cross

Languages

English · Mandarin · conversational Spanish

Ready when you are

Call or text (626) 552-6720 to book a visit, or start a $99/month membership and have a doctor in your corner every day of the year.