Dr. Ishan Asokan is a dual-trained internal medicine physician and hospitalist with extensive experience across academic and community healthcare systems. He currently serves as an inpatient hospitalist at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles, Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, and UCLA Health, where he also holds an appointment as Associate Physician Diplomat. In April 2025, he founded Asokan Healthcare Services, Professional Corporation, expanding his clinical and consulting practice.

From 2023 to 2024, Dr. Asokan was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA Health, where he previously served as Clinical Instructor in Oncology Hospital Medicine at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and as a nocturnist at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine in 2021, following a General Surgery internship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Dr. Asokan earned his Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2017, graduating with honors. He also holds a Master of Science in Global Health Science, with distinction in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, from the University of Oxford (2012), and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with honors and distinction from the University of Pennsylvania (2010). He is currently pursuing an MBA at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he has been recognized with the John Wooden Leadership Fellowship and the Dean’s Fellowship.

His research and scholarship span global health, oncology, gastroenterology, dermatology, and medical education, with numerous peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and national conference presentations. He is a former NIH Medical Research Scholars Program Fellow and has received over 20 academic honors, including induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, the AMA Foundation Physicians of Tomorrow Award, and recognition as a “Top Doctor” in both 2022 and 2025.

Board-certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine since 2021, Dr. Asokan holds an active California medical license and DEA registration. With a professional focus on hospital medicine, teaching, and global health, he combines clinical excellence with leadership in diversity, ethics, and healthcare innovation.