Riya Joseph, MD

Riya Joseph, MD, earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at the Texas Tech Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso in 2015. She then relocated to Houston, where she completed both her internship and residency at the Methodist Hospital System Internal Medicine Residency program in 2018. Bilingual in English and Malayalam, Dr. Joseph joined Kelsey-Seybold as a board-certified internist in January 2026.
Finding medicine to be one of the few fields where curiosity and compassion work together, Dr. Joseph practices medicine to spend her time doing what she loves most — helping people, working in science, and solving problems. As a primary care physician for adults, she provides preventive medicine, such as well checks and immunizations, along with care for acute conditions like fever, flu, nausea and vomiting, and more. She also manages chronic medical conditions like hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, COPD, and asthma. Dr. Joseph’s favorite aspect of being a physician is how it provides opportunities to build relationships.