Dr. Shereef F.G. Girgis, MD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Pain Medicine
550 Redmond Rd Nw Rome GA, 30165About
Dr. Shereef Girgis is a physiatrist practicing in Rome, GA. Dr. Girgis is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Girgis focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Girgis can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 1991
Board Certification
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Arthritis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- North American Neuromodulation Society
- Georgia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Fellowships
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Internships
- Albert Einstein Medical Center
Fellowships
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professional Society Memberships
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, North American Neuromodulation Society, Georgia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
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Get to know Physiatrist Dr. Shereef F.G. Girgis, who serves patients in Rome, Georgia.
A specialist in the field of physiatry, Dr. Girgis has been practicing at Harbin Clinic Spine & Pain Management Rome in Georgia since 1998.
Harbin Clinic Spine & Pain Management Rome has been providing pain management services to the Northwest Georgia community since 1997. The practice cares for, enhances, and restores function, mobility, and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities.
A 1991 graduate of Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Girgis went on to perform his internship at Albert Einstein Medical Center. He followed this up with a residency in PM&R at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York, Internal Medicine at Overlook Hospital, and a May Day fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Noted for his expertise, the doctor was board-certified in Internal Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Pain Medicine by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR). The mission of the ABPMR is to serve the public by improving the quality of patient care in physical medicine and rehabilitation. This is accomplished through a process of certification and continuing certification that fosters excellence and encourages continuous learning.
Licensed to practice medicine in Georgia, Dr. Girgis is affiliated with Floyd Medical Center and Redmond Regional Medical Center.
In direct affiliation with his industry, he is an active member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the North American Neuromodulation Society, and the Georgia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, also known as physiatry and physiatrics, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. Physiatrists treat a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. Dr. Girgis also has an interest and expertise in neuromodulation and offers a variety of treatments in chronic pain that includes Spinal Cord Stimulation and Peripheral stimulation.
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