Dr. Moris Girgis

Family Medicine
South River, NJ
39 years experience male

Locations

Office

South River

Address

171 Main st, South River, United States
Directions

My office hours

Thursday: 7:00am - 8:00pm
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Insurances accepted

Aetna

AmeriChoice Health Services, Inc

AmeriHealth

Cigna

Health Net

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Medicare

UnitedHealthcare

Health First Health Plan, Inc

MultiPlan, Inc

About

Bio

Born and raised in Egypt, became medical doctor ,did practice for few years, came to the states , qualified for internship at Harbor Hospital Baltimore Maryland , then residency at Sacred Heart Hospital Allentown Pennsylvania , faculty at Saint Luke Hospital Bethlehem Pennsylvania, private practice in Delaware, then private practice South River New Jersey. Gathered experience in general surgery, gynecology ,obstetrics, chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, asthma-----) men`s health, seniors medical care

Specialties
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.

Family Medicine

Licenses

United States: California, New Jersey

Languages spoken

Arabic, English

Doctor Q&A

80 Answers
21 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need more: Your question is serious need more information? Symptoms? Risk factors? Family History? The radiologist impression?
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Changes: Is it changing? should be getting smaller? if getting bigger or painful need to be seen
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
More information : How did you find it, is it painful, is it getting bigger? probably need to be seen.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
It differs : Varies from first day up to really long time after stopping the medicine, example of the immediate is diarrhea, example of the late could be rash.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need more informatio: Any fever,any rash,any specific times of the day the symptoms are more? Blood test for collagen disease?
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
It is the normal: It is the normal response of your nervous system to pain, also it depends on the degree of pain. It is protective and balancing process.
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A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need to be seen: If not better after ER visit,need to be seen.
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A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
More information: Where you live? how long the tick was on the skin? Any specific disease in your area? local care for the tick bite,keep clean,may apply topical antibi... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Risk factor play: Cholesterol, blood sugar ,kidney function ,liver function ,blood count ,and according to any other risk factors.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need more informatio: weight changes? Appetite? Changes in eating habits? similar condition in the past?
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A 42-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need more informati: How frequently you play tennis? Writing? Using keyboard? Certain habits with the hand?
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Hormones : Most likely hormone related, either from medicine, supplement, or from inside the body due to disease, infection, trauma. Need to be seen, history, i... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Gradual going back: As long as there is no pain ,start gradually increase slowly.
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Thyroid function : Indicating Thyroid glad not functioning perfect, should be compared to previous results, followed up closely,
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need more information: Did you have then before? What else causing you problem? vision, sinus, blood pressure, blood sugar?
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Nose: Be sure the nose is clear,using suction ,saline nasal drops will help.
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A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
6 month: For your son 6 month old changes in the color of the stool related to the food intake, close observation to any other symptoms, urine color, weight is... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
The wall there: The cyst is a wall filled with fluid, depending on the size that is broke in the wall and leaked. It can fill again.
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Gastric : Seems to me possible gastric, anxiety , type of food, stimulates.extreme temperature or spices of food? Some one has to know you well as patient.
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need more informatio: It is important to know why the test was done, what you were looking for, other symptoms.
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A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
More information: Try to get to what causing it? Other symptoms? Breathing from your mouth? Clogged nose?
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A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Could be : For how long you have the symptoms, what makes it better,what makes it worse, any changes in bowel movements, is brushing the tongue, clears it? Any o... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Aspirin: If you do not have problem to take aspirin,consider taking Excedrin only unless if there is other information that I do not know.
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A 59-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Muscle & Nerve: Most likely, muscle spasm triggered pressure on one of the nerves ,consider applying heat or ice, anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant. If not better X ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
More information: Is it specific time of the day? Is the environment where you spend most of the day dry? Nasal congestion? Mouth Breathing Excessive sweating? Blood su... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
More information : I am not able to see age,other medical problems,medication, habits,for how long,how long it lasts, any precipitating or alleviating factor.
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
I agree : I agree,all adults in the family should convey the same massage
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
More information : Fainting has many reasons, could be dangerous, may take sometime of face to face visits and evaluation.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Are you on blood thi: Are you on blood thinner?which one? Need to be careful with fluctuations in Vitamin K.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Many reasons : Many reasons ,important for your age,be sure about pregnancy, other systems , significant weight change.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Some other factors : Pay attention to setting habits,excessive pressure on these areas, excessive sweating. The more these areas dry and cool less likely to get infected.
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A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
How serious : How serious affecting the breathing? Did you try to use saline drops for the nose, to see if you can get any thing out. May be need to be seen
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
To the best : I think the operating Surgen is the best to give you an answer because it depends on what involved in the surgery.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Could be muscle: Look into what triggers it Look into daily habits of setting ,sleeping, driving, hobby the way you use your arm and shoulder
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
More information: For how long? Change in size? Is this the first time? What king of eye drops did you use?
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Risk & benefits : All medications has to consider benefits and risk, more so during pregnancy.
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Trust : Trusting the treating team , following their instructions is essential. Personal trust not reputation trust.
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A 51-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Could be: Could be skin irritations or infection? good air to the area and keep it dry will help? need to be seen
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need more history: Trauma?Similar lesion in the past?Nipple discharge?Fever?Family history?
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A 52-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Muscloskletal pain: From the limited information available, posture as aggravating factor, look into physical therapy and acupuncture as relieving factors.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
More information : Do you get headaches now? How frequent?How is it affected your daily life?
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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Consider : I am family Medicine , urologist May have better answer,look into the reason of daily evacuation,look since when the changes happened,the accompanying... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
What else: What else in your life,need more information,stress,weight,Alcohol,drugs?
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Frequency: How frequent? Is it related to the position of the hands? Change in the color?
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need better controls: When the IBS under good control, you will have less abdominal pain,
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A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
More information : Was any testing done? What was the diagnosis? To the best of my knowledge with the limited information one day is to soon to tell?
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A male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Yes: If tested for antibody and antigen negative. It is negative at this point
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A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need to know more: Who removed it? similar incident in the past? was biopsy done? family member with similar case?
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Activity important : Need more information,medications,stimulants,water intake,heart disease,family history,fever,other symptoms,limitation of function.
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A male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgis
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Try: Try to avoid landing onsame spot,use padded gloves. use vasiline on the harden skin.
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Testimonials
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Girgis is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
HealthTap member
Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Girgis is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
HealthTap member
Thank you, your answer was very helpful! no previous history, trauma or discharge, thank u
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I do appreciate your advice thank you so much
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Your answer was very helpful, thanks! Thank you for your advice & time.

Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

Alexandria univ
Graduated 1984MD

Medical/Graduate school

University of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
Graduated 1984MD

Residency

SACRED HEART HOSPITAL

Awards

Thought Leader, Third Place, the New Brunswick Region - Spring
2017
Top Doctor, Third Place, the New Brunswick Region - Spring
2017
Thought Leader, Third Place, the New Brunswick Region - Fall
2017
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