Locations
Office
South River
My office hours
Thursday: 7:00am - 8:00pm
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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
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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 Girgisanswered
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 Girgisanswered
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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315 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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167 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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152 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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211 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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159 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need to be seen: If not better after ER visit,need to be seen.
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315 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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315 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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1.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need more informatio: weight changes?
Appetite?
Changes in eating habits?
similar condition in the past?
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1.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 42-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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1.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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176 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Gradual going back: As long as there is no pain ,start gradually increase slowly.
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345 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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150 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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346 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Nose: Be sure the nose is clear,using suction ,saline nasal drops will help.
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192 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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319 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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151 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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121 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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169 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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315 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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319 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A member asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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315 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 59-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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346 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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345 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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317 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
I agree : I agree,all adults in the family should convey the same massage
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160 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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160 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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211 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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141 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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173 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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168 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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321 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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346 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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315 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Risk & benefits : All medications has to consider benefits and risk, more so during pregnancy.
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154 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Trust : Trusting the treating team , following their instructions is essential. Personal trust not reputation trust.
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133 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 51-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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315 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need more history: Trauma?Similar lesion in the past?Nipple discharge?Fever?Family history?
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4.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 52-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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4.8k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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167 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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211 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
What else: What else in your life,need more information,stress,weight,Alcohol,drugs?
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315 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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504 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Need better controls: When the IBS under good control, you will have less abdominal pain,
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121 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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315 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
Family Medicine 39 years experience
Yes: If tested for antibody and antigen negative.
It is negative at this point
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315 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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1.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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321 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A male asked:
Dr. Moris Girgisanswered
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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315 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Girgis is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Girgis is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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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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