Dr. Linda Girgis MD, FAAFP is a family physician in South River, New Jersey. She has been in private practice since 2001. She holds board certification from the American Board of Family Medicine and is affiliated with St. Peter's University Hospital and Raritan Bay Hospital. She teaches medical students and residents from Drexel University and other institutions. Dr. Girgis earned her medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency at Sacred Heart Hospital, through Temple University where she was recognized as intern of the year. She is a blogger for Physician's Weekly and MedicalPractice Insider as well as a guest columnist for HIT Outcomes. She has had articles published in several other media outlets. She is on the medical advisory board of SERMO. Recently, she has authored the book, “Inside Our Broken Healthcare System” and "The War on Doctors". She has been interviewed in US News and on NBC Nightly News.
Mahmud Ibrahim, MD is a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist at Performance Spine and Sports Medicine in East Brunswick, NJ. After graduating from NYU School of Medicine, Dr. Mahmud Ibrahim went on to complete his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He then stayed on at Mount Sinai to complete a subspecialty in an ACGME-accredited fellowship that allowed him to subspecialize in Sports Medicine and Interventional Spine. Dr. Ibrahim is double-board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as in Sports Medicine.
Dr. Ibrahim was trained to perform a number of different fluoroscopic guided interventional pain management procedures. These include, but are not limited to: cervical, thoracic, lumbar epidurals, facet joint injections, sacroiliac joint injections, radiofrequency ablation, and spinal cord stimulation. He also uses ultrasound in order to diagnose and treat many common tendon, ligament, and nerve problems. His clinical interests include: musculoskeletal medicine, non-operative spine procedures, orthopedics, sports medicine, electrodiagnostic medicine, and regenerative therapy.
Dr. Ibrahim has published several articles on musculoskeletal medicine. He is also a contributing author in a textbook on how to perform ultrasound guided injections. Dr. Ibrahim has provided sideline coverage at football games, captained the medical tents at the NYC marathon, and was a ringside physician for the Golden Gloves Boxing tournament. Dr. Ibrahim’s goal is to restore function, reduce pain, and promote an active, healthy lifestyle using conservative measures whenever possible.
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