Dr. Raafat W. Girgis, MD
Psychiatrist, TMS therapy for Depression & PTSD provider, Raafat W Girgis, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine & Psychosomatic Medicine in Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Dr. Girgis received his post-doctoral training in the United Kingdom for 3 years, before moving permanently to the USA in 1991, where he obtained three Board certifications in General Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine & Psychosomatic Medicine from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
During his career, Dr. Girgis claimed rich and diverse experience in different specialties including formal training in Internal medicine, ENT Surgery, Neurology, and psychiatry, which equipped him to treat a wide spectrum of complex interrelated medical and psychiatric illnesses for both the adult and geriatric population, and in multiple venues like hospital ICU’s as well as inpatient and outpatient practice in both academic and community-based settings.
Dr. Girgis serves on the board of directors of several non-profit organizations (NGO) that provide medical and humanitarian relief work in underdeveloped countries. Their objectives include fighting poverty, disease, and mental illness.
As a psychiatrist in Newport Beach, specializing in TMS therapy & Treatment for Depression and other mental health issues, like anxiety and OCD, one will find Dr. Girgis to be compassionate and able to connect and relate.
Dr. Girgis has a weekly Television program that airs overseas and is aimed at public education and increasing awareness to achieve wellness both physically and mentally and is the co-author of “The Broken Chains” a book that explains in lay terms, the effects of childhood trauma on personality development.
Psychiatrist & TMS therapy and depression treatment are part of Dr. Girgis’ psychiatric treatment and as a depression specialist, he highlights that there are specific areas in your brain that control mood. When synapses in those mood-regulating areas are underactive, connections are broken and depression can result. NeuroStar revitalizes those dormant synapses, “waking up” the brain to function as it was meant to
“From my experience, personal connections and continuous care are the most important things. Therefore I always take the time to get to know my patients.”
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