Neurologist, Headache Specialist Joins Commonwealth Health
4/16/2018
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (April 16, 2018) – Philip V. Savia Jr., M.D., has joined Commonwealth Health Physician Network and will practice neurology at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Dr. Savia specializes in headache medicine and will see patients in the Waterfront Complex, 670 S. River St., Suite 203, Plains Township.
A graduate of St. Georges University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, he completed a pediatric residency at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, N.J., and a neurology residency at the University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City.
He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with a sub-specialty board certification in headache medicine by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
He will perform electromyography in his office. EMG is a diagnostic procedure to assess the health of muscles and the nerve cells that control motor neurons which transmit electrical signals that cause muscles to contract.
To make an appointment with Dr. Savia, call (570) 552-7110.
