Scott Griffies, MD

Dr. Scott Griffies’ interest in the relationship between the brain and body furthered him to pursue a career in psychiatry. Dr. Griffies helps young adults, adults, and seniors, and uses medication management, psychotherapy, group mind-brain-body skills, and psychoeducation. He sees patients with psychological aspects of medical and surgical conditions in areas such as oncology, rheumatology, endocrine, neurology, physical medicine, and pain (non-opiate treatments). Dr. Griffies is the Chief Medical Officer and directs programs specializing in neuropsychodynamic and stress-related physical disorders. These programs include conditions like somatic symptom disorders, functional neurologic symptom disorders, and disorders such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel disorder, interstitial cystitis, chronic fatigue, or other chronic neuro-inflammatory conditions. His work has combined inpatient consult-liaison and outpatient psychiatry within a teaching and clinical research environment. Dr. Griffies has experience as an associate professor at Duke University and Louisiana State University teaching psychiatry courses.