MEET DR. ANWAR S. GERGES

A graduate of Ain Shams University of Medicine, Anwar S. Gerges, MD, is a doctor of internal medicine, a nephrologist, and interventionist. With residencies at Brooklyn-Caledonian Hospital and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City, Dr. Gerges completed additional training in nephrology during his fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. During his fellowship, he trained with the “father of interventional nephrology,” Gerald Beathard, MD.

Dr. Gerges is board certified from ECFMG, FLEX, American Board of Internal Medicine, National Board of Physicians and Surgeons, and The American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology.

Dr. Gerges was the medical director at three of the state’s leading vascular clinics before opening his first I-Vascular Center in San Antonio in 2014. I-Vascular Center of El Paso opened in 2017, followed by I-Vascular Center of Abilene in 2021. Dr. Gerges personally travels to each of the three locations to ensure that every patient receives equal care.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Gerges has performed well over 8,000 complex peripheral interventions and has been credited with preventing thousands of foot and leg amputations.