Peter Karl Gerritz, M.D.

Philosophy of Care

Dr. Gerritz provides a healing environment with an integral symbiotic patient- physician relationship for pain management and other functional impairments.

Title:

Staff Physician

Specialty:

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Center/Program Affiliation:

Spine Center

Address:

Spine Center/Cannery Building
3301 C St, Suite 1500
Sacramento, CA 95816

Alternate Address:

Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 1700
Sacramento, CA 95817

Other Languages:

Spanish, Thai

Education:

UC Irvine College of Medicine
Irvine, California
M.D. 2007

UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
B.S. 2003

Internships:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
2008

Residency:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
2011
Physcial Medicine Rehabilitation

Fellowships:

University of Arizona, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
Tucson, AZ
2011
Integrative Medicine

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
American Academy of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation

Honors and Awards:

APS: Fundamentals of Pain Management Grant, 2010
AMSA Complementary and Alternative Medicine Leadership Training Program Grant, 2004
American Heart Association Summer Research Internship Grant, 2000

Select Recent Publications:

Yao E, Gerritz PK, Henricson E, Abresch T, Kim J, Han J, Wang K, Zhao H. Randomized controlled trial comparing acupuncture with placebo acupuncture for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. PM R. 2012 May;4(5):367-73. Epub 2012 Mar 7.