Dr. Georgia Varvarelis- Fliakos, DO

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Get to know Family Physician Dr. Georgia Varvarelis Fliakos, who serves patients in Catasauqua and Whitehall, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Fliakos is a family physician who is currently serving patients at Lehigh Valley Physician Group Family Medicine in Catasauqua and Whitehall, Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Physician Group Family Medicine is among the largest medical groups in the United States. Nearly 1,000 physicians and 600 advanced practice clinicians represent 48 medical specialties in more than 160 practices in the Allentown and Bethlehem areas. Lehigh Valley Physician Group Family Medicine was founded in 1993 as a not-for-profit subsidiary of Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) – one of the largest health systems in Pennsylvania. The mission of the medical group is to heal, comfort, and care for the people of the community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

Dr. Fliakos earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2012. She then went on to complete her residency in family medicine at the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education. In addition to English, Dr. Fliakos speaks Greek.

Family medicine, formerly family practice, is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for all adults; the specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. Family physicians are often the first person whom a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility. Dr. Fliakos treats conditions such as abdominal pain, urinary tract infections, bursitis, arthritis, concussion, and chest pain – to name a few. 

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