Medical Interests:
- Family Medicine, Preventive Care
About Dr. Lema:
- Girma Lema, MD, is a Family Physician at Tandem Health with a focus on family medicine and preventive care. He is an international medical graduate of Jimma University School of Medicine in Ethiopia and has been in practice for about a year. He is one of the family medicine residents with the Family Medicine Residency program. This program is a collaborative partnership between Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, the USC School of Medicine and Tandem Health.
- Dr. Lema is committed to building strong, lasting relationships with his patients and helping them stay healthy through preventive, whole-person care. He values connecting with the diverse communities he serves, drawing on his own multilingual background to communicate with and care for a wide range of patients.
- Outside of medicine, Dr. Lema enjoys playing soccer and collecting family stories and recipes from different cultures. He hopes to be remembered as a doctor who truly cared and helped improve lives in the community.
