Overview
Dr. Phillips graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. He attended The University of Texas Medical School at Houston where he was accepted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at The University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT where he served as Chief Resident of Orthopaedic Surgery his final year. He is double fellowship trained in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California and pediatric orthopaedic hand surgery at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Phillips has acquired further specialty training in the complex reconstruction of limb deformities using internal lengthening devices and gradual correction with external frames.
Dr. Phillips is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. His research includes characteristics of success and failure in L3 fusions for Lenke 5 curves, and the outcomes of extra-articular drilling for osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the talus.
Dr. Phillips enjoys all aspects of pediatric orthopaedics and has a special interest in pediatric hand conditions.
Dr. Phillips is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Clubbing of the Fingers or Toes. His top areas of expertise are Macrodactyly of the Foot, Syndactyly, Clubfoot, Syndactyly Type 1, and Osteotomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 5 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
8318 Market Street, Bradenton, FL 34202
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
3440 W Dr MLK Jr Blvd, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33607
625 6th Avenue South, Suite 450, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Phillips has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
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- Experienced
- Brachial PlexopathyDr. Phillips isExperienced. Learn about Brachial Plexopathy.
- Brachydactyly Mononen TypeDr. Phillips isExperienced. Learn about Brachydactyly Mononen Type.
- ClubfootDr. Phillips isExperienced. Learn about Clubfoot.
- Hypoplasia of the Tibia with PolydactylyDr. Phillips isExperienced. Learn about Hypoplasia of the Tibia with Polydactyly.
- Macrodactyly of the FootDr. Phillips isExperienced. Learn about Macrodactyly of the Foot.
- OsteotomyDr. Phillips isExperienced. Learn about Osteotomy.