Dr. Lee G. Phillips
Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon
Hand Specialist
Dr. Phillips specializes in the treatment of a variety of orthopaedic conditions including:
- Hand & Upper Extremity
- Elbow, Wrist, & Hand Surgery
- Fractures and Trauma
- Congenital Orthopaedic Anomalies
- Neuromuscular Conditions
- Limb Deformity
- General Orthopaedics
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Lee G. Phillips, MD
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.
Board Certification
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2017
- American Board of Medical Examiners, 2014
Education
- Undergraduate: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 2004
B.S., Biomedical Engineering - Medical: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 2008
M.D. - Internship: University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah 2009
General Surgery - Residency: University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah 2013
Orthopaedic Surgery - Fellowship: Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California 2014
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - Fellowship: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, Texas 2015
Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Hospital / Academic Affiliations
Hospital
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital | Saint Petersburg, Florida
- St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital | Tampa, Florida
Staff
- Vice Chairman, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery | Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
- Attending Physician | Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
- Attending Physician | St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital
Academic
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine | University of South Florida, College of Medicine
Society Memberships
State Memberships
- Florida Medical Association
- Florida Orthopaedic Society
Specialty Society Memberships
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
Additional Society Memberships
- POSNA
- Utah Society of Orthopedic Surgeons, 2008 – 2013
- Texas Medical Association, 2004 – 2008
- American Medical Student Association, 2004 – 2008
- Pinellas County Medical Association
- Hillsborough County Medical Association
Achievements
- Lena Sefton Clark Award, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California 2014
- Doctors of Distinction, Tampa Bay Metro, Aug/Sept 2015
- Doctors of Distinction, Tampa Bay Metro, Aug/Sept 2016
- Doctors of Distinction, Tampa Bay Metro, Aug/Sept 2017
- Doctors of Distinction, Tampa Bay Metro, Aug/Sept 2018