Lee G. Phillips, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Care for Children and Young Adults
Dr. Phillips's Specialties

Hand & Upper Extremity

Elbow, Wrist, & Hand Surgery

Fractures
& Trauma

Congenital Orthopaedic Anomalies

Neuromuscular Conditions

Limb
Deformity

General
Orthopaedics

Multiligament Knee Reconstruction

Lee G. Phillips, MD
Dr. Phillips is Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins University. He 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.
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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
- 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
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine | University of South Florida, College of Medicine
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
Society Memberships
- Florida Medical Association
- Florida Orthopaedic Society
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
- 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