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Melissa Smith-Phillips

Melissa Smith-Phillips, MD, PhD UTMB Health Provider

  • UTMB Health Pediatric Primary Care, Galveston
    • 6416 Broadway Street
      Galveston, TX 77551
    • Phone: (409) 772-3695
    • Fax: (409) 772-3680
    UTMB Health Pediatric Primary Care, Bay Colony
  • Melissa Smith-Phillips is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics. She received her B.S. in Biology from Louisiana College, after which she completed a two-year research fellowship with the National Cancer Institute. She completed her M.D. and Ph.D. in 2011 through UTMB's Combined Degree Program and subsequently was accepted into UTMB's Pediatric Residency Program which she completed in 2014.

  • Medical/Professional School:

    University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, TX, MD, PhD, 2011

    Residencies:

    Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, TX, 2014

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  • Do you have any of the following symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath/difficulty breathing, chills or repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain (including new onset low back pain), joint pain, extreme fatigue, diarrhea, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, headache or conjunctivitis (red eye with discharge)?

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