D. Melessa Phillips, M.D.

Dr. Phillips received her M.D. from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1973, and completed an internal medicine internship and family medicine residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She joined the department faculty in 1976, serving as director of the Student Division until 1986. A fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice, Dr. Phillips was an elected member of the National Board of Directors of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (1987-1990). She was a member of the AAFP Interorganizational Task Force on Student Interest and was awarded a W. K. Kellogg Foundation National Fellowship (1990-1993). She is a member of the Editorial Board of the American Academy of Family Physicians Home Assessment Program and is an associate editor of the third, fourth, and fifth editions of the textbook, Family Medicine Principles and Practice. She was selected a fellow by the Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg, Austria in 1998, and has been named one of the "Best Doctors in America". She is the recipient of the 1999 Thomas W. Johnson Award selected by the AAFP Commission on Education and Board of Directors for outstanding contribution to education for family practice. She is professor emeritus and served as chairman of the Department of Family Medicine for nineteen years.