Ben Phillips, MD, is a board-certified endocrinologist and Principal Investigator with 25+ years of clinical experience treating metabolic disorders. He is the founder of Virginia Endocrinology in Midlothian, Virginia, just outside Richmond.
Dr. Phillips earned his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed internal medicine residency and endocrinology fellowship training at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and McGuire Veterans Hospital.
His clinical interests include diabetes, obesity, metabolism, thyroid disease, and high-risk osteoporosis. His professional affiliations have included the Endocrine Society, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Richmond Endocrinology Club, and North American Association for the Study of Obesity.
Dr. Phillips brings long-standing endocrine expertise and experience caring for people with metabolic conditions to endocrine and cardiometabolic research.