Dr. Michael Phy, DO - Team Physician | Football, Baseball, M/W Golf - Staff Directory

Staff Directory

Dr. Michael Phy, DO

Title:
Team Physician | Football, Baseball, M/W Golf

Professional Information

Michael Phy is Head Team Physician for Texas Tech Football, Baseball, and Men’s and Women’s Golf teams. He has served in this capacity since January 2007. Dr. Phy is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at TTUHSC and serves as the Chief of General Medicine and is the Internal Medicine Residency Program Director.

Work Experience

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Lubbock, TX, 2004 to present
Mayo Clinic, Senior Associate Consultant, Inpatient Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Rochester, MN, 2002-2004
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, Lubbock, TX, 2000-2001

Education

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, 1988-1992
University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, TX, Doctor of Osteopathy, 1993-1997
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, Internship in Internal Medicine, 1997-1998
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, Residency in Internal Medicine, 1998-2000
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, Chief Resident in Internal Medicine, 2000-2001
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Fellow in Inpatient Internal Medicine, July 2001 to June 2002
Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, MN, Masters of Biomedical Sciences Clinical Research, July 2001 to June 2002 to August 2002

Professional Affiliations and Volunteer Service

Fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP), 1997 to present
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), 2001 to present
Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), 2005 to present
Boy Scouts of America, Merit Badge Instructor

Honors & Awards

Timothy J. Harnar Physician Mentor of the Year, 2001
Outstanding Teacher of the Year, TTUHSC, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2017
Physician Mentor of the Year, TTUHSC House Staff Organization, 2009, 2015
Dean’s Clinical Teaching Award, TTUHSC, 2010
President’s Outstanding Clinician Award, TTUHSC, 2013
John Aure Bessler, MD Founding Dean Memorial Award, 2018

Family & Other Activities

Wife: Jennifer
Children: Tyler, Sara
Pets: Dogs: Pablo, Ollie; Tortoise: Buck-50

Lectures, Presentations & Publications

Selected Publications

Buscemi, Phy MP, Nugent. Maintenance of Certification in Internal Medicine: Participation Rates and Patient Outcomes. Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2: 19753 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i4.19753, 2013
Phy MP. ICU Rounds: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles,1(1): e20-22, January 2013.
Ussavarungsi K, Watkins B, Phy MP. Acrometastasis as the initial presentation of bronchogenic carcinoma. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 1(1): e31-34, January 2013.
Phy MP. Multiple pulmonary contusions in a college football player. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2(8): e54-58, October 2014.
Potgieter D, Simmers D, Ryan L…Phy MP (as a collaborating investigator). NT-pro BNP Prognostic Utility is Overestimated in Meta-analyses Using Study Specific Optimal Diagnostic Thresholds. Anesthesiology. 123(2):264-71, 2015 Aug.
Velasco A, Phy MP. Hydralazine prn, should we really use it? ICU Commentary. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles,3(10): e34, February 2015.
Phy MP. Malignant Hyperthermia. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 4(113): e30-34, January 2016.
J Kopel, Phy MP. An Interview with Sir William Osler: Resident Work Hours and Physician Responsibility