Stephanie Phillips, DO

Founder and Owner of Front Porch, Stephanie Phillips, DO, was born and raised in Bluefield, West Virginia. She attended Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia where she played intercollegiate women’s basketball and earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2006.

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She obtained her medical degree at the Via College of Osteopathic Medicine on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, where she was President of the Christian Medical and Dental Association and participated in the international missions training program. She graduated in 2010 with her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine.

 

Dr. Philips attended family medicine residency in Anderson, South Carolina, at Anmed Health, where she completed a global health track and graduated with honors.  She is board-certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians.  

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Dr. Phillips served our nations hero’s at the Department of Veterans Affairs from 2013-2023 in outpatient primary care. She has been Medical Director for two community-based Based Outpatient Clinics in Princeton, West Virginia, and Athens, Georgia. She has extensive experience caring for children, adolescents, and college-age adults. She has treated thousands of patients with GLP-1 medications and is one of the most experienced physicians in the US when it comes to managing and dosing these weight-loss medications. She strives to find unique ways to make these medications accessible and affordable to those who need them most. 

 

Dr. Phillips has Certification in International Medicine and has led and participated in many international mission trips and has also served at the Baptist Hospital in Ghana, Africa.  She is currently undergoing advanced training in the Koniver Method which blends performance, integrative, and functional medicine and hones her skills in peptide and IV therapy to her already solid skills as an experienced clinician.  Her special interest in these treatments originated from her passion for learning new things that can help her patients live their best lives.  She has a special interest in treating chronic pain, neuropathy, mental health disorders, as well as chronic fatigue.  

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She and her family relocated to Georgia to take over the operation of the family farm in Royston, Georgia in 2020 where they raise grass fed, grass finished beef at Phillips Ridge Farm.  She loves spending time with her husband, 2 children, her grandchildren and her many farm animals. In her spare time she enjoys quilting, knitting, and game nights with family and friends.