Phil Berry, M.D.

Dr. Berry

Dr. Berry, born in  Jackson, Mississippi, attended the University of Mississippi where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He attended the University of Mississippi Medical School obtaining his medical degree in 1966.   

While in medical school at the University of Mississippi he served as class president for three years

and was student body president his senior year. He served as President of Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society as well. 

He completed his internship at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas and his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 1971. After his residency, he joined the staff of Methodist Medical Center and became active in numerous medical societies and organizations. He was a member of the Dallas County Medical Society Board of Directors between 1986 and 1988, serving as president of the society in 1990. In 1996, he was recipient of the Max Cole Leadership Award. 

In addition, he has been active in the Texas Medical Association serving as President in 1997. He has received the prestigious Benjamin Rush Award from the AMA for outstanding citizen efforts for organ donation, and has served at HHS on the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation.

Dr. Berry has been in active practice at Methodist Dallas Medical Center since 1971, and his areas of specialization include total joint replacement, and foot surgery.

He is active in Cliff Temple Baptist Church, where he is currently deacon chairman, and he and Karen, his wife of 39 years, have 3 daughters and 8 grandchildren.