Phillip Kravetz, MD

Dr. Phillip Kravetz performs minimally invasive spine surgery at Summit Orthopedics & Spine Institute. He is certified in Orthopedic Surgery with a specialty in Spinal Surgery and is a member of the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons. He comes to SOSI after nearly 20 years in private practice and educating other physicians about minimally invasive spine techniques. A native of the Detroit area, Dr. Kravetz earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School, during which he completed a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research fellowship in Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He completed a General Surgery internship at Rush Medical Center in Chicago, his Orthopedic Surgery residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and a fellowship with the Institute of Spinal Disorders at Baylor University Medical School in Houston. He is among a relatively small number of minimally invasive spine surgeons who successfully treat cases traditionally handled with open back surgery, including adult scoliosis and fusions.