Eni Smith Phillips, M.D., M.P.H

Eni Smith Phillips, M.D. M.P.H. is an addiction medicine and preventive medicine physician with a passion for bridging conventional medicine with holistic and complementary care. Dr. Phillips earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Princeton University. She received her degree with honors and focused on a variety of neurobiological and neurodevelopmental conditions. She completed her medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville and went on to pursue a Master’s in Public Health from Yale University. She began her internship training in pediatrics before transitioning to residency training in preventive medicine. She completed her medical education by pursuing a fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Yale University/Yale New Haven Hospital.

Dr. Phillips is well versed in treating substance use disorders, behavioral disorders and behavioral addictions in adolescent and adult populations. She believes in a patient-centered approach to care and keeps abreast of the latest innovations and most novel therapeutics available in her field. She believes in treating the whole patient on a biological, psychological, and spiritual level and considers medicine to be not just a career but a calling.

In addition to medicine Dr. Phillip’s other passion is dance. She was classically trained in ballet, jazz, modern and hip-hop dance at the Beverly Varner School of Dance where she was a third-generation dancer and choreographer. In addition to being a featured dancer and choreographer at Princeton’s Disiac dance company, she also has taught dance to adults and children for over 15 years, including running summer dance camps for children in the Metropolitan Detroit area. She is honored to partner with Samaritan Way of Michigan in the mission to build strong communities together.