
UT Health Tyler
Dr. Michael Merrick is a Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon with fellowship training in adult and pediatric spine surgery. He finished a one-year fellowship in spine surgery at the world-renowned Norton Leatherman Spine Center in Louisville, Kentucky. His interests include minimally invasive surgery, degenerative conditions in the neck and back, and deformity surgery. Dr. Merrick grew up in The Woodlands, Texas. He earned a scholarship to play football at Rice University. After graduating from Rice, he attended medical school at the University of Texas in Houston. He then completed his five-year Orthopedic surgery residency in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Fellowship, spine surgery; Norton Leatherman Spine Center, Louisville, KY
Surgery residency; Grand Rapids, MI
Medical school; University of Texas in Houston, Houston, TX
Undergraduate; Rice University, Houston, TX