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Robert A. Phillips, MD, PhD, is executive vice president, chief physician executive, Houston Methodist, and president and chief executive officer of the Houston Methodist physician organization in Houston, Texas. He is a professor of medicine at Weill Cornell College of Medicine.
Graduating in 1980 from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with a combined MD and PhD in molecular biology and the Elster Award for highest standing in his class, Dr. Phillips completed his residency in internal medicine in New York City at Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (NewYork-Presbyterian) followed by fellowships in cardiology and hypertension at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Phillips is an internationally recognized board-certified cardiologist and expert in hypertension and cardiovascular disease, serving as a principal or co-principal investigator on more than 60 clinical trials in cardiovascular disease. His sources of support for this research included 20 consecutive years of NIH-related funding.
Dr. Phillips has published over 170 peer-reviewed and invited papers, books and book chapters. He is the editor of the textbook “America’s Healthcare Transformation: Strategies and Innovations,” published in 2016 by Rutgers University Press. Dr. Phillips is Hypertension Editor, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension and the Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal.
Prior to joining Houston Methodist, Dr. Phillips was professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he was a Senior Vice President and Director of the Heart and Vascular Center of Excellence. Previously, Dr. Phillips was professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine, chair of the Department of Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, and professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Dr. Phillips is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association (AHA), the American Society of Hypertension and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Phillips is the founding president of the American Population Health Society. Dr. Phillips was elected to the Association of University Cardiologists in 2012. His awards from the American Heart Association (AHA) include the 2010 Heart of Gold Award, the 2013 Torch of Strength Award, and the 2018 Houston AHA Heart Ball Medical Honoree.
MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Sep 1973 → May 1980
PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Sep 1973 → May 1980
BA, New College of Florida
Sep 1969 → May 1973
Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Apr 1 2016 → …Professor of Clinical and Population Health Research, UMass Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Jan 2006 → Jun 2013Attending Physician, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
Dec 2005 → Jun 2013Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Nov 2005 → …Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Jul 2001 → …Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine
Jul 2001 → Dec 2005Attending Physician, Lenox Hill Hospital
Jan 2001 → Dec 2005Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Jan 2001 → Jun 2001Associate Attending, Mount Sinai Hospital
Jul 1993 → Dec 2001Associate Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Jul 1993 → Dec 2001Senior Clinical Assistant, Mount Sinai Hospital
Jul 1991 → Jun 1993Assistant Attending Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital
Jul 1986 → Jun 1991Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Jul 1986 → Jun 1993Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Phillips, Robert A. (Recipient), 1979
Prize: National/international honor
Phillips, Robert A. (Recipient), 1999
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Phillips, Robert A. (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Phillips, Robert A. (Recipient), 1999
Prize: Other distinction
Phillips, Robert A. (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)