Director, Fellowship Training

Professor of Medicine

Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine

Dr. Phillips is Chief, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at BIDMC. He is Director of Fellowship Training at the Osher Research Center and directs the T32 NCCAM-funded research fellowship program on complementary and integrative medicine. He also directs the Harvard Faculty Development and Fellowship Program in General Medicine. He is the recipient of a K24 Mid-Career Investigator Award from NCCAM and, in 1999, received the Barger Award for Excellence in Mentorship at Harvard Medical School. He has mentored fellows on clinical trials, survey research, secondary data analyses, qualitative research, cost-effectiveness analyses, and systematic reviews. Topics have included the efficacy of static magnets, mind-body therapies such as Tai Chi, the prevalence of CAM use in ethnic minorities, and heavy metals in ayurvedic medicines. He is Principal Investigator of an NCI-funded R21 on the use of massage for symptom relief among hospitalized patients with metastatic cancer. His research interests include patient safety and quality of care as well as integrative medicine.