Personal Profile
His undergraduate clinical training was at St. Mary's/Imperial College School of Medicine in London, with early post-graduate training at St. Mary's London and Central Middlesex hospitals, followed by a three-year training scheme at Kingston Hospital, Surrey including Neonatology, Paediatrics, A&E and GP. Mr Phillips specialised in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and spent a year at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital followed by Guys and St. Thomas' Hospital and Tunbridge Wells.
In the early 1990's, Mr Phillips was becoming more interested and skilled in laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery and moved up to Middlesbrough to work as a surgical training fellow to Professor Ray Garry who, at that time, was the leading laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgeon in the country. Mr Phillips had every intention of returning South but he and his family loved the North East so much that they decided to stay. Mr Phillips is married with 5 children who have all grown up locally.
Mr Phillips has been training surgeons for over 25 years. Many of the consultants in the North (and elsewhere) have been trained by him. He is the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) preceptor in advanced laparoscopic surgery. Mr Phillips is the only one in the region and one of only 14 nationwide, meaning that he trains very senior doctors (soon to be appointed consultant) in advanced surgical techniques to prepare them for their consultant posts.
Mr Phillips is on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the BSGE and has contributed much to this and to gynaecological research over the years. He receives a lot of referrals for treatment of staff members and medical colleagues. He is very happy to refer on to other consultants when a patient needs particular treatment such as IVF or cancer treatment.
Mr Phillips spent a lot of time at university rowing for Cambridge, and rowed for England and the London University.
