Bio
Edward M. Phillips, MD, is Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and Director of Outpatient Medical Services of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Phillips founded and directs The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org.
Dr. Phillips is a Fellow of American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) and serves on the Executive Council that developed and leads the Exercise is Medicine™ global initiative. He is co-author of ACSM’s Exercise is Medicine™ and The Clinician's Guide to the Exercise Prescription (Lippincott, 2009), and is chair of the Exercise is Medicine Education Committee.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Phillips speaks and consults nationally about a broad-based effort to reduce lifestyle-related death, disease, and costs through clinician directed interventions with patients. The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition has recognized Dr. Phillips and the ILM with its Community Leadership Award.
Dr. Phillips is a Fellow of American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) and serves on the Executive Council that developed and leads the Exercise is Medicine™ global initiative. He is co-author of ACSM’s Exercise is Medicine™ and The Clinician's Guide to the Exercise Prescription (Lippincott, 2009), and is chair of the Exercise is Medicine Education Committee.
In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Phillips speaks and consults nationally about a broad-based effort to reduce lifestyle-related death, disease, and costs through clinician directed interventions with patients. The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition has recognized Dr. Phillips and the ILM with its Community Leadership Award.
