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Dr.
Phillips is a native of Holly Springs, Mississippi. He received
his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi
in 1965 and his Bachelor of Science degree in 1966. Dr. Phillips
received his M.D. degree from the University of Tennessee
in 1968, and then completed a medical internship at the University
of Tennessee Hospitals, in Memphis, in 1969. Dr. Phillips
then served in the United States Air Force obtaining the rank
of Major as a general medical officer stationed in England.
He returned to the Combined Program in Ophthalmology, University
of Alabama Eye Foundation Hospital, and completed his residency
there in 1976. Dr. Phillips completed fellowship training
in Cornea and External Disease at the Duke University Eye
Center.
Dr. Phillips
has been a faculty member since 1977, and is also Chief of
the Department of Ophthalmology at Cooper Green Hospital,
certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, and a member
of the Castroviejo Cornea Society, and a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.). He is a former state medical
director for the Alabama Eye Bank, currently serves on its
board, and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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