William R. Phillips, MD, MPH Clinical Professor, Family Medicine Medical Student Education Section Family Medicine Research Section e-mail

Biographical Information

Bill Phillips has worked with medical education and primary care research in the Department of Family Medicine since 1979. He is a native of Seattle, graduated from UW School of Medicine, and earned an MPH at the UW School of Public Heath and Community Medicine. He is residency-trained and board-certified in family medicine and in preventive medicine. For 20 years, he practiced full-spectrum family medicine in Seattle. Dr. Phillips has served in scientific and professional leadership roles at the national and international levels, including president of NAPCRG, chair of the AAFP Commission on Science, and on advisory panels to ACIP, NIH, AHRQ, Medicare and major insurers. His interests are broad and his work interdisciplinary. Dr. Phillips is a founder and currently Senior Associate Editor of the Annals of Family Medicine. He is also Senior Scientist at Battelle Centers for Public Heath Research and Evaluation.

BA - University of Washington
MD - University of Washington
MPH - University of Washington
DABFM, FAAFP, DABPM, FACPM

Teaching Interests & Roles

Student Research Coordinator
NRSA Fellowship in Primary Care Research Co-Director

Clinical Professor, Health Services, UW School of Public Health
http://sph.washington.edu/faculty/fac_bio.asp?url_ID=Phillips_William

Research Interests & Roles

Senior Associate Editor, Annals of Family Medicine
Senior Research Scientist, Battelle Memorial Institute, Centers for Public Health Evaluation and Research

Research interests include:
Physician career satisfaction
Improving the healing experience for patient and clinician
Technology assessment
Scientific communication
Doctor-patient communication
Clinical preventive services
STD/HIV prevention in primary care

COS Profile:
http://expertise.cos.com/cgi-bin/exp.cgi?id=1139917

Current Projects

Optimizing healing in primary care
Public understanding of physician oaths
Risk assessment and screening for STDs and HIV in primary care
Risk assessment and screening for STDs and HIV in maternity care
Identification of family medicine and primary care practitioners

Selected Publications

Hsu C, Phillips WR, Sherman K, Hawkes R, Cherkin DC. Healing in primary care: a shared vision of patients, physicians, nurses, and clinical staff. Annals of Family Medicine. 2008; 6:307-314.
http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/content/full/6/4/307

Phillips W. Reviewing Reports of Primary Care Research. Family Medicine Digital Resource Library (peer reviewed); 2009. http://www.fmdrl.org/2187

Montano DE, Phillips WR, Kasprzyk D, Greek A. STD/HIV prevention practices among primary care clinicians: risk assessment, prevention counseling, and testing. Sex Transm Dis. 2008 Feb;35(2):154-66.
http://journals.lww.com/stdjournal/Fulltext/2008/02000/
STD_HIV_Prevention_Practices_Among_Primary_Care.9.aspx

Phillips WR. Questioning the future of family medicine. Fam Med. 2004;36(9):664-5. http://www.stfm.org/fmhub/fm2004/October/William664.pdf

Phillips WR. Zebras on the commons: rare conditions in family practice. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2004;17(4):283-6. http://www.jabfp.org/cgi/content/full/17/4/283

Brungardt S, Chen F, Phillips WR, NAPCRG Task Force on Increasing Student and Resident Interest. Frequently asked questions about family medicine research for medical students and residents. Ann Fam Med. 2004;2:375-376. http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/content/full/2/4/375

Kim S, Phillips WR, Stevens NG. Family practice training over the first 26 years: a cross-sectional survey of graduates of the University of Washington Family Practice Residency Network. Acad Med. 2003;78(9):918-25. http://www.academicmedicine.org/cgi/content/abstract/78/9/918?etoc

St Lawrence JS, Montano DE, Kasprzyk D, Phillips WR, Armstrong K, Leichliter JS. STD screening, testing, case reporting, and clinical and partner notification practices: a national survey of US physicians. Am J Public Health. 2002;92(11):1784-8. (Nominated for Charles C. Shepard Award, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002.)
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/92/11/1784

Phillips WR, Haynes DG. The domain of family practice: scope, role, and function. Family Medicine. 2001;33(4):273-7.
http://www.stfm.org/fmhub/fm2001/apr01/abstracts.cfm#7

Dowell SF, Schwartz B, Marcy M, Phillips WR, Gerber M. Principles of judicious use of antimicrobial agents for pediatric upper respiratory infections. Pediatrics. 1998;101(2):163.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/101/1/S1/163
Set of six reports on antibiotic use in Supplement to Pediatrics Nov. 1998.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/vol101/issue1/index.dtl#SUPPL1