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Linda G. Phillips, MD, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
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Linda G. Phillips, MD

Primary Specialty: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Office Contact Information:

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, Texas 77555-0724

Phone: (409) 772-1257

Areas of Interests:

  • Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • Sports Injuries

Education:

  • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL B.A. 1974 Pre-Prof. Studies
  • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL M.D. 1978 Medicine
  • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Intern 1978–1980 Surgery
  • Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Resident 1980–1983 Surgery
  • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Resident 1983–1984 Plastic Surgery
  • Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Resident 1984–1985 Plastic Surgery

Positions and Honors:

  • 1982–1983 Instructor, Surgery, Northwestern University
  • 1985–1988 Assistant Professor, Surgery, Wayne State University
  • 1988 Director, Burn Center, Detroit Receiving Hospital
  • 1988–1991 Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
  • 1991–1995 Associate Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
  • 1993 Co-Chief & Chief Ad Interim, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
  • 1994 Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
  • 1995–present Professor and Chief of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
  • 2001–2006 Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
  • 2006-present Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Honors:

  • Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, President-Elect, 2006-present;
  • Vice-Chair, Plastic Surgery of Residency Review Committee (RRC) of Accreditation
  • Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), 2000-2002, Chair, 2002-2003;
  • American Board of Plastic Surgery, Director, 2001-2007, Vice-Chair, 2005-2006, Chair-Elect, 2006-present
  • American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Nominating Committee, 2001-Present
  • The Wound Healing Society, Director, Wound Healing Society Board, 2001–Present
  • VA Merit Review Committee Board Member, Washington, DC, 2001-Present
  • Included in Best Doctors in America 2003-2004, 2005-2006 database
  • Texas Best Doctors List, 2004-2005.

Ad Hoc Editorial Review:

  • Editorial/Review Boards Annals of Plastic Surgery
  • Journal of Trauma
  • Journal of American College of Surgeons
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Video Journal of Plastic Surgery and Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Publications (selected from a total of 120 publications, excluding abstracts):

  • Phillips LG, Mann R, Heggers JP, Linares HA, Robson MC. In vivo ovine flap model to evaluate surgical infection and tissue necrosis. J Surg Res 56:1-4, 1994.
  • Mancoll JS, Zhao J, McCauley RL, Phillips LG. The inhibitory effect of tamoxifen on keloid fibroblasts. Surg Forum 47:718-720, 1996.
  • Wilhelmi BJ, Blackwell SJ, Phillips LG. Langer's Lines: To Use or Not to Use. Plast. Reconst. Surg. 104 (1):208-214, 1999.
  • Wilhelmi BJ, Blackwell SJ, Mancoll JS, Phillips LG. Creep Versus Stretch: A Review of the Viscoelastic Properties of Skin. Annals of Plastic Surgery 41(2):215-219, 1998.
  • Wilhelmi BJ, Snyder N, Colquhoun T, Hadjipavlou A, Phillips LG. Bipedicle Paraspinous Muscle Flaps for Spinal Wound Closure: An Anatomic and Clinical Study. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 106(6): 1305-1311, 2000.
  • Phillips LG. Wound Healing, Chapter 69 in Townsend, Jr., C.M. (ed). Sabiston’s Textbook of Surgery Pocket Companion: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 16th Ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co, 2002, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Wilhelmi BJ, Phillips LG, Breast reconstruction. In: Textbook of Surgery Board Review. Townsend, C.M., Jr., Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL (eds). Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, pp 117-120, 2004.
  • Deluca-Pytell DM, Piazza RC, Holding JC, Snyder N, Hunsicker LM, Phillips LG. The incidence of tuberous breast deformity in asymmetric and symmetric mammoplasty patients. Plast Reconstr Surg 116:1894-1901, 2005.
  • Ethridge RT, Leong M, Phillips LG. Wound healing. Chapter 8. In: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 18th ed., Townsend, C.M., Jr.; Beauchamp, R.D.; Evers, B.M.; Mattox, K.L. (eds.), Elsevier. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp. 191-216, 2007.
  • Bauer J, Phillips LG. MOC-PSSM CME article: Pressure sores. Plast Reconstr Surg 121(1 Suppl):1-10, 2008. Review.
  • Roehl K, Craig ES, Gomez V, Phillips LG. Breast reduction: safe in the morbidly obese? Plast Reconstr Surg 122(2):370-378, 2008.
  • Zhang Q, Qiao Q, Gould LJ, Myers WT, Phillips LG. Study of the neural and vascular anatomy of the anterolateral thigh flap. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 63(2):365-371, 2010.

Professional History:

  • The Truman G. Blocker, Jr., MD, Distinguished Professor and Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery.
  • Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Medicine.

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