Dr. Phillips is accepting new patients and referrals at the Great Falls Clinic Specialty Center, 3000 15th Ave S. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call (406) 454-2171.
Dr. Robert Phillips is a surgeon who is part of the cardiovascular thoracic (CVT) surgery team. For the past year, he has worked as a locum, a person who stands in temporarily for someone else of the same profession, at the Great Falls Clinic but is now transitioning to a full-time permanent provider. Dr. Phillips is a talented cardiovascular thoracic surgeon with over 40 years of experience.
In 1977, Dr. Phillips graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama; in 1981 he achieved a Doctor of Medicine from the same university. He spent the next seven years at the University of Alabama Medical Center as a resident studying general surgery CVT surgery. Dr. Phillips went on to complete a complex cardiac and thoracic aoristic surgery fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, New York. Immediately following this, he went through a second fellowship which focused on heart and lung transplantation.
Dr. Phillips shared that when he was young knew he would be a doctor one day. Decades later, with his goals achieved, Dr. Phillips looks back at his career and feels pride in the steps that have led him here.
“I had a rotation as a medical student with the cardiovascular service at UAB with Drs. Karp and Dr. Kachoukos that was an unbelievable experience. I knew then I wanted to be a cardiovascular thoracic surgeon. I’ve had many wonderful experiences in my career, from helping my chairman do a complete aortic replacement to doing the first cardiac transplant in Tulsa, Oklahoma.”
Before working at the Great Falls Clinic, Dr. Phillips spent 9 years as a locum cardiovascular thoracic surgeon across the United States.
In his spare time, Dr. Phillips enjoys reading, traveling and spending quality time with his family at their lake house.
