Lauren Phillips, M.D. Neurology Residency Program Director Associate Professor School Medical School Department Neurology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Joined UT Southwestern: 2014 Lauren Phillips, M.D., serves as the Neurology Residency Program Director. Clinical interests: neuropathies, myasthenia gravis, myopathies, and autonomic disorders. She performs nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and autonomic function tests. She has been involved in several clinical trials. Trainee Education: Her initial roles were in medical student education, as co-director of the Brain & Behavior course and the Neurology clerkship. She has been the Neurology Residency Program Director since 2018 and is proud to work with such wonderful residents, fellows, and teaching faculty. Background: Dr. Phillips earned her medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and she completed her neurology residency and neuromuscular medicine fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has subspecialty certification in Neuromuscular Medicine. She is also certified in Autonomic Disorders by the United Council for Neurological Subspecialties and serves on the Autonomic Disorders Examination Committee. Education Medical School UT Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine (2008) Internship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2009), Internal Medicine Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012), Neurology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2014), Neuromuscular Disease Research Interest Autonomic Disorders Myasthenia Gravis Myopathy Peripheral Neuropathy Publications Clinical Reasoning: A 59-Year-Old Man with Thymoma and Constitutional Symptoms, Seizures, and Multifocal CNS Lesions Stopschinski BE, Fredrich S, Vernino S, Phillips L, Blackburn KM Neurology 2022 Dec 99 1115-1121 Brachial Plexus Tolerance to Single-Session SABR in a Pig Model Hrycushko B, van der Kogel AJ, Phillips L, Chhabra A, Folkert MR, Sayre JW, Vernino S, Hassan-Rezaeian N, Yamada Y, Timmerman R, Medin PM International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2022 Feb 112 565-571 Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome Bryarly M, Raj SR, Phillips L, Hynan LS, Okamoto LE, Arnold AC, Paranjape SY, Vernino M, Black BK, Vernino S Neurology: Clinical Practice 2021 Aug 11 E397-E401 A comparison of health-related quality of life in autonomic disorders: postural tachycardia syndrome versus vasovagal syncope Hall J, Bourne KM, Sheldon RS, Vernino S, Raj V, Ng J, Okamoto LE, Arnold AC, Bryarly M, Phillips L, Paranjape SY, Raj SR Clinical Autonomic Research 2021 Jun 31 433-441 Existence of a Dose-Length Effect in Spinal Nerves Receiving Single-Session Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy Hrycushko B, van der Kogel AJ, Phillips L, Folkert MR, Sayre JW, Vernino S, Hassan-Rezaeian N, Foster RD, Yamada Y, Timmerman R, Medin PM International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2020 Apr 106 1010-1016 Spinal Nerve Tolerance to Single-Session Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy Hrycushko B, van der Kogel AJ, Phillips L, Folkert MR, Sayre JW, Vernino S, Hassan-Rezaeian N, Foster RD, Yamada Y, Timmerman R, Medin PM International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2019 Jul 104 845-851 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: JACC Focus Seminar Bryarly M, Phillips LT, Fu Q, Vernino S, Levine BD Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2019 Mar 73 1207-1228 Usefulness of blood pressure variability indices derived from 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in detecting autonomic failure Lodhi HA, Peri-Okonny PA, Schesing K, Phelps K, Ngo C, Evans H, Arbique D, Price AL, Vernino S, Phillips L, Mitchell JH, Smith SA, Yano Y, Das SR, Wang T, Vongpatanasin W Journal of the American Heart Association 2019 8 Skeletal Muscle Channelopathies Phillips LT, Trivedi JR Neurotherapeutics 2018 Oct 15 954-965 Impaired glycogen breakdown and synthesis in phosphoglucomutase 1 deficiency Preisler N, Cohen J, Vissing CR, Madsen KL, Heinicke K, Sharp LJ, Phillips L, Romain N, Park SY, Newby M, Wyrick P, Mancias P, Galbo H, Vissing J, Haller RG Molecular genetics and metabolism 2017 Nov 122 117-121 Results 1-10 of 16 1 2 Next Last Honors & Awards Alpha Omega Alpha Honor SocietyElected by UT Southwestern Medical School Class of 2020 (2019) Hal Unwin Clinical Excellence AwardFor clinical excellence in patient care, publications, and presentations at national meetings; UT Southwestern (2012) Steve Damm Memorial AwardFor excellence in patient management, clinical care, compassion, and advocacy for patients and their families; UT Southwestern (2012) Chief ResidentUT Southwestern Neurology Residency Program (2011-2012) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology (2009) American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (2015-2018) American Autonomic Society (2014)
