Dr. James P. Phillips Biography
Dr. James P. Phillips is an American board-certified Emergency Medicine physician serving as the chief of disaster and operational medicine and an assistant professor at The George Washington University Hospital. He is also a CNN Medical Analyst and an attending physician at Walter Reed.
Dr. James P. Phillips Age
His age is unknown.
Dr. James Phillips Education
He has a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Oklahoma State University. He earned his MD in Medicine from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
He did his Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was a fellow, emerging leaders in biosecurity initiative, center for health security at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was also a fellow at the BIDMC Disaster Medicine Fellowship at Harvard medical school.
Dr. James Philips George Washington University
James Phillips is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University Hospital, and serves as the Section Chief of Emergency Preparedness and the Co-Director of the Disaster Medicine Scholarly Concentration.
He lectures and researches several topics, most notably Healthcare Workplace Violence, Disaster and Counterterrorism Medicine, and Tactical (SWAT) Medicine.
Dr. James Philips Counterterrorism
He served as the director of counterterrorism medicine, BIDMC disaster medicine fellowshiop at HHI in Boston. This was after completing his residency in Emergency Medicine and a Fellowship in Disaster Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical School, a Harvard teaching hospital. He functioned as a Tactical Physician for the MA State Police SWAT Team for three years. In 2017 he was selected as a Fellow in the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative at the Center for Health Security in the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Dr. James P. Phillips Emergency Medicine
Dr. James is an Emergency Medicine physician working at GWU Hospital Medical Faculty Associates as well as Walter Reed National Memorial Medical Center. He began his career as a plastic surgery resident at the University of Michigan Health System. He later became an emergency medical physician consultant in Jackson, Michigan.
He served as an emergency medicine resident at the University of Illinois, Chicago for two and a half years.
James served as an attending physician, emergency medicine at Heywood Hospital (May 203 – May 2014). In 2014 he joined Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as an attending physician until June 2017.
He served as a volunteer tactical physician during training and callouts. He serves as the Chief Medical Officer for SOSi, a family-owned, mid-tier government services integrator that works principally in the defense and intelligence sectors.
He served as a GS-13 intermittent employee for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness & Response (ASPR), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), Virginia 1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (VA-1 DMAT).
Dr. James P. Phillips CNN
Dr. James is a medical expert on CNN.
Dr. James Phillips Walter Reed
Dr. Phillips is an attending physician at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Dr. James Phillips Trump
In October 2020 Dr. James slammed President Donald Trump for taking a stroll in his car on Sunday, October 4, afternoon to ave at his supporters who had lined up at Walter Reed medical center where he is admitted and being treated for Covid-19.
Dr. James took to twitter stating how the “irresponsibility is astounding” while talking about the possibility of every single person present in the vehicle getting infected by the deadly virus, especially the secret service agents.
He tweeted, “Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity.”
Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential “drive-by” just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity.
— Dr. James P. Phillips, MD (@DrPhillipsMD) October 4, 2020
In another tweet, he said the structure of the vehicle carrying the President could lead to higher chances of those sharing the space with him coming in contact with the Covid-19 virus.
“That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof, but hermetically sealed against chemical attack. The risk of COVID19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding. My thoughts are with the Secret Service forced to play.”
That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof, but hermetically sealed against chemical attack. The risk of COVID19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding. My thoughts are with the Secret Service forced to play.
— Dr. James P. Phillips, MD (@DrPhillipsMD) October 4, 2020
Dr. James Phillips Fired
Dr. James Phillips was removed from his duty as an emergency room doctor at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he publicly criticized President Donald Trump’s drive-by around the hospital after his coronavirus diagnosis. He worked his final shift at the hospital on December 27, 2020.
He tweeted that he stood by his words and regretted nothing. “Today, I worked my final shift at Walter Reed ER. I will miss the patients and my military and civilian coworkers – they have been overwhelmingly supportive. I’m honored to have worked there and I look forward to new opportunities. I stand by my words, and I regret nothing.”
Today, I worked my final shift at Walter Reed ER. I will miss the patients and my military and civilian coworkers – they have been overwhelmingly supportive. I’m honored to have worked there and I look forward to new opportunities. I stand by my words, and I regret nothing.
— James P. Phillips, MD (@DrPhillipsMD) December 28, 2020