Dr. Harry Phillips, the co-founder and former CMO of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, was a Professor of Medicine at Duke University and is triple board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, and interventional cardiology.

In addition to serving as CMO of Duke LifePoint Healthcare between 2017 and 2024, Dr. Phillips was also the CMO of Duke Network Services from 2007 to 2024, providing physician leadership for affiliated program development, quality oversight, and physician engagement. A longtime Professor of Medicine at Duke University where he has worked for more than 40 years, Dr. Phillips has served as the Medical Director of Duke Heart Network and Associate Director of Duke Heart Center. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and has written extensively on the subjects of interventional cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, having co-authored the textbook “Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine: Principles and Practice” and authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, and dozens of book chapters.

Dr. Phillips is the recipient of the Duke University School of Medicine Excellence in Professionalism Award and the Triangle Business Journal Health Care Hero Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, he was part of the LifePoint Team that accepted the John M. Eisenberg Award from the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission for success in improving patient safety and quality, including cumulatively reducing preventable harm to patients by more than 50 percent. Dr. Phillips earned a B.S. in chemistry from Washington and Lee University and his medical degree from Duke University. He completed internal medicine and cardiology training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the oldest and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.