Harold Westly Phillips MD

Epilepsy Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery

Physician

Stanford Department of NeurosurgeryPalo Alto, CA 94304

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Summary

Dr. Harold Phillips is a neurosurgeon based in Palo Alto, CA, with subspecialties in epilepsy surgery and pediatric neurosurgery. Dr. Phillips completed a neurological surgery residency at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center after graduating from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. Following residency, Dr. Phillips served as a Pediatric Neurosurgeon Fellow at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh from 2022 to 2023. Dr. Phillips has authored publications including a study on mosaic epilepsy-related variants in stereo-EEG electrodes, which has been cited five times, and a paper on acute postoperative sialadenitis in the Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences, cited twice.

Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2018 - 2022
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2015

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2017 - 2028
HI State Medical License 2024 - 2028
NV State Medical License 2024 - 2027
PA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2016 - 2018

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

6 citations
Analysis of DNA from brain tissue on stereo-EEG electrodes reveals mosaic epilepsy-related variants.
Alissa M D'Gama, H Westley Phillips, Yilan Wang, Michelle Y Chiu, Yasmine Chahine
Brain Communications. 2025-01-01
2 citations
Acute postoperative sialadenitis after retrosigmoid craniotomies.
Harold W. Phillips, Kalil G. Abdullah, Kim O. Learned, Nikhil R. Nayak, Eamon J. McLaughlin
Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. 2016-09-01

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Spanish

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