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Timothy M. Phillips, M.D., M.S., FACS

Associate professor, Division of Urologic Surgery; Program director, Urology Residency Program
Department of Surgery

Education

Fellowship
Pediatric urology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Residency
Urology, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

Internship
General surgery, Wilford Hall Medical Center

Medical School
Uniformed Service University, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine

M.S.
Management, human resources emphasis; Lesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts

B.S.
Pre-medicine, Pennsylvania State University
Graduated with high distinction

Practice Areas

Pediatric urology: penile anomalies; hypospadias; undescended testis; varicoceles; hernia/hydroceles; complex genital reconstruction; disorders of sexual development; bladder and cloacal exstrophy; vesicoureteral reflux; upper and lower urinary tract obstruction; urethral stricture disease; nephrolithiasis; pediatric GU malignancy; neurogenic bowel and bladder including reconstruction

Publications and Media Placements

  1. Kim DE, Phillips TM, Jeng JC, Rizzo AG, Roth RT, Stanford JL, Jablonski KA, Jordan MH, Microvascular assessment of burn depth conversion during varying resuscitation conditions, J Burn Care Rehabil, 2001, Nov-Dec, 22(6): 406-416
  2. Light TD, Jeng JC, Jain AK, Jablonski KA, Kim DE, Phillips TM, Rizzo AG, Jordan MH, The 2003 Carl A. Moyer Award: Real-time metabolic monitors, ischemia-reperfusion, titration endpoints, and ultraprecise burn resuscitation, J Burn Care Rehabil, 2004, Jan-Feb, 25(1):33-44
  3. Phillips TM, Bishoff JT, “Bowel Injury,” Chapter 5, Complications of Urologic Laparoscopic Surgery: Recognition, Management and Prevention, 1st Edition, Ramakumar S and Jarrett TW eds, CRC Press, 2005
  4. Phillips TM, Gearhart JP, Primary Closure of Bladder Exstrophy, BJU Int, 2009, Nov, 104(9):1308-22
  5. Cervellione RM, Phillips T, Baradaran N, Asanuma H, Mathews RI, Gearhart, JP, Vaginoplasty in the female exstrophy population: Outcomes and complications, J Pediatr Urol, 2010, Dec, 6(6):595-99
  6. Fedele DA, Kirk K, Wolfe-Christensen C, Phillips TM, Mazur T, Mullins LL, Chernausek SD, Wisniewski AB, Primary Caregivers of Children Affected by Disorders of Sex Development (DSD): Mental Health and Caregiver Characteristics in the Context of Genital Ambiguity and Genitoplasty, Int J Pediatr Endo, 2010, Jun 13, epub 690674
  7. Kirk K, Fedele DA, Wolfe-Christensen C, Phillips TM, Mazur T, Mullins LL, Chernausek SD, Wisniewski AB, Parenting Characteristics of Female Caregivers of Children Affected by Chronic Endocrine Conditions: A Comparison between Disorders of Sex Development and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, J Peds Nurs, 2011, Dec, 26(6):e29-36
  8. Zhu J, Phillips TM, Mathews RI, Operative Management of Paediatric Urolithiasis, Indian J Urol, 2010, Oct-Dec, 26(4):536-43
  9. Zhu J, Phillips TM, Mathews RI, Wang MH, Copolymer (Deflux™) implant seen on CT as distal ureteral calcification: How to differentiate between distal ureteral stones from Deflux™?, Curr Urol, 2010, 4:213-15
  10. Phillips TM, Spectrum of Cloacal Exstrophy, Semin Pediatr Surg, 2011, May, 20(2):113-8
  11. Ross AE, Marchionni L, Phillips TM, Miller RM, Simons BW, Salmasi AH, Schaeffer AJ, Gearhart JP, Schaeffer EM, Molecular effects of genistein on male urethral development, J Urol 2011, May, 185(5):1894-9
  12. Stec AA, Tekes A, Phillips TM, Novak TE, Solaiyappan M, Huisman TA, Gearhart JP, Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Muscular Redistribution After Primary Closure of Classic Bladder Exstrophy by 3D-MRI, J Urol, 2012, Oct, 188(4 Suppl):1535-42
  13. Wolfe-Christensen C, Fedele DA, Kirk K, Phillips TM, Mazur T, Mullins LL, Chernausek SD, Lakshmanan Y, Wisniewksi AB, Degree of External Genital Malformation at Birth in Children with a Disorder of Sex Development and Subsequent Caregiver Distress, J Urol 2012, Oct, 188:1596-600
  14. Phillips TM, Salmasi AH, Novak TE, Mathews RI, Gearhart JP, The genitourinary manifestations of the omphalocele exstrophy imperforate anus spinal defects (OEIS) complex – experience with 80 patients, J Pediatr Urol, 2013, Jun, 9(3):353-8
  15. Phillips TM, “Genitourinary Tract,” Chapter 21, Pediatric Surgery and Medicine for Hostile Environments, 3rd Edition, Fuenfer MM and Creamer KM eds, Borden Institute, Fort Detrick, MD, 2014.
  16. Callahan D, Phillips T, Tullous M, Urinary Perforation in Spina Bifida: Neurosurgical and Infectious Consequences, SAGE Open Medical Reports, 2017, 5:1-3
  17. Davaro F, Osei H, Phillips TM, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2020.12.022). Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Does Not Treat Primary Nocturnal Enuresis, J Pediatr Urol, 2021, Apr, 17(2):P182.E1-P182.E6. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 33461899. Pub Status: Published
  18. Joshi P, Phillips T (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2020.08.048). Management of Testicular Torsion and a Contralateral Testicular Mass Presenting Synchronously. Urology, 2021, 149:e60-62. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 32916189. Pub Status: Published
  19. Clark JA, Melkonian V, Phillips T, Saliba C, Miyata S, Greenspon J (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2021.10.016). Congenital Giant Megaureter in a Sixteen-Year-Old Female Presenting with Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Urology, 2022, Jan, 159:210-213. Cited in PubMed; PMID 34728334. Pub Status: Published
  20. Arbel LT, Phillips TM, Brink DS, Joshi P (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102002). Capillary hemangioma of the bladder in a pediatric patient, Urology Case Report, 2022, May, 22:102002. Cited in PubMed; PMID 35106285. Pub Status: Published
  21. Yuh Chyuan Shan A, Duel B, Phillips T, Buchanan P, Rodriguez L, Patel D. Colonic Manometry in Pediatric Patients with Spina Bifida: Results from a Retrospective Cohort Study, Children (Basel), 2025, Feb, 4;12(2):184. Cited in PubMed; PMID 40003286. Pub Status: Published

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • American Urologic Association – active membership
  • Society of Government Service Urologists – active membership
  • Society of Pediatric Urology – active membership
  • Society of Fetal Urology – active membership
  • American College of Surgeons – Fellow effective Oct. 5, 2020
  • Alpha Omega Alpha