Edward M. Phillips, MD is Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. He is Director of Outpatient Medical Services of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network in Boston, Massachusetts and Assistant Physiatrist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Massachusetts General Hospital and Consultant at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Phillips has consulted on the physical complaints of psychiatric patients at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA for the past 12 years.
He received his BA from Yale College and his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, where he subsequently served an internship in Internal Medicine at the Millard Fillmore Hospitals. He then completed a residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center at Columbia University in New York, New York.
Dr. Phillips is an Adjunct Scientist at the USDA-Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University where he investigates nutrition, exercise capacity, sarcopenia, and lower extremity muscle power and function in the elderly. He is a member of the editorial advisory board for Primary Psychiatry.
Dr. Phillips' clinical and academic work at the intersection of exercise physiology and mental health has spawned his interest in Lifestyle Medicine propelled him to found the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Phillips speaks nationally and internationally on topics such as motivation for exercise, exercise prescription, and lifestyle change. He is co-author with Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, of ACSM's Exercise is Medicine: A Clinician's Guide to Exercise Prescription.
He received his BA from Yale College and his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, where he subsequently served an internship in Internal Medicine at the Millard Fillmore Hospitals. He then completed a residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center at Columbia University in New York, New York.
Dr. Phillips is an Adjunct Scientist at the USDA-Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University where he investigates nutrition, exercise capacity, sarcopenia, and lower extremity muscle power and function in the elderly. He is a member of the editorial advisory board for Primary Psychiatry.
Dr. Phillips' clinical and academic work at the intersection of exercise physiology and mental health has spawned his interest in Lifestyle Medicine propelled him to found the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Phillips speaks nationally and internationally on topics such as motivation for exercise, exercise prescription, and lifestyle change. He is co-author with Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, of ACSM's Exercise is Medicine: A Clinician's Guide to Exercise Prescription.
Elizabeth Pegg Frates, MD is a Clinical Instructor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Frates received her BA degree from Harvard University and medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine. Her focus is on the academic side of medicine, teaching the Human Central Nervous System, Musculoskeletal System, and Introduction to the Professions at Harvard Medical School.
She is also a writer, stroke educator, and researcher. Dr. Frates co-authored the book Life After Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke, a Johns Hopkins Press Health Book, and has been interviewed by Stroke Connection Magazine for an article entitled, "Getting Active, Staying Active".
"As part of my work, I educate the public about stroke basics including risk factors, warning signs, what to do if someone is having a stroke, and how to prevent a second stroke. Much of the prevention requires behavior modification. I realized that knowledge is power, but not enough power to incite lasting change."
"That's where the ILM comes in," Frates says. "At a perfect time in my medical career journey, I discovered, or rather Eddie Phillips, MD, introduced me to, the ILM. As exercise has been a major part of my life for as long as I can remember, it makes perfect sense for me to work on getting physicians and patients alike to get physically active."
In residency, Dr. Frates worked on a study examining the exercise habits of physicians and comparing that to their counseling, finding physicians who exercise themselves are more likely to counsel patients about exercise.
Dr. Frates is an avid runner, completing her first race, a 10-mile course on Nantucket, when she was in 7th grade.
To contact Dr. Frates, email efrates1@partners.org.
She is also a writer, stroke educator, and researcher. Dr. Frates co-authored the book Life After Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke, a Johns Hopkins Press Health Book, and has been interviewed by Stroke Connection Magazine for an article entitled, "Getting Active, Staying Active".
"As part of my work, I educate the public about stroke basics including risk factors, warning signs, what to do if someone is having a stroke, and how to prevent a second stroke. Much of the prevention requires behavior modification. I realized that knowledge is power, but not enough power to incite lasting change."
"That's where the ILM comes in," Frates says. "At a perfect time in my medical career journey, I discovered, or rather Eddie Phillips, MD, introduced me to, the ILM. As exercise has been a major part of my life for as long as I can remember, it makes perfect sense for me to work on getting physicians and patients alike to get physically active."
In residency, Dr. Frates worked on a study examining the exercise habits of physicians and comparing that to their counseling, finding physicians who exercise themselves are more likely to counsel patients about exercise.
Dr. Frates is an avid runner, completing her first race, a 10-mile course on Nantucket, when she was in 7th grade.
To contact Dr. Frates, email efrates1@partners.org.