Deborah Phipps, MD

As a transplant hepatologist, I provide care along a wide spectrum of liver disease, beginning with the earliest stages of a variety of liver conditions, continuing through to more advanced disease and cirrhosis, and ultimately before and after liver transplantation if needed. My top priorities are to forge strong, supportive partnerships with my patients and to provide the education and guidance necessary for patients and families to navigate the complexity of liver disease. From an academic perspective, I aim to improve the quality of healthcare delivery through a variety of methods, including optimization of the electronic medical record and strategic redesign of day-to-day processes on a systems level.

I chose to become a physician to learn more about the human body, and then to have the opportunity to take that knowledge and apply it in an understandable and approachable way to all my patients. I ultimately became a specialist in heart rhythm disorders as it is a rapidly growing field that still has much to be discovered. Heart rhythm disorders can be very frightening, and it is my mission to help my patients understand their condition in a comprehensible way, incorporating their thoughts and opinions into their own plan of care.

I have devoted my career as a physician to treating patients with multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders and other immune-mediated central nervous system disorders. Using a personalized and multidisciplinary treatment approach, I have been providing neurological care at the highest professional level, aiming to improve functionality and quality of life in my patients. My professional philosophy has not been only based on reaching and maintaining a high level of expertise in the field, but also on honesty, trust and empathy as the basis for the successful physician-patient relationship.