Mr Phillips' clinical interests are in endoscopic skull base surgery, cranial neurosurgery, particularly pituitary surgery, trigeminal neuralgia, subarachnoid haemorrhage and radiosurgery. He has also contributed to national policy in radiosurgery.

Spinal surgery • General neurosurgery • Head injury • Skull base surgery, including acoustic neuroma management and meningiomas • Chiari malformation and syringomyelia - from all causes • Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and glossopharyngeal neuralgia • Intradural spinal tumours • CUBS certificate in Civil Law, January 2024