John Phillips
Lecturer  |  2017-18

Sri Lanka

Project Title: Expanding Care For Children With Developmental Disabilities - The University Of Peradeniya Postgraduate Diploma In Pediatric Neurodisability And Rehabilitation 

Dr. Phillips is a physician with longstanding experience caring for children and adults with developmental disabilities. HIs special expertise is in cerebral palsy and other developmental brain disorders, as well as neuroimaging and research ethics. He is past director of rehabilitation at Carrie Tingley Hospital, and past director of UNM Child Neurology, and is the current Medical Director of the Mind Research Network. Dr Phillips is an Emeritus Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at UNM with ongoing NIH research studies in Sri Lanka.

"I spent 6 months as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in 2018 in Sri Lanka, at the University of Peradeniya and the Sirimavo Children's Hospital. The experience was fantastic. I did the usual lectures, helped run hospital rounds, mentored some clinical research projects, and in the process, I broadened my own approach to academics. I now have an international team of collaborators, and I'm more aware of public health issues in my clinics and teaching. And, whenever there's a full moon, I think it should be a national holiday!"