Shane Phillips, PT, PhD, FAHA

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago

COURSES

The Role of Health Care Professionals in Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion IC13

BIO

Shane A. Phillips PT, PhD, FAHA is Professor and Associate Head in the Department of Physical Therapy and Senior Associate
Dean for Clinical Affairs of the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Phillips has clinical
expertise in physical therapy and cardiovascular rehabilitation. His PhD degree in physiology was completed at the Medical
College of Wisconsin, he completed post-doctoral training in Cardiovascular Medicine. He is Director of the EXERT (Exercise,
Research and Technology) Vascular Biology Laboratory in the College of Applied Health Sciences where he studies obesity and
the control of blood flow and responses of the microcirculation to surgery, diet and exercise interventions. Other research
interests include the impact of cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, alcohol and high cholesterol on macro and
microcirculatory function. His laboratory is funded by the National Institute of Health.