Raymond Wynne Phillips, M.D. was born in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and traveled throughout the United States and abroad as the son of a career Army officer. He attended Princeton University on an Army ROTC scholarship and graduated with honors in 1977. He earned his medical degree in 1981 Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Phillips completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was chosen to remain for an additional year as Chief Resident. In 1985 he went on active duty and was assigned to the US Army Hospital at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, where he served as Chief of Internal Medicine for two years. He began his Gastroenterology Fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D. C. in 1987 and completed his training in 1989. Dr. Phillips remained at Walter Reed as Assistant Chief of the Gastroenterology Service. He received an academic appointment at the Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences as Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Phillips is a Member of the staff of both Naples Community Hospital and the North Collier Hospital. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and is certified in the subspecialty of Gastroenterology. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Gastroenterologic Association, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and American College of Gastroenterology. In addition to his broad experience in therapeutic endoscopy and the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease, Dr. Phillips has been recognized for his clinical research in chemoprevention of colon cancer and gastroesophageal reflux disease.