New faculty spotlight: Haley Phillips, MD

Haley Phillips, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: Haley Phillips, MD
  • Hometown: Norfolk, Nebraska
  • Title and department at UNMC/Title at Nebraska Medicine: Assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences and epilepsy physician at Nebraska Medicine

Previous positions:

  • Neurology residency, Indiana University
  • Epilepsy fellow, Emory University
  • Neurohospitalist, Emory University

Professional and medical Interests:

  • Clinical and surgical treatments of epilepsy
  • Women and pregnancy in epilepsy
  • ICU EEG      

How I fell in love with epilepsy care: I enjoy the unique blend of understanding the patient’s history and clinical presentation, interpreting EEG and imaging studies to help treat, and ideally cure, their epilepsy to help improve their quality of life.

Education:

  • Doctorate of Medicine, UNMC
  • Bachelor of Science, Chadron State College

Memberships:

  • American Epilepsy Society
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • American Clinical Neurophysiology Society

Three things people may not know about me:

  • I love to bake. The more challenging dessert, the better.
  • I love dogs, especially dachshunds.
  • I enjoy traveling to new places and learning about new cultures.

Clinic location:

  • UNMC Omaha campus
  • Twin Creek

For appointments and referrals:
Call 402-559-8600