About the Merck Manuals /
Katharine Anne Phillips /
Katharine Anne Phillips, MD
Specialities and Expertise
General Psychiatry, Body dysmorphic disorder, olfactory reference disorder, OCD
DeWitt Wallace Senior Scholar and Professor of Psychiatry
Attending Psychiatrist
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Albert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: Psychiatry, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Clinical Fellowship: Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Research Fellowship: Psychiatry, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Psychiatry
Select Awards, Achievements and Publications
Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2019-present (Distinguished Fellow, 2003-2019)
Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2010-present
Research Mentor Award, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2001, 2007, and 2015
Best Doctors in America (National Edition), 2001-2003, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2019, 2019-2022
Special Presidential Commendation (for research on body dysmorphic disorder), American Psychiatric Association, 2004
Over 350 publications in scientific journals and books
Over 600 international, national, and local presentations for professions, most on body dysmorphic disorder
Manual Chapters and Commentaries
Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior Disorder
Hair-Pulling Disorder (Trichotillomania)
Skin-Picking (Excoriation) Disorder
Olfactory Reference Disorder
Hoarding Disorder