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Donald Phillips, MD

Specialty
  • Pediatric Neurology
Languages
English
Primary Address | Office Details
CHOC Children's Specialists - Main St. Neurology
505 South Main Street
Suite 350

Orange, CA 92868

Phone: (714) 509-7982

Fax: (855) 246-2329

Secondary Address | Office Details
CHOC Children's Specialists - 1201 La Veta Ave.

1201 West La Veta Avenue

Orange, CA 92868

Phone: (888) 770-2462

Fax: (855) 246-2329

Medical Groups & Affiliations
  • Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph
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  • Meet The Provider
    Biography
    Dr. Donald Phillips is a board-certified pediatric epileptologist and neurophysiologist at CHOC in Orange County, California. As an expert in pediatric epilepsy, Dr. Phillips cares for babies, kids, teens and young adults with a wide variety of epilepsy-related health conditions such as infantile spasms, Lennox Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), Dravet Syndrome and CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder. He specializes in medically complex epilepsy syndromes, surgical epilepsy, epileptic encephalopathy, tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and pediatric intraoperative neuromonitoring. Dr. Phillips is the interim medical director of the CHOC Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, medical director of the neurodiagnostic/EEG laboratory and medical director of the CHOC Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Clinic. In these roles, Dr. Phillips has worked to facilitate high quality, accessible and comprehensive care for all patients and families living with epilepsy and TSC. His research interests include electrographic status epilepticus in sleep (ESES), epileptic encephalopathy, computational EEG and epilepsy quality improvement (QI). Dr. Phillips is the site principal investigator for several clinical trials evaluating emerging pharmaceutical and medical device therapies for a variety of rare epilepsy syndromes. Dr. Phillips earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biochemistry from University of Michigan and his master’s degree in public health from Boston University before obtaining his medical degree from University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. He completed his internship, residency and a fellowship in pediatric epilepsy at University of California Los Angeles. He is a fellow of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society and a member of American Epilepsy Society and the Orange County Medical Association. Read More
    Primary Specialties
    Primary Specialties
    • Pediatric Neurology
    Other Specialties Associations
    Certifications
    Board Certifications

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Epilepsy

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Clinical Neuropsychology

    Education
    Education & Training
    • Residency
      David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA - 2012
    • Medical School
      Keck School of Medicine of the University of California - 2009
    • Internship
      Olive View Medical Center - 2010
    • Fellowship
      David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA - 2015
  • Insurance Accepted

    Insurance Accepted

    • Insurance Plan

    • Aetna HMO
    • Anthem Blue Cross HMO
    • Blue Shield of CA HMO
    • Blue Shield of CA HMO – Trio
    • Cigna HMO
    • Health Net HMO
    • United Healthcare HMO
 

CHOC Children's Specialists - Main St. Neurology

 
  • Secondary Location

CHOC Children's Specialists - 1201 La Veta Ave.