Duke LifePoint Healthcare, a joint venture of Duke University Health System and LifePoint Health, has announced that Harry R. Phillips, III, MD, FACC, FSCAI, has been appointed its chief medical officer (CMO). Phillips is also professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, associate director of the Duke Heart Center, and chief medical officer, Duke Network Services, for Duke University Health System.

Phillips received his MD from Duke University School of Medicine and completed internal medicine and cardiology training at the Harvard-affiliated program at Massachusetts General Hospital. An investigator in the field of interventional cardiology, he has authored or coauthored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles. He is the recipient of the Triangle Business Journal 2017 Healthcare Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award.