Philip joined Des Moines University in 2012, is the Clinic Executive Director and has operational and strategic oversight of the university’s multispecialty clinic and Wellness Center. 

Prior to joining DMU, he served as an administrative fellow, and later joined a turnaround operation at a 340-bed tertiary hospital at Northwell Health in metropolitan New York. While with Northwell, Philip developed service-lines across the organization including a neurosciences institute, orthopedics institute, pain management, and wound care clinics. Immediately prior to joining DMU, Philip worked at MercyOne – Des Moines as the director of Radiation Oncology and CyberKnife Center. The largest radiation oncology practice in the state, Philip led a multidisciplinary staff of 45 physicists, dosimterists, therapists and nurses, in a 6-physician practice. 

Over the years, he has been responsible for multiple construction projects including renovations and new construction, state certificate of need applications, multi-million-dollar equipment purchases, service-line development and enhancements, EHR builds and conversions, contract negotiations, and physician recruitment.  

Philip holds a BA from The University of Iowa with a double major in Gerontology and Religion and a certificate in Aging Studies and received his MHA from The University of Iowa.