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Benny P. Phillips, M.D.:
A native of India, Dr. Phillips received his medical degree
from Kottayam Medical College in Kerala in 1970. From 1971 through
1978, he pursued his postgraduate training at a number of American
institutions. He was chief resident in obstetrics/gynecology
at Roosevelt Hospital of Columbia University, then went on to
become a fellow in gynecologic oncology at Columbia University,
a Galloway Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute,
and fellowship at the University of Iowa College of Medicine.
Dr. Phillips has been a member of the faculty of Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center since 1978 and is currently
an associate professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
He is a diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics &
Gynecology and subspecialty Board certified by Division of Gynecologic
Oncology.
Dr. Phillips’ areas of specialization include management
of all gynecologic malignancies, advanced and radical pelvic
surgery, chemotherapy for all gynecologic cancer, laser surgery
in gynecology, management of gestational trophoblastic disease
(G.T.D.) and molar pregnancies, evaluation and treatment of
abnormal pap smears, and evaluation of pre-malignant conditions—e.g.
pelvic masses, postmenopausal bleeding and vulvar lesions.
Dr. Phillips is a member of several professional organizations
which include the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, the Gynecologic
Oncology Group, the Texas Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Gynecologic Laser
Society, the International College of Surgeons, the Texas Medical
Association, the Lubbock Surgical Society, and the Lubbock-Crosby-Garza
County Medical Society, the Texas Indo-Physicians Society (TIPS).
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W. Edward
Richards, M.D.: A native of Pasadena, Texas, Dr. Richards
received a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University
in 1985. After three years of cancer research at M.D. Anderson
hospital in Houston, Texas, Dr. Richards entered medical school
at Texas Tech University in 1988 where he graduated in 1992.
Upon completion of medical school, Dr. Richards completed four
years of residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at
Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas. While
a resident, he also worked as a resident-fellow in the Felix
Rutledge Gynecologic Oncology program at M.D. Anderson hospital.
In 1996, Dr. Richards began his formal three year fellowship
training in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Kentucky
in Lexington which he completed in 1999.
Dr. Richards entered practice in West Texas where he provides
services in gynecology and gynecologic oncology in Lubbock and
Midland/Odessa. He is currently an assistant professor in Obstetrics
and Gynecology/Gynecologic Oncology at Texas Tech Health Sciences
Center. He is a diplomate and fellow of the American Board of
Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has done extensive research
involving gynecologic malignancies and has presented at numerous
national and international meetings including Society of Gynecologic
Oncologists as well as Central and Southern Medical Associations.
Dr. Richards areas of specialization include management of all
gynecologic malignancies, advanced and radical pelvic surgery,
chemotherapy for all gynecologic cancer, laser surgery in gynecology,
management of gestational trophoblastic disease (G.T.D.) and
molar pregnancies, evaluation and treatment of abnormal pap
smears, and evaluation of pre-malignant conditions—e.g.
pelvic masses, postmenopausal bleeding and vulvar lesions.
Dr. Richards is a member of the American Board of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists, The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, The
Gynecologic Oncology Group, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical
Society, and the Texas Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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