The American College of Surgeons elected surgeon Dr. Linda G. Phillips as vice-chair of its board of regents in October.

Phillips is the Truman G. Blocker Jr., MD, Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine and chief of Department of Surgery, division of plastic surgery.

As vice-chair, Phillips will become vice-chair of the Board of Regents Finance Committee, the Executive Committee, and Regental Liaison to the Board of Governors Executive Committee.

Phillips has been a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1988 and has served as an American College of Surgeons Regent since 2015. She is the chair of the Central Judiciary Committee (2016-2021) and has been a member of the Advisory Council for Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery since 2000 and served as Chair (2004-2008); a member of the Nominating Committee of Fellows (2006-2009), and chair (2009); a member (since 2001) and consultant (2007-2011) for the Women in Surgery Committee; and an active member of the Southern Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (since 2013.)

Phillips has been included in the Best Doctors in America database, was listed in the Guide to America's Top Surgeons, was named a Texas Top Doc, and was recognized by Texas Monthly as a Texas Super Doctor. She was honored with the Young at Heart award from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the Distinguished Service Award from the Plastic Surgery Foundation.

Phillips has authored more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and more than 45 book chapters in surgical textbooks.

The American College of Surgeons has more than 84,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world.