Cheryl Phillips, MD, AGSF

Senior VP Advocacy, Leading Age (AAHSA)

Professional Experience
Cheryl Phillips, M.D is the Senior VP for Advocacy at Leading Age (AAHSA) Prior to this role she was Chief Medical Officer of On Lok Lifeways. She has also served as the chief medical officer for Sutter Select and Medical Director, Chronic Disease Management, for the Sutter Health System, a network of doctors, hospitals and other health providers who serve more than 100 communities in Northern California. Her clinical practice focused on nursing homes and the long term care continuum. She has been a hands-on medical director of multiple nursing homes in California, and is an expert in chronic disease management. Phillips is the immediate past-chair of the board of directors and past president of the American Geriatrics Society and is also past president of the American Medical Directors Association, the physician organization for long-term care. She has served on multiple national boards and advisory groups for chronic care including the CMS Technical Expert Panel on Quality Indicators in Long Term Care, the NCQA Geriatric Measurement Advisory Panel, and has provided testimony to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. She now co-chairs Advancing Excellence and also serves on the NQF Measurement Advisory Panel Coordinating Committee

Education
University of the Pacific
MD, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 1985
Medical residency & geriatric fellowship, University of California, Davis