Peter P. Phillips Jr., M.D., grew up in Birdsboro, PA. He graduated from Albright College in 1985, with a B.S. in Biology. He received his M.D. from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine at Hershey Medical Center in 1989. He continued at Hershey for his Pathology residency, which he completed in 1994, serving as co-chief resident in his final year. He is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He has been with Lebanon Pathology Associates since 1994. He is medical director of Good Samaritan Hospital Core Laboratory at the Norman Drive facility, and medical director of the GSH Blood Bank.