Doctor Phillips is the Director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery
as well as the Director of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery. He has published several books on his proceedures;

A board-certified surgeon, Dr. Phillips has performed surgeries at Cedars-Sinai for the past 24 years and is considered a leading practitioner, clinical researcher and authority in laparoscopic surgery. He holds nine U.S. patents in the field of surgery.

"Hernia Repair: open vs. laparoscopic approaches" by Guy J. Madder, available through Churchill Livingstone (1997)

"Operative strategies in laparoscopic surgery" by Dr. Edward Phillips, available through Springer (1995)

"The pathophysiology of pneumoperitoneum" by Raul J. Rosenthal, available through Springer (1998)

"Surgical diseases of the spleen" by Jonathan R. Hiatt, available through Springer (1997)