Philip J. Candilis MD, DFAPA

Philip Candilis, MD, DFAPA, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Candilis is a fellowship-trained forensic psychiatrist and medical ethicist with interests in informed consent, capacity assessment, and professional ethics. He teaches, writes, and conducts empirical research in medical decision-making and research ethics, and consults to agencies like the Board of Registration in Medicine and Physician Health Services, Inc. (the agency assessing and monitoring Massachusetts physicians with health concerns). Dr. Candilis is a board-certified clinician who trained at Mass. General and the Harvard Ethics Program and has practiced throughout the UMass inpatient, outpatient, and emergency health systems.