About the Honorees

 

Edward Phillips, MD | Lynn A. Girton Distinguished Service Award

 

Edward M. Phillips, MD, is Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and founder of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM).

 

He serves as Whole Health Medical Director at VA Boston Healthcare System and is integrating Whole Health-lifestyle medicine training for trainees across VA as National Whole Health Education Champion for Health Professions Trainees.

 

He has appeared on Good Morning America, ESPN radio, Huffington Post, Slate, and Time Magazine. He co-hosted the NPR Daily Exercise Podcast, WBUR’s Magic Pill awarded an Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Innovation and has more than 4.5 million downloads of the sequel podcast “Food, We Need to Talk.”

 

 

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | Outstanding Advocate Award

 

Attorneys from Morgan Lewis have provided pro bono representation on individual VLS cases for many years, including veterans benefits cases and housing cases, helping to ensure that veterans can access the benefits they have earned and that they have safe, stable housing. Recently, Morgan Lewis attorneys have also eagerly committed to serving veterans at the newly established virtual clinic.

 

The firm’s long-standing dedication to providing free, essential services to the veteran community has made life-changing impacts and has allowed VLS to serve more veterans across Massachusetts.