Professor Philip Harris

Professor of Anatomy, University of Nottingham; United Kingdom.

Professor Harris is a emeritus professor of Anatomy at the University of Manchester. He has been a Professor of Anatomy for 35 years and has a major interest in medical education. Harris has had an active formative role in the early stages of development of two medical schools (University of Nottingham and Sultan Qaboos University, Oman).

He has taught all branches of anatomy at undergraduate and postgraduate level and has a special interest in living and surface anatomy. Professor Harris has 80 publications in the field of anatomy with special interest in growth and development of the spine. He has been an external examiner in Anatomy in 9 British Universities and in all the Royal Colleges of Surgeons.

Professor Harris has wide experience in teaching all branches of anatomy to medical students and medical postgraduates including applied anatomy of the locomotor system. His research interests have included prenatal growth and development of the human spine and also regional differences in intervertebral disc structure .

Harris is particularly interested in the clinical applications of anatomy in relation to sports medicine and sports injuries. He has taught relevant anatomy to doctors and physiotherapists undertaking a postgraduate Master of Science in Sports & Exercise Medicine and to an undergraduate BSc course in Sports Therapy.