Philip I Harber MD

Philip I. Harber, MD, is a pulmonary disease physician with expertise spanning pulmonary and occupational medicine. He is an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Health Sciences at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona and is Professor Emeritus at UCLA. Dr. Harber’s clinical and research interests center on occupational respiratory disease, respiratory protection and respirator medical evaluation, pulmonary epidemiology, and health and clinical information systems. Dr. Harber earned his MD from the University of Pennsylvania and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University. He completed an internal medicine residency through Georgetown/VA and subsequently pursued fellowship training in pulmonary medicine and occupational medicine at Johns Hopkins. Over the course of his career, Dr. Harber has held significant leadership roles, including serving as Chief of the Division of Occupational-Environmental Medicine at UCLA and directing an occupational-environmental medicine residency program. At the University of Arizona, he also served in occupational health leadership roles, helping reorganize systems supporting staff and faculty. He has contributed to national professional service through roles with NIOSH/CDC, ACGME, and major specialty societies, and he is the recipient of the ACOEM Lifetime Achievement Award.