Our Doctors

Morris B. Chang, M.D.

Born in Illinois and raised in Kansas, Morris Chang, M.D., is a graduate of the University of Kansas for college and medical school. He completed an internal medicine internship at the University of Vermont, a neurology residency at Dartmouth in New Hampshire and fellowships in clinical neurophysiology and sleep medicine at the University of Washington, with additional sleep medicine training at Hennepin County Medical Center in the University of Minnesota system. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

Dr. Chang is the medical director for the Auburn Regional Medical Center Sleep Disorder Center and Highline Sleep Center in Burien. Though clinical medicine remains the primary focus of his work, he has been involved in sleep medicine policy-making through committee work within the AASM and the American Academy of Neurology. He is a clinical instructor in sleep medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His written work has been published in such journals as Neurology and The New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Chang spends as much free time as possible with his wife and two boys. His other primary passion is music; he has played drums, alto saxophone, and keyboards for various outfits over the years, and still plays out occasionally as time permits. He enjoys traveling, skiing, baseball, and open water diving, and he continues to root for the Jayhawks. He also has a private pilot license, and has a particular interest in the topic of excessive daytime sleepiness as pertains to the pilot.

Nicole N. Phillips, M.D.

A Chicagoland native, Nicole Phillips M.D., attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois for an undergraduate degree in psychology, followed by medical school at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. She then trained as a neurology resident at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Following her passion for sleep medicine, she subsequently completed a sleep medicine fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).

Dr. Phillips believes that healthy sleep is essential for optimizing daytime function and overall quality of life. She is dedicated to communicating and collaborating with her patients in order to establish optimal and effective treatment plans. She enjoys all aspects of clinical sleep medicine, including comprehensive care for patients with sleep apnea and insomnia. She is particularly interested in sleep disorders in women, sleep problems in patients with underlying neurological disorders, parasomnias (such as sleepwalking and nightmare disorder), and working other subspecialty groups to investigate alternatives to CPAP therapy.

Dr. Phillips devotes much of her free time to long distance running and marathon training, and is fascinated by the art of barefoot running. She continues to develop her skills in ballroom dancing and fashion design. Both a Wolverine and Buckeye fan, she adores animals, especially her tuxedo cat Jerri.