About The Author

Dan Phillips

Dan D. Phillips is an author and patient advocate who writes about the connection between personal loss and systemic healthcare problems. His work examines how caregivers manage complex medical decisions, fight for transparency in treatment options, and cope with grief when the fight ends.

His second book, ‘Beauty and the Malignant Beast,’ tells the story of his wife Celeste’s cancer journey while critiquing what he sees as a profit-driven medical establishment. Dan argues that pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies prioritize revenue over cures and design systems that turn patients into chronic customers.

Before becoming an advocate and author, Dan built a life centered on his marriage to Celeste. Her diagnosis forced him to learn medical terminology and challenge doctors who he felt were not providing adequate information or care. That experience informs every page of his writing.

Dan now channels his grief into advocacy work. He believes that sharing stories of systemic failure is the first step toward demanding better from healthcare institutions. When not writing, he honors Celeste’s memory through support of animal welfare causes she cared about.