Philip graduated from the University of Bristol in 2005. After two years in mixed general practice he completed a surgical internship followed by an orthopaedic residency at Southern Counties Veterinary Specialists in 2013. He completed the RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice in September 2013 and the RCVS Diploma in Small Animal Surgery (Orthopaedics) in 2018. He is the lead surgeon and co-director of Wessex Veterinary Orthopaedics and also offers orthopaedic surgery on a peripatetic basis through Rata Veterinary Surgery. He is co-author of the 2nd edition of Feline Orthopaedics.