Philip G. Lindsay • LITFL • Medical Eponym Library

Philip Gaylord Lindsay (1937 – 2017) was an American physician and psychiatrist.

Dr Lindsay, board certified in internal medicine and psychiatry, was in private practice for over 40 years—always in suit or jacket and bow tie. Central to the development of a psychiatric service at Valley Medical Center and then to the psychiatry ICU at Providence Hospital, Seattle

Distinguished physician, nature photographer, ornithologist, sculptor and artist. Dr Lindsay is remembered eponymously for Lindsay nails (1967)

Biography

Born 21 January 1937
1955 – Auburn Academy, Washington
1959 – BS in Zoology at Walla Walla College, Washington
1963 – MD, Lorna Linda University, California
1964 – Internship at Los Angeles County General Hospital
1966 -1968 – Captain, United States Air Force, Tinker AFB
1971 – 2003 Assistant clinical professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Washington
1973 – Founder of psychiatry inpatients services, Valley General Hospital
1977 – Founder of psychiatry inpatients services, Providence Medical Center
1992-1994 Chairman, Department of psychiatry, Providence Medical Center, Seattle
Died 3 September 2017

Medical Eponyms

Lindsay nails (1967)

Lindsay nails (Half-and-Half nails)

Major Publications

Lindsay PG. The half-and-half nail. Arch Intern Med. 1967; 119(6): 583‐587. [Lindsay’s nails]
Lindsay PG, Wyckoff M. The depression-pain syndrome and its response to antidepressants. Psychosomatics. 1981;22(7):571‐577
Schwartz M, Friedman R, Lindsay P, Narrol H. The relationship between conceptual tempo and depression in children. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1982;50(4):488‐490.
Lindsay PG, Olsen RB. Maprotiline in pain-depression. J Clin Psychiatry. 1985; 46(6): 226‐228.
Grant BL, Lindsay PB. Psychosis and water intoxication as presenting symptoms of pulmonary carcinoma. Psychosomatics. 1986;27(10):732‐733.

References

Philip G Lindsay juror declaration. LINX, 2002
Avhad G, Ghuge P. Half and half nail. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2014;5(Suppl 1):S67.
Obituary. Philip G. Lindsay ’63. Loma Linda University School of Medicine Alumni Journal. 2018; 89(2): 40