Lookup column to retrieve a user's work phone?

Is it possible to create a lookup column in a list and retrieve a user's work phone?  In theory, per list item, there is a user name and some data.  Can a lookup be performed on just the username in this list item to retrieve work phone from profile?
I'm open to suggestions and possibilities.  Thank you!

Hi,
According to your description, you might want to use a Lookup column to lookup “Work phone” value of
Created by or Modified by columns of another list.
As there is no such OOTB feature available with the Lookup column, we might need to do it programmatically.
The documentation below will show how to work with user profiles programmatically:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj163800(v=office.15).aspx
A demo about Getting User Profile Properties with REST API for your reference:
http://www.vrdmn.com/2013/07/sharepoint-2013-get-userprofile.html
Feel free to reply if there still any questions.
Best regards,
Patrick
Patrick Liang
TechNet Community Support

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