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Geoffrey Miller, MD, FRCP, FRACP, MPhil, MA, MBChB

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics (Neurology)
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Clinical Director Yale Pediatric Neurology, Co-Director Yale/MDA Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic

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Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics (Neurology)

Clinical Director Yale Pediatric Neurology, Co-Director Yale/MDA Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinic

Biography

Geoffrey Miller, M.B., Ch.B., is a professor of Pediatrics and Neurology. He graduated in medicine MB BCh fro Trinity College Dublin in 1972.His pediatric training was at the Cambridge Military Hospital, and pediatric neurology and neurodevelopmental pediatric residencies were at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Western Australia and British Columbia Children’s Hospital Vancouver Canada. He is board certified in Neurology with special qualification in Child Neurology and is also board certified in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. He has served as the Medical Director of the West Australian Cerebral Palsy Center, and as a clinic director of pediatric neuromuscular clinics in West Australia, Hershey Pennsylvania, Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas, and is a co-director of a pediatric neuromuscular clinic at Yale New Haven Hospital. Presently he is the Clinical Director of Pediatric Neurology at the Yale University School of Medicine . His main clinical interests are neonatal neurodevelopmental outcomes and pediatric neuromuscular disorder. His academic interests include Pediatric bioethics and neuroethics.

He served a clinical research fellowship in neonatal neurology and neuromuscular disorder at the Hammersmith hospital, Royal Postgraduate School, London. His MD Doctoral degree was from the University of Western Australia and his thesis concerned the epidemiology of cerebral palsy. He was a member of and senior investigator at the Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute. He has been elected to the American Neurological Association and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London and a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians. He has more than 120 publications and is the editor of 3 books and the sole author of one. His present academic interest is in pediatric bioethics and he is a member of the Yale Bioethics Center, the Yale Program for Biomedical Ethics and the Child Neurology Society Bioethics Committee. He is the author of the book Extreme Prematurity. Bioethics and Law, and the editor of the books Pediatric Bioethics, Cerebral Palsies. Causes, Consequences and Management, and Static Encephalopathies of Infancy and Childhood..

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Education & Training

MPhil
University of Glasgow (2002)
Fellow
British Columbia Children's Hospital (1987)
MD
University of Western Australia, Neurology (1986)
Fellow
Royal Perth Hospital & QEII Medical Center (1986)
Resident
Hammersmith Hospital, London (1983)
MA
Trinity College Dublin (1982)
Resident
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Western Australia (1982)
Resident
Cambridge Military Hospital, England (1978)
MBChB
Trinity College (1972)

Board Certifications

  • Neurology with Special Qual in Child Neurology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Original Certification Date
    1994

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Bioethics; Cerebral Palsy; Health Care; Infant, Extremely Premature; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Muscular Dystrophies; Neurology; Neuromuscular Diseases; Pediatrics; Premature Birth

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Geoffrey Miller's research output by year.
15Publications
109Citations

Publications

2014

2013

2009

  • Pediatric Bioethics
    Miller G (Ed). Pediatric Bioethics. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2009 .
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2008

  • Futility by any other name.
    Miller G. Futility by any other name. The Texas 10 day rule. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 2008; 5: 265-270
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Futility revisited. Reply to Mark Mercurio.
    Miller G. Futility revisited. Reply to Mark Mercurio. Hastings Center Report 2008; Jan-Feb: 7
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2007

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Life Time Achievement Award

  • honor

    41st Guinness Lecturer

  • honor

    Editorial Board

  • honor

    2010 Chair, Ethics Symposium. International Pediatric Association World Congress 2010. Johannesburg, South Africa.

  • honor

    Research Advisory Committee

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