A Short Biography:
Timothy A. Miller, M.D. has spent nearly four decades training doctors and surgeons at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he is now Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a fully tenured professor. He has published over ninety scholarly articles and has written more than forty textbook chapters. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Plastic Surgery, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the Plastic Surgery Education Foundation. He was also the Director of the American Society of Plastic Surgery from 1991 to 1997. He served during Vietnam (1965-1966) and was awarded the Bronze Star. From 1973 to 2006 he served as the Chief of Plastic Surgery at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center where he still maintains a research laboratory. He continues to serve his country by founding Operation Mend- a unique program between Brooke Army Medical Center and the Ronald Regan Medical Center that provides reconstructive plastic surgery for US military wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Detailed Biography:
Timothy A. Miller, M.D. has spent nearly four decades training doctors and surgeons at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he is now Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a fully tenured professor. He has published over ninety scholarly articles and has written more than forty textbook chapters. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Plastic Surgery, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the Plastic Surgery Education Foundation. He was also the Director of the American Society of Plastic Surgery from 1991 to 1997. He served during Vietnam (1965-1966) and was awarded the Bronze Star. From 1973 to 2006 he served as the Chief of Plastic Surgery at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center where he still maintains a research laboratory. He continues to serve his country by founding Operation Mend- a unique program between Brooke Army Medical Center and the Ronald Regan Medical Center that provides reconstructive plastic surgery for US military wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Publications:
A selected list of publications:
Carpizo Katherine H, Saran Madeleine J, Huang Weibiao, Ishida Kenji, Roostaeian Jason, Bischoff David, Huang Catherine K, Rudkin George H, Yamaguchi Dean T, Miller Timothy A
Pretreatment of poly(l-lactide-co-glycolide) scaffolds with sodium
hydroxide enhances osteoblastic differentiation and slows
proliferation of mouse preosteoblast cells
Plastic and reconstructive surgery,
2008; 121(2):
424-34.
Kaufman Matthew R, Bradley James P, Dickinson Brian, Heller Justin B, Wasson Kristy, O'Hara Catherine, Huang Catherine, Gabbay Joubin, Ghadjar Kiu, Miller Timothy A
Autologous fat transfer national consensus survey: trends in
techniques for harvest, preparation, and application, and perception
of short- and long-term results
Plastic and reconstructive surgery,
2007; 119(1):
323-31.
Jarrahy Reza, Huang Weibiao, Rudkin George H, Lee Jane M, Ishida Kenji, Berry Micah D, Sukkarieh Modar, Wu Benjamin M, Yamaguchi Dean T, Miller Timothy A
Osteogenic differentiation is inhibited and angiogenic expression is
enhanced in MC3T3-E1 cells cultured on three-dimensional scaffolds
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology,
2005; 289(2):
C408-14.
Huang Weibiao, Rudkin George H, Carlsen Brian, Ishida Kenji, Ghasri Peyman, Anvar Bardia, Yamaguchi Dean T, Miller Timothy A
Overexpression of BMP-2 modulates morphology, growth, and gene
expression in osteoblastic cells
Experimental cell research,
2002; 274(2):
226-34.
