POSITIONS:

1996 – 1999	Medical Residency, Internal Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
1999 – 2000	Chief Medical Resident, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
1999 – 2000	Instructor in Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
2000 – 2002	Instructor in Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
2002 -	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
2003 -	Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Education, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
2003 -	Director, Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
2007 -	Member, National Board of Medical Examiners Step 3 Test Scoring Subcommittee

 

HONORS:

1991	Beta Kappa
1992	Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Award, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1995	Alpha Omega Alpha
1995	Heusner Pupil Award, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
2001-2004	Tinsley R. Harrison Award for Outpatient Teaching (4 consecutive years), Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
2003	First Place Poster Prize, Healthcare Research and Quality Day Poster Session, Center for Healthcare Research and Quality, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC
2006	Master Teacher Award, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Miller DP, Furberg CD, Small RH, Millman FM, Ambrosius WT, Harshbarger JS, Ohl CA.  Controlling Prescription Drug Expenditures: a report of success.  American Journal of Managed Care 2007;13(8):473-80..

Miller DP, Brownlee CD, McCoy TP, Pignone MP.  The Effect of Health Literacy on Knowledge and Receipt of Colorectal Cancer Screening: a survey study. BMC Family Practice 2007;8(1):16.

Miller DP, Kimberly JR, Case LD, Wofford JL.  Using a Computer to Teach Patients about Fecal Occult Blood Screening: a randomized trial.  Journal of General Internal Medicine 2005;20(11):984-8.

Wofford JL, Smith ES, Miller DP.  The Multimedia Computer for Office-Based Patient Education: a systematic review.  Patient Education and Counseling 2005;59:148-57.

Wofford JL, Kimberly JR, Moran WP, Miller DP, Hopping JL, Pedley CE, et al.  It's in the Cards: a practice-friendly, real-time data collection strategy for quality improvement.  Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety 2005;31:54-58.

Miller DP.  GIMedia Review: ATPIII PDA Implementation Tool.  Journal of General Internal Medicine 2004;19:100.

Lurie JD, Miller DP, Lindenauer PK, Wachter RM, Sox HC.  The Potential Size of the Hospitalist Workforce in the United States.  American Journal of Medicine 1999;106:441-445.

 

C. Research Support

 

Ongoing Research Support

CCCDA-05-162-01                   Miller (PI)                               7/01/05-6/30/08           Principle Investigator             

American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA

Overcoming Literacy Barriers in Colorectal Cancer Screening

This Cancer Control Career Development Award for Primary Care Physicians will enhance Dr. Miller's skills in cancer control clinical practice, teaching, and research.  The research project will test the efficacy of a novel computer-based patient education intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening in a low literacy population.

 

Unassigned                             Furberg (PI)                            7/01/06-6/30/08           Co-Investigator          

Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program, Portland, OR

Smart Prescribe: Development, Dissemination and Evaluation of a Critical Skills Curriculum for Rational Prescribing

This two year project will develop, disseminate, and evaluate a web-based curriculum for health care providers.  The curriculum is designed to bring about change in prescribing practices by increasing providers’ evidence-based medicine skills and their knowledge of the drug development, marketing, and regulation process. 

 

1R25CA117887-01A2              Spangler (PI)                           8/1/07-7/31/12             Co-Investigator

National Cancer Institute

Nutrition, Exercise, and Weight Management Lifestyle Intervention (NEW Lifestyle)

This 5-year study will develop and test the effectiveness of a culturally sensitive web-based medical school curriculum designed to teach medical students skills in obesity prevention and treatment.  

 

Completed Research Support

Unassigned  Miller (PI)                                                          1/01/01-7/1/02             Principle Investigator             

Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, NC

The Effectiveness of an Interactive Educational Computer Program to Increase Patient Compliance with Colorectal Cancer Screening.

This study evaluated the ability of a novel educational computer program to increase patients’ knowledge and receipt of fecal occult blood screening.