Name: Douglas K. Miller, M.D.
Phone Number: (317) 423-5621
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Secretary Name: Afya Evans
Secretary Phone Number: (317) 423-5621
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Miller's major research interests focus on investigation of the causes and remediation of frailty in older African-Americans living in urban areas, management of geriatric syndromes by general internists and family physicians, and improving care for patients facing life threatening illnesses.

POSITION/TITLE

Richard M. Fairbanks Professor in Aging Research
Professor of Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING
Institution and Location Degree Year Field of Study
Stanford University, Stanford, CA B.A. 1968 Biology
Washington University, St. Louis, MO M.D. 1972 Medicine
Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO Intern 1972-1973 Internal Medicine
University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals, Tucson, AZ Resident 1976-1977 Internal Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Resident 1977-1978 Internal Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Fellow 1977-1979 Research Medicine

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1973-1975 General Medicine Officer, US Public Health Service, San Carlos, AZ and Phoenix, AZ
1976-1977 Assistant Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals, Tucson, AZ
1977-1979 Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1978-1979 Attending Physician, Medical Group Team Practice, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1979-1990 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
1981-1992 Assistant Professor (Secondary Appointment), Health Administration Program, Center for Health Services Education and Research, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
1990-1997 Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
1992-2003 Associate Professor (Secondary Appointment), Health Administration Program, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
1997-2003 Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
1997-2003 Associate Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2003-Present Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2003-Present Regenstrief Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
2003-Present Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
2003-Present Associate Director, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN
2003-Present Richard M. Fairbanks Professor in Aging Research

HONORS

1977-1979 Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1982-1985 Kellogg National Fellowship, Group III
1987-1988 John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Faculty Development Award Scholar

CURRENT AND RECENT FUNDING

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Drake JR, Miller DK, Evans RG. Cost-effective use of thyroid function tests. Arch Intern Med 1982;142:1810-2.
  2. Coe RM, Miller DK, Prendergast JM, Grossberg G. Faculty resources for teaching geriatric medicine. J Am Geriatr Soc 1982;30:63-6.
  3. Coe RM, Miller DK, Wolff M, Prendergast JM, Pepper M. Attitudes and health promoting behavior of medical and law students. Am J Public Health 1982;72:725-7.
  4. Wolinsky FD, Coe RM, Miller DK, Prendergast JM, Creel MJ, Chavez MN. Health services utilization among the noninstitutionalized elderly. J Health Soc Behav 1983;24:325-37.
  5. Wolinsky FD, Coe RM, Miller DK, Prendergast JM. Measurement of the global and functional dimensions of health status in the elderly. J Gerontol 1984;39:88-92.
  6. Coe RM, Wolinsky FD, Miller DK, Prendergast JM. Social network relationships and use of physician services: a reexamination. Res Aging 1984;6:243-56.
  7. Coe RM, Wolinsky FD, Miller DK, Prendergast JM. Complementary and compensatory functions in social network relationships i in the elderly. Gerontologist 1984;24:396-400.
  8. Margolis RB, Zimney GH, Miller D, Taylor JM. Internists and the chronic pain patient. Pain 1984;20:151-6.
  9. Wolinsky FD, Prendergast JM, Miller DK, Coe RM, Chavez MN. A preliminary validation of a nutritional risk measure for the elderly. Am J Prev Med 1985;1:53-9.
  10. Wolinsky FD, Coe RM, Miller DK, Prendergast JM. Correlates of change in subjective well-being among the elderly. J Community Health 1985;10:93-107.
  11. Miller DK, Struckhoff ET, Drake JR. Time and financial analysis of an academic general internal medicine unit. Arch Intern Med 1985; 145:2093-7.
  12. Coe RM, Wolinsky FD, Miller DK, Prendergast JM. Elderly persons without family support networks and use of health services: a follow-up on social network relationships. Res Aging 1985;7:617-22.
  13. Wolinsky FD, Coe RM, Chavez MN, Prendergast JM, Miller DK. Further assessment of the reliability and validity of a nutritional risk index: analysis of a three-wave panel study of elderly adults. Health Serv Res 1986;20 (6 Pt II):977-90.
  14. Eisen SA, Woodward RS, Miller DK, Spitznagel E, Windham CA. The effect of medication compliance on the control of hypertension. J Gen Intern Med 1987;2:298-305.
  15. Miller DK, Homan SM. Graphical aid for determining power of clinical trials involving two groups. Br Med J 1988:297:672-6.
  16. Prendergast JM, Coe RM, Chavez MN, Romeis JC, Miller DK, Wolinsky FD. Nutritional risk, health status and health services use among elderly veterans. Proceedings Am Stat Assoc 1988:450-5.
  17. Prendergast JM, Coe RM, Chavez MN, Romeis JC, Miller DK, Wolinsky FD. Clinical validation of a nutritional risk index. J Community Health 1989;14(3):125-35.
  18. Miller DK, Morley JE, Rubenstein LZ, Pietruszka FM, Strome LS. Formal geriatric assessment instruments and the care of elderly general medical outpatients. J Am Geriatr Soc 1990; 38:645-51.
  19. Eisen SA, Miller DK, Woodward RS, Spitznagel E, Przybeck T. The effect of prescribed daily dose frequency on patient medication compliance. Arch Intern Med 1990; 150:1881-4.
  20. Wolinsky FD, Coe RM, McIntosh WA, Kubena KS, Prendergast JM, Chavez MN, Miller DK, Romeis JC, Landmann WA. Progress in the development of a nutritional risk index. J Nutr 1990; 120 (Suppl 11):1549-53.
  21. Miller DK, Morley JE, Rubenstein LZ, Pietruszka FM. Abnormal eating attitudes and body image in older undernourished individuals. J Am Geriatr Soc 1991; 39;462-6.
  22. Miller DK, Morley JE, Rubenstein LZ. Opinions of internal medicine residents in two programs about management of geriatric syndromes. Acad Med 1991; 66:489-91.
  23. Flaherty JH, Miller DK, Coe RM. Impact on caregivers of supporting urinary function in noninstitutionalized, chronically ill seniors: a multivariate study. Gerontologist 1992;32:541-5.
  24. Coe RM, Miller DK, Flaherty J. Sense of coherence and perception of caregiving burden. Behav Health Aging 1992;2(2):93-9.
  25. Miller DK, Coe RM, Hyers TM. Achieving consensus on withdrawing or withholding care for critically ill patients. J Gen Intern Med 1992;7:475-80.
  26. Perry HM III, Miller DK, Morley JE, Horowitz M, Kaiser FE, Perry HM Jr, Jensen J, Bentley J, Boyd S, Kraenzle D. A preliminary report of vitamin D and calcium metabolism in older African-Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc 1993: 41:612-6.
  27. Coe RM, Romeis JC, Miller DK, Wolinsky FD Virgo KS. Nutritional risk and survival in elderly veterans: a five-year follow-up. J Community Health 1993; 18:327-34.
  28. Miller DK, Homan SM. Determining transition probabilities: confusion and suggestions. Med Decis Making 1994; 14:52-58.
  29. Miller DK, Coe RM, Romeis JC, Morley JE. Improving quality of geriatric health care in four delivery sites: suggestions from practitioners and experts. J Am Geriatr Soc 1995; 43:60-5.
  30. Lewis LM, Miller DK, Morley JE, Nork MJ, Lasater LC. Unrecognized delirium in geriatric patients seen in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med 1995; 13:142-5.
  31. Miller DK, Brunworth D, Brunworth DS, Hagan R, Morley JE. Efficiency of geriatric case-finding in a private practitioner's office. J Am Geriatr Soc 1995; 43:533-7.
  32. Rubenstein LZ, Josephson KR, Harker JO, Miller DK, Wieland D. The Sepulveda GEU Study revisited: long-term outcomes, use of services, and costs. Aging Clin Experimental Res 1995; 7:212-7.
  33. Perry HM III, Kraenzle D, Miller DK. Paget's Disease in African-Americans. Clin Geriatrics 1995; 12(3):69-74.
  34. Perry HM III, Horowitz M, Morley JE, Jensen J, Cacchione P, Miller DK, Kaiser FE, Sundarum M. Aging and bone metabolism in African American and Caucasian Women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996; 81:1108-17.
  35. Miller DK, Lewis LM, Nork MJ, Morley JE. Controlled trial of a geriatric case-finding and liaison service in an emergency department. J Am Geriatr Soc 1996: 44:513-20.
  36. Miller DK, Carter ME, Sigmund RH, Smith JQ, Miller JP, Bentley JA, McDonald K, Coe RM, Morley JE. Nutritional risk in inner city dwelling African-American elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc 1996; 44:959-62.
  37. Miller DK, Carter ME, Miller JP, Fornoff JE, Bentley JA, Boyd SD, Rogers JH, Cox MN, Morley JE, Lui LL, Coe RM. Inner-city older African-Americans have high levels of functional disability. J Am Geriatr Soc 1996; 44:1166-73.
  38. Flaherty JH, Miller DK, Leander S, Hanchett M, Kaiser FE, Morley JE. Total Quality Management methods in home care. Current Conc Geriatr Managed Care 1996; 2(12):4-8,14-16,20-21.
  39. Coe RM, Miller DK. Total Quality Management in geriatric medicine. Current Conc Geriatr Managed Care 1997; 3(2):4-7,11.
  40. Perry HM III, Morley JE, Horowitz M, Kaiser FE, Miller DK, Wittert G. Body composition and age in African-American and Caucasian women: Relationship to plasma leptin levels. Metabolism 1997;46:1399-405.
  41. Miller DK, Perry HM III, Morley JE. Relationship of dehydration and chronic renal insufficiency with function and cognitive status in older US blacks. Facts Res GerontolFacts Res Intervention Geriatr: Hydration and Aging 1998 (Special Issue):149-59.
  42. Flaherty JH, McBride M, Marzouk S, Miller DK, Chien N, Hanchett M, Leander S, Kaiser FE, Morley JE. Decreasing hospitalization rates for older home care patients with symptoms of depression. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998;46:31-8.
  43. Wilson MMG, Vaswani S, Liu D, Morley JE, Miller DK. Prevalence and causes of undernutrition in medical outpatients. Am J Med 1998; 104:56-63.
  44. Miller DK, Coe RM, Morley JE, Gettman J. Total quality management and geriatric care. Australas J Gerontol 1998;17 (Issue 1 Suppl):60-5.
  45. Miller DK, Morrison MJ, Blair SD, Miller JP, Morley JE. Predilection for frailty remedial strategies among black and white seniors. South Med J 1998;91:375-80.
  46. Perry HM III, Bernard M, Horowitz MK, Miller DK, Fleming S, Baker MZ, Flaherty J, Purushothoman R, Hajjar R, Kaiser FE, Patrick P, Morley JE. The effect of aging on bone mineral metabolism and bone mass in Native American women. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998;46:1418-22.
  47. Miller DK, Perry HM III, Morley JE. Associations among the Mini-Nutritional Assessment instrument, dehydration, and functional status among older African Americans in St. Louis, MO, USA. In: Vellas B, Garry PJ, Guigoz Y (eds). Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series - Clinical & Performance Programme No. 1 "Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA): Research and Practice in the Elderly". Bale, Switzerland: Karger AG, 1999:79-86.
  48. Morley JE, Miller DK, Perry HM III, Patrick P, Guigoz Y, Vellas B. Anorexia of aging, leptin, and the MNA. In: Vellas B, Garry PJ, Guigoz Y (eds). Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series - Clinical & Performance Programme No. 1 "Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA): Research and Practice in the Elderly". Bale, Switzerland: Karger AG, 1999:67-77.
  49. Miller DK, Lui LL, Perry HM III, Kaiser FE, Morley JE. Reported and measured physical functioning in older inner city diabetic African Americans. J Gerontol Med Sci 1999;54A:M230-6.
  50. Perry HM III, Morley JE, Miller DK. Serum fructosamine and obesity [brief report]. Diabetes Care 1999; 22:1596-7.
  51. Perry HM III, Miller DK, Patrick P, Morley JE. Testosterone and leptin in older African-American men: relationship to age, strength, function and season. Metabolism 2000; 49:1085-91.
  52. Miller DK, Coe RM. Physician participation in total quality management in geriatric medicine. Jt Comm J Qual Improv 2000:26(8):66-75.
  53. Chibnall JT, Videen SD, Miller DK. Psychosocial-spiritual correlates of death distress in patients with life-threatening medical conditions. Palliative Med 2002:16:331-8.
  54. Wolinsky FD, Miller DK, Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP. Health-related quality of life in middle-aged African Americans.J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2004 Mar;59(2):S118-23.
  55. Miller DK, Malmstrom TK, Joshi S, Andresen EM, Morley JE, Wolinsky FD. Clinically relevant levels of depressive symptoms in community-dwelling middle-aged African Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 May;52(5):741-8.
  56. Chibnall JT, Bennett ML, Videen SD, Duckro PN, Miller DK. Identifying barriers to psychosocial spiritual care at the end of life: a physician group study. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2004 Nov-Dec;21(6):419-26.
  57. Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller DK, Miller JP, Wolinsky FD. Retest reliability of self-reported function, self-care, and disease history. Med Care. 2005 Jan;43(1):93-7.
  58. Miller DK, Wolinsky FD, Malmstrom TK, Andresen EM, Miller JP. Inner city, middle-aged african americans have excess frank and subclinical disability . J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005 Feb;60(2):207-12.
  59. Wilson MM, Miller DK, Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Wolinsky FD. Fear of falling and related activity restriction among middle-aged african americans . J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005 Mar;60(3):355-60.
  60. Wolinsky FD, Miller DK , Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP. Reproducibility of physical performance and physiologic assessments . J Aging Health. 2005 Apr;17(2):111-24.
  61. Miller DK , Chibnall JT, Videen SD, Duckro PN. Supportive-affective group experience for persons with life-threatening illness: reducing spiritual, psychological, and death-related distress in dying patients. J Palliat Med. 2005 Apr;8(2):333-43.
  62. Wolinsky FD, Miller DK , Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP. Further evidence for the importance of subclinical functional limitation and subclinical disability assessment in gerontology and geriatrics . J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2005 May;60(3):S146-51.
  63. Malmstrom TK, Wolinsky FD, Andresen EM, Philip Miller J, Miller DK. Cognitive ability and physical performance in middle-aged african americans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Jun;53(6):997-1001.
  64. Andresen EM, Miller DK. The Future (History) of Socioeconomic Measurement and Implications for Improving Health Outcomes Among African Americans . J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005 Oct;60(10):1345-1350.
  65. Chibnall JT, Cook MA, Miller DK. Religious awareness training for medical students: effect on clinical interpersonal behavior. South Med J. 2005 Dec;98(12):1255.
  66. Miller DK, Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Wolinsky FD. Test-retest reliability of subclinical status for functional limitation and disability. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2006 Jan;61(1):S52-6.
  67. Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller DK, Wolinsky FD. Reliability and validity of observer ratings of neighborhoods. J Aging Health. 2006 Feb;18(1):28-36.
  68. Schootman M, Andresen EM, Wolinsky FD, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Miller DK. Neighborhood Conditions and Risk of Incident Lower-Body Functional Limitations among Middle-aged African Americans. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Mar 1;163(5):450-8.
  69. Andresen EM, Wolinsky FD, Miller JP, Wilson MM, Malmstrom TK, Miller DK. Cross-sectional and longitudinal risk factors for falls, fear of falling, and falls efficacy in a cohort of middle-aged african americans. Gerontologist. 2006 Apr;46(2):249-57.
  70. Terrell KM, Heard K, Miller DK. Prescribing to Older ED Patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2006 Jul;24(4):468-78.
  71. Terrell KM, Miller DK.Challenges in Transitional Care Between Nursing Homes and EmergencyDepartments. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2006 Oct;7(8):499-505.
  72. Wolinsky FD, Miller DK.  Disability concepts and measurement: Contributions of the epidemiology of disability to gerontological inquiry.  In: Wilmoth JM, Ferraro KF, editors. Gerontology: perspectives and issues. Third edition. New York: Springer Publishing Co, 2007:111-32.
  73. Rolland YM, Haren MT, Patrick P, Banska WA, Malmstrom TK, Miller DK, Morley JE. Adiponectin levels in obese and non-obese middle-aged African-American women. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. 2007;1(1):27-37.
  74. Wolinsky FD, Miller DK, Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Miller TR. Effect of subclinical status in functional limitation and disability on adverse health outcomes 3 years later. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2007 Jan;62(1):101-6.
  75. Terrell KM, Miller DK.  Critical review of transitional care between nursing homes and emergency departments. Annals of Long-Term Care. 2007 Feb;15(2):33-8.
  76. Wolinsky FD, Miller TR, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Schootman M, Andresen EM, Miller DK. Four-year lower extremity disability trajectories among african american men and women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2007 May;62(5):525-30.
  77. Clark DO, Stump TE, Miller DK, Long JS. Educational disparities in the prevalence and consequence of physical vulnerability. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2007 May;62(3):S193-7.
  78. Schootman M, Andresen EM, Wolinsky FD, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Miller DK. Neighbourhood  environment and the incidence of depressive symptoms among middle-aged African Americans. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2007 Jun;61(6):527-32.
  79. Malmstrom TK, Andresen EM, Wolinsky FD, Philip Miller J, Stamps K, Miller DK. Mortality risk in older inner-city African Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Jul;55(7):1049-55.
  80. Schootman M, Andresen EM, Wolinsky FD, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Yan Y, Miller DK. The effect of adverse housing and neighborhood conditions on the development of diabetes mellitus among middle-aged African Americans. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Aug 15;166(4):379-87.
  81. Haren MT, Malmstrom TK, Banks WA, Patrick P, Miller DK, Morley JE. Lower serum DHEAS levels are associated with a higher degree of physical disability and depressive symptoms in middle-aged to older African American women. Maturitas 2007; 57:347-60.
  82. Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Wolinsky FD, Schootman M, Miller JP, Miller DK. Rating neighborhoods for older adult health: results from the African American Health study. BMC Public Health. 2008 Jan 25;8(1):35. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-35
  83. Haren MT, Banks WA, Perry III HM, Patrick P, Malmstrom TK, Miller DK, Morley JE.  Predictors of serum  testosterone and DHEAS in African-American men. Int J Androl. 2008 Feb;31(1):50-9.
  84. Wolinsky FD, Miller TR, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Schootman M, Andresen EM, Miller DK.  Self-Rated Health: Changes, Trajectories, and Their Antecedents Among African Americans. J Aging Health. 2008 Mar;20(2):143-58.
  85. Miller DK, Malmstrom TK, Andresen EM, Miller JP, Wolinsky FD.  Adverse outcomes and correlates of change in the short physical performance battery over 36 months in the African American Health project. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2008; 63A(5):487-94.
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