Robert H. Miller, M.D., M.B.A.

A native of New Orleans, Robert H. Miller, M.D., M.B.A. attended Tulane University for his undergraduate and medical school education. Following completion of an otolaryngology – head and neck surgery residency at UCLA in 1978, he joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine. In 1987, he was appointed Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Tulane. Dr. Miller received an M.B.A. degree from Tulane in 1996, and was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow from 1996 – 1997 during which he worked in the office of Senator John Breaux. Dr. Miller focused on health issues including diabetes, hospice care, colon cancer screening, and Medicare reform. He returned to Tulane as Vice-Chancellor for Clinical Affairs following his Washington sojourn. In 1999, he became the Dean of the University of Nevada School of Medicine, a role he served until September, 2001. Dr. Miller has returned to Houston where he is the Executive Director of the American Board of Otolaryngology.

Dr. Miller serves on the editorial boards of the major US otolaryngology journals, and has held or currently holds major leadership roles in numerous otolaryngology and other medical organizations. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons Health Policy Steering Committee and just completed a six year term on the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program National Advisory Committee. Dr. Miller was recently appointed to the Boys Town of America Board of Trustees. His research interests include medical workforce and health policy.