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Robert Miller received his undergraduate degree,
cum laude from John Carroll University
in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from medical school at
Ohio State University, where
he was also cum laude and a member of AOA (honorary medical
society). He then completed in internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of San Francisco (UCSF) and is board certified in internal medicine. He then trained in radiation oncology at both UCSF and Stanford. He was chief resident at UCSF and also trained in the heavy particle program at UC Berkeley. He is board certified in radiation oncology. He has practiced radiation oncology in St. Petersburg, Florida since 1979, where he served as chairman of the department of radiation oncology at both Bayfront Medical Center and St. Anthony's. |
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| Dr. Miller introduced many of the new
innovations in radiation oncology to the community including
brachytherapy, HDR, 3D conformal therapy and IMRT. He was
instrumental in establishing the first radiosurgery program in Tampa
Bay with the Gamma Knife center at Bayfront in 2002. He was involved
in bringing the first Tomotherapy unit to Pinellas County and the
first Cyberknife program in Central Florida, both in 2008. Dr. Miller has been long involved in medical ethics and hospice and was a founding member and first national president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He has been a pioneer in medical informatics and developed and maintains one of the largest medical-cancer web sites in cyberspace (aboutcancer.com). |