Full Name
Bonnie Miller
Institution
Vanderbilt University
Bio
Bonnie Miller MD, MMHC currently serves as Vice President for Educational Affairs and Professor of Medical Education and Administration at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. In this role, she promotes innovative approaches to continuing professional development and serves as an advisor for medical education across the continuum. Dr. Miller formerly served as Senior Associate Dean for Health Sciences Education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) and Executive Vice-President for Educational Affairs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). In these roles, she oversaw all programs related to physician education, from the medical school admissions process to continuing professional development. In addition, she oversaw administration of the ten other degrees offered by VUSM, as well as the certificate programs offered by VUMC’s Center for Programs in Allied Health. With academic interests in the moral and professional development of physicians, curriculum change, and continuous learning in medicine, Dr. Miller is recognized as a senior leader in medical education. She guided VUSM through several cycles of curriculum innovation, and now consults and collaborates with other schools that seek to transform medical education. Dr. Miller was the Principle Investigator of the American Medical Association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Grant, awarded to VUSM in June 2013. In addition, she was a founding member of National Transformation Network, a consortium of seven medical schools generously funded by the Kern Family Foundation to transform medical education through the triple aim of Character, Caring and Competence. Despite her administrative responsibilities, Dr. Miller remained engaged in teaching and mentoring. She directed “Foundations of the Profession, ”the first course taken by Vanderbilt medical students, which focused on health equity and the social determinants of health. She also served on multiple University and Medical Center committees related to learning and its intersection with the needs of the healthcare delivery system. After attending Colorado College for her undergraduate education, she received her MD degree at the University of Oklahoma. She completed post-graduate training in general surgery at Vanderbilt University Affiliated Hospitals, followed by a fellowship in hepato-biliary disease at the Virginia Mason Clinic in Seattle. She then returned to Nashville and eventually focused her clinical interests on patients with breast cancer. She is married to Robert Miller, a pulmonologist who serves as medical director of Vanderbilt's student-run free clinic. They have three children and two grandchildren.
Bonnie Miller