Biography
About the Author:
REAR ADMIRAL JOSEPH H. MILLER (MC) USNR
Miller retired from the Navy Reserve in 1986 after 30 years. He completed three years as the first reservist as a Deputy Surgeon General Pentagon and concurrently as Commander Naval Reserve Force, Force Medical officer. On active duty he served as Chief of Neurosurgery, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and US Naval Hospital, Da Nang, Vietnam. Miller chaired a committee of five prominent civilian leaders of neurosurgery to develop a Navy neurosurgical residency. In the Pentagon he staffed the establishment of Physician Reservists in Medical Universities and Schools. (PRIMUS). Miller has been to every Navy hospital in the world. He served in the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J4) and subsequently a Navy Flag officer billet was established in J4. Miller had duty with the Commander in Chief Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, December 1982, February 1983, and February 1984. His Military decorations include: Legion of Merit, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Navy Unit Commendations, Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Unit Citation, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Navy Pistol Marksmanship, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Combat Action Ribbon, and Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V.
In civilian life he retired January 2001 as a neurosurgeon and as Chief of Neurosurgery at Methodist Hospital, Memphis, and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery University of Tennessee and Training Director in Neurosurgery at the Methodist University Hospital. (1983-2000) He was Founder and Director of the Memphis Neurosciences Center and developed an international academic interchange in Neurosurgery with 27 countries. He is on the Voluntary Faculty of USF Medical School. Dr. Miller is certified by the American Board of Neurosurgery and his memberships include: The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and The Society of Neurological Surgeons. Other Civilian activities include: Mission Service Corps, The White House, May 1978, Boards of Union University, Mars Hill College, Samford University, and Regions Bank. He has researched and lectured on the Philosophy of War seventy-five times. RADM Miller has been a Southern Baptist Deacon for 53 years, taught Sunday School for thirty years and is currently a member of First Baptist Church, Brandon, Florida. He is a 5,000-hour pilot and recently passed the course to be a Coast Guard Captain. He is married to Cathy Miller and they live in Apollo Beach, Florida.
