Captain Jacqueline Miller, MD, FACS

Captain Jacqueline Miller, MD, FACS

Jacqueline Miller, MD, FACS, is a board-certified general surgeon and a Captain with the U.S. Public Health Service. She did her undergraduate education at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and earned her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. She then completed an internship and residency in general surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. After completing her training, she practiced general surgery for eight years in Atlanta with a special interest in breast cancer.

She later joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in the Division of Adult and Community Health. Currently, she is the Medical Director for CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. She has authored or co-authored more than 90 publications and mentors fellows training in epidemiology. She still provides clinical care in an outpatient clinic setting.

Some of the articles Dr. Miller has authored include—

Dr. Miller offers her perspective in the blog post, Tackling Breast Cancer: The Right Treatment for the Right Woman at the Right Time.