Faculty
Dr. Gary Miller
Dr. Gary Miller
Medicine – Division of Critical Care
| University or Institution | Degree | Subject Area | Dates |
| McMaster University | MD | 1973 – 1976 | |
| McGill University
(Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research) |
MSc* | Glucose binding receptors on RBC membranes | 1973 (incomplete) |
| McGill University | BSc | Genetics | 1968 – 1972 |
Title of Dissertation and Name of Supervisor
| Title of Dissertation | Supervisor |
| *Glucose binding receptors on RBC membranes | Dr. Arthur Khalenberg |
Continuing Education or Training
| University or Institution | Rank or Title | Dates |
| St Paul’s Hospital/UBC | Rotating Intern | 1976 – 1977 |
| McMaster University | Internal Medicine R2 | 1977 – 1978 |
| St. Paul’s Hospital/UBC
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Internal Medicine R3-R4 | 1978 – 1980 |
| St. Paul’s Hospital/UBC | Pulmonary Critical Care Fellow | 1980 – 1982 |
Continuing Medical Education
| University or Institution | Type | Detail | Dates | |
| 1 | UBC | Medical/ ICU Grand Rounds | Rounds attended average 1/month | 2017 – 2020 |
| 2 | European Society of Critical Care | Annual Critical Care Conference | Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, Brussels, | 2001 – 2018 (14x) |
| 3 | ANZICS | Annual Conference | Sydney, Canberra | 2000, 2001 |
| 4
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Dubai Critical Care Conference | Annual Critical Care Conference | Dubai, UAE | 2010 – 2014 |
| 5 | Dubai Health | Pulmonary, Critical Care section | Dubai, UAE | 2010 – 2014 |
| 5 | Whistler Critical Care Conference | Critical Care | Whistler, Canada | 2018 – 2020 |
| 6 | ELSO | ECMO Course | Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm, Sweden |
2019 |
Professional Qualifications
| 1 | FRCPC Internal Medicine – 1982 |
| 2 | FACP Pulmonary Critical Care – 1987 |
| 3 | College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC – 1982 |
| REFEREED PUBLICATIONS |
| Journals |
| Canadian Journal of Biochemistry 1972. Khalenberg, Dolan, Miller . D- Glucose binding sites on erythrocyte membranes. |
| Chest 1987. Ostrow, Miller, Miller. Tracheal ulcerations in severe ulcerative colitis. |
| Chest 1989 Pardy, Jenkins, Miller. Residual abnormal pulmonary function following acute botulism poisoning
Saudi Medical Journal, 1994 Al Tahan,Miller, Hussein,Obeid. Critical Illness Polyneuropathy |
| Journal of Neuroimaging 1997. Omer, Al Kawi, Watban, Bholega, Mclean, Miller; Acute Wiernicke’s Encephalopathy associated with Hyperemesis Gravidarum, MRI findings. |
| Conference Proceedings |
| American Academy of Neurology meeting May 1994. Bholega, Haider, Jaiswal, Miller, Stigsby, Mclean, Omer, Al Kawi; Axonal Guillan Barre Syndrome is a misnomer. |
| American Thoracic Society Meeting May 1995. Bouchama, Miller, Djasmati, Siemkowicz, Khan, Ernst; Colony stimulating factors for neutropenic patients admitted to an intensive care unit. |
| NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS |
| Conference Proceedings |
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BOOKS
Chapters
Nosocomial Pneumonia. Infectious Diseases of the Respiratory Tract, ed Ellis and Friend. Cambridge University Press, 1996
Intensive Care Management of Patients with Life -Threatening Pneumonia. Infectious Diseases of the Respiratory Tract, ed Ellis and Friend, Cambridge University Press,1996
| Granting
agency |
Subject | Duration
mo/yy to mo/yy |
Principal Investigator | Co-PI(s) |
| Eli Lilly
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Address Study
Activated Protein C in Critically Ill Patients with APACHE Score < 25 |
02/ 2003 -04/ 2004 | PI for KFSHRC Saudi Arabia | Dr. G Miller
Dr. M Kherralah |
Areas of special interest and accomplishments
| 1 | Director Life Support Training Centre – teaching BLS, PALS, ACLS to physicians, nurses, paramedics |
| 2 | King Faisal Specialist Hospital Riyadh, Jeddah- training medical & surgical residents during their rotations. Didactic lectures, journal club, clinical skills, ICU procedures |
| 3 | American Hospital Dubai – collaborative practice rounds with ICU registrars and nurses |
| 4 | UBC –residents (Medicine, Emergency, Anesthesia, Surgery) and medical student teaching while on call. Review of cases, supervised critical care procedures, POCUS bedside teaching. |
Continuing Education Activities
| Description of Activity | Venue (City/Country) | Dates | |
| 1 | Heat Stroke
Saudi Critical Care Conference |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1994 |
| 2 | Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Saudi Critical Care Conference |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1995 |
| 3 | ARDS
Saudi Critical Care Conference |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1996 |
| 4 | Nutrition in Critical Care Patients
Saudi Critical Care Conference |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1997 |
| 5 | Acid Base Disorders Made Simple
Saudi Critical Care Conference |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 2001 |
| 6 | Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?
Saudi Critical Care Conference (End of Life Issues in ICU) |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 2002 |
| 7 | Post Cardiac Arrest Care
Saudi Critical Care Conference |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 2002 |
| 8 | Patient Safety. Why all the Fuss?
Saudi Critical Care Conference |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 2003 |
| 9 | Medical Emergency Team
Dubai Critical Care Conference |
Dubai, UAE | 2010 |
| 10 | Pulmonary Hypertension
Dubai Critical Care Conference |
Dubai, UAE | 2011 |
| 11 | Fat Embolism
Dubai Critical Care Conference |
Dubai, UAE | 2012 |
| 12 | Critical Care of Obese patients. Myths vs Evidence
Dubai Critical Care Conference |
Dubai, UAE | 2013 |
| 13 | ICU Associated Weakness
Arab Health -Pulmonary Critical Care Section |
Dubai, UAE | 2013 |
| 14 | Acute Lung Injury Following Aortic Arch Repair
Arab Health -Pulmonary Critical Care Section |
Dubai, UAE | 2014 |
| 15 | Grand Rounds – Multiple presentations
King Faisal Specialist Hospital American Hospital Dubai, Al Hada Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver
Coffs Harbour Base Hospital
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Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, UAE Taif, Saudi Arabia North Vancouver, Canada Coffs Harbour, Australia |
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Unscheduled Teaching
| Description | Duration | Year | Number of Students / Trainees | Student / Trainee level | Total Hours |
| Teaching with patient care in ICU | Many hours on my on call shifts
Average 40hrs/week |
2020 | Multiple | UBC residents, (Anesthesia, Medicine, Surgery, Emergency, Neurology, ObGyn) | many |
| Teaching with patient care | 2019 | Multiple | UBC residents (Anesthesia, Medicine, Surgery, Emergency, Neurology, ObGyn)
Medical Students |
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| Teaching with patient care | 2018 | Multiple | UBC residents (Anesthesia, Medicine, Surgery, Emergency, Neurology, ObGyn)
Medical Students |
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| Teaching with patient care
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2017 | Multiple | UBC residents (Anesthesia, Medicine, Surgery, Emergency, Neurology, ObGyn)
Medical Students |
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| Teaching with patient care
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2016 | Multiple | UBC residents (Anesthesia, Medicine, Surgery, Emergency, Neurology, ObGyn)
Medical Students |
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| Teaching with patient care | 2015 | Multiple | UBC residents (Anesthesia, Medicine, Surgery, Emergency, Neurology, ObGyn)
Medical Students |