USA Health adds emergency general surgeon

By Carol McPhail
cmcphail@health.southalabama.edu

Steven G. Miller, M.D., recently joined USA Health as an emergency general surgeon and assistant professor of surgery at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine.

In his new role, Miller will care for patients in trauma surgery, critical care and acute-care surgery settings at USA Health University Hospital, home to south Alabama’s only level 1 trauma center.

“To be able to aid people in their times of illness and get them back to their lives, often free of their ailments, is such an incredible opportunity. I feel blessed to be able to participate in it,” he said. “Being a part of something bigger than myself, contributing to a team and working to improve the lives of my patients are my main motivations.”

Miller, who just completed a one-year surgical critical care fellowship at USA Health, said joining an academic health system affords him the opportunity to help medical students and residents grow as providers and surgeons, as his mentors have helped him. “Experiencing that growth and being able to participate in it is a special experience,” he said.

Miller said his biggest goal is to provide the best possible care to patients. “Personally, I hope to grow as a person, a surgeon and a leader. I am looking forward to continuing to build upon my current research interests as well as focusing on process improvement, injury prevention and trauma education.”

He said he has a special interest in optimizing USA Health’s alcohol and substance abuse screening and treatment program for trauma patients – an endeavor that is close to his heart.

Miller earned his medical degree from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Evanston, Illinois, and completed a general surgery residency at the University of Cincinnati before his fellowship training.