Joseph Miller, MD, MS

Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center

Director of Interventional Radiology

Attending Physician

Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Joseph Miller, MD MS, is an Interventional Radiologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Miller graduated from the University of California at Riverside, completing his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences in 2004 and a Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2005. He attended the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, graduating in 2010 with both his Doctor of Medicine and a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration and Management.

Dr. Miller completed his internship in Surgery and his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He then completed his fellowship in Interventional Radiology at the University of Colorado at Denver, where he focused much of his time on the treatment of vascular malformations, particularly arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).

Clinical Interests

Arteriovenous Malformations, Venous Malformations, Lymphatic Malformations, Vascular Tumors, Vascular Access

Education

Medical School

Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Internship

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Surgery)

Residency

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Diagnostic Radiology)

Fellowship

University of Colorado at Denver (Interventional Radiology)

Accomplishments

Awards

Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society
RSNA Roentgen Resident Research Award

RFUMS Dean’s Award

Publications

On the relationship of minimum detectable contrast to dose and lesion size in abdominal CT Zhou Y, Scott A, Allahverdian J, Kightlinger B, Azizyan A, Miller JM Phys Med Biol. 2015 Oct 7;60(19):7671-94. PMID 26389637

Spontaneous Retroclival Hematoma in Pituitary Apoplexy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature Azizyan A, Miller JM, Azzam RI, Maya MM, Famini P, Pressman BD, Moser FG J Neurosurg. 2015 Sep;123(3):808-12. PMID 26140487

Diagnosis Please Case 222: Esophago-Pericardial Fistula Miller JM, Sukov RJ Radiology. 2015 Jun;275(3):920-2. PMID 25997134

The Effects of Everolimus on Tuberous Sclerosis Associated Lesions can be Dramatic but may be Impermanent Miller JM, Wachsman A, Haker K, Majlessipour F, Danielpour M, Puliyanda D Pediatric Nephrology 2015 Jan;30(1):173-7. PMID 25194630

The Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis of Occult Hernias Miller JM, Cho J, Michael M, Saouaf R, Towfigh S JAMA Surgery 2014 Oct;149(10):1077-80. PMID 25141884

The Role of Embolization in Reducing the Complications of Cryoablation in Renal Cell Carcinoma Miller JM, Julien P, Wachsman A, Van Allan RJ, Friedman ML Clinical Radiology 2014 Oct;69(10):1045-9. PMID 25037148

Transjugular Liver Biopsy in a Patient with a Total Artificial Heart Miller JM, Van Allan RJ, Annamalai AA, Friedman ML Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2014 Sep;25(9):1480-2. PMID 25150907

The Natural Language of the Physician’s Clinical Note in Outcomes Assessment: A Qualitative Analysis of the Medical Record Miller JM, Velanovich V American Journal of Surgery 2010 Jun;199(6): 817-22. PMID 20609725

Book Chapters:

Imaging for evaluation of groin pain (invited chapter) Miller JM, Smith SD, Ishimitsu DN, Saouaf R. In: Jacob BP, Chen DC, Ramshaw B, Towfigh S, editors. The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain. New York. Springer. Jun 2015.

Post-operative groin evaluation (invited chapter) Miller JM, Ishimitsu DN, Saouaf R. In: Jacob BP, Chen DC, Ramshaw B, Towfigh S, editors. The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain. New York. Springer. Jun 2015.