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Home > CDAP > Dr. Peter Miller
Dr. Peter Miller

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Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor, College of Graduate Studies
Editor-in-Chief, Addictive Behaviors

EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park, MD  B.A.  1964 Psychology 
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC M.A.1966Psychology
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL  Internship 1968Clinical Psychology
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SCPh.D.1968Clinical Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1968-1969 Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
1968-1969Director, Community Consultation Services, Charleston Area Mental Health Center, Charleston, SC
1969-1971Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
1972-1975Director, Alcoholism Treatment and Research Unit, Veterans Administration Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
1974-1976Associate Professor, Chief Psychologist, and Director, Psychology Internship Training Program, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
1976-1979Director, Department of Behavioral Medicine, Hilton Head Hospital, Hilton Head Island, SC
1979-1985Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
1979-2000Executive Director, Hilton Head Health Institute, Hilton Head Island, SC
1984-2001Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2000-2003Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), MUSC, Charleston, SC
2000-presentProfessor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2006-presentProfessor, College of Graduate Studies, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2007-presentShared Scientific Resource Core Director, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC

AWARDS AND HONORS

1974-present Editor-in-Chief, Addictive Behaviors
1976-1979Editorial Board, Behavior Therapy
1976-1979Member, Alcohol Research Study Section (IRB), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
1976-presentEditorial Board, Behavior Modification
1979-1981Chair, Alcohol Research Study Section (IRB), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
1979-presentEditorial Board, Journal of Behavioral Assessment
1980-2000Committee Chair and Examiner (recurrent appointment), Clinical Psychology Specialty, American Board of Professional Psychology
2000-presentEditor-in-Chief, Eating Behaviors
2001-presentMember, Advisory Board, Hypertension Initiative of South Carolina, MUSC
2003-presentMember, International Society of Addiction Journal Editors
2005-presentResearch Associate Member, Hollings Cancer Center, MUSC
2006-2007Member, Scientific Committee, World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
2006-2007Editorial Consultant, Physicians’ Information and Education Resource (PIER), American College of Physicians
2006-2007Field Reviewer, Substance Abuse Treatment Improvement Protocol Series, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
2006-2007Invited Contributor, Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinicians Guide., Updated NIAAA Alcohol Screening/Intervention Guidelines (2007), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcholism (NIAAA).
2007-2008Co-Chair, Program Committee, Joint Congress of the International Society of Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) and the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA)
2007-presentMember, Content Selection and Advisory Board, SCOPUS (International Research Citation Database), Elsevier Science

PUBLICATIONS (2006-present)
Conway KP, Compton WM & Miller PM. Novel approaches to phenotyping drug abuse. Addictive Behaviors 31(6):923-928, 2006.

Miller PM. Alcohol and drug abuse. In Clinician's Handbook of Adult Behavioral Assessment, Hersen M (Ed) pp 279-295. Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2006.

Miller PM, Day TA & Ravenel MC. Clinical implications of continued alcohol consumption after diagnosis of upper aerodigestive tract cancer. Alcohol and Alcoholism 41(2):140-142, 2006.

Miller PM, Ravenel MC, Shealy A & Thomas SE. Alcohol screening in dental patients: Prevalence of hazardous drinking and patient attitudes about screening and advice. Journal of the American Dental Association 137(12):1692-1698, 2006.

Miller PM, Spies C, Neumann T, Javors MA, Hoyumpa AM, Roache J, Webb A, Kashi M, Sharkey FE, Anton RF, Egan BM, Basile J, Nguyen S, Fleming MF & Dillie KS. Alcohol biomarker screening in medical and surgical settings. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 30(2):185-193, 2006.

Miller PM, Stockdell R, Nemeth L, Feifer C, Jenkins R, Nietert PJ, Wessell A, Liszka H & Ornstein SM. Initial steps by nine primary care practices to implement alcohol screening guidelines with hypertensive patients: The AA TRIP project. Substance Abuse 27(1/2):61-70, 2006.

Miller PM, Thomas SE & Mallin R. Patient attitudes towards self-report and biomarker alcohol screening by primary care physicians. Alcohol & Alcoholism 41(3):306-310, 2006.

Neuner B, Miller PM, Maulhardt A, Weiss-Gerlach E, Neumann T, Lau A, Brähler E, Helmert U, Hass N, Müller JM, Wernecke KD & Spies C. Hazardous alcohol consumption and sense of coherence in emergency department patients with minor trauma. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 82:143-150, 2006.

Spies C, Eggers V, Szabo G, Lau A, von Dossow V, Schoenfeld H, Althoff H, Hegenscheid K, Bohm B, Schroeder T, Pfeiffer S, Ziemer S, Paschen C, Klein M, Marks C, Miller P, Sander M, Wernecke K-D, Achterberg E, Kaisers U & Volk H-D. Intervention at the level of the neuroendocrine-immune axis and postoperative pneumonia rate in long-term alcoholics. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 174(4):408-414, 2006.

Cluver JS, Miller PM & Anton RF. Case studies of the utility of serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (%CDT) in the clinical management of alcoholics. Journal of Addiction Medicine 1(1):44-47, 2007.

Stewart SH & Miller PM. Alcohol Screening and Intervention in Medical and Surgical Settings. In Translation of Addictions Science into Practice: Update and Future Directions, Miller PM, Kavanagh D (Eds). Elsevier-Pergamon, New York, NY, 2007.

Stewart SH & Miller PM. Detecting alcohol use disorders in recently hospitalized persons: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Journal of Addiction Medicine 1(1):40-43, 2007.

Stewart SH & Miller PM. Detection and treatment of alcohol-induced hypertension. Current Hypertension Reviews 3(2):119-127, 2007.

Thomas SE & Miller PM. Knowledge and attitudes about pharmacotherapy for alcoholism: A survey of counselors and administrators in community-based addiction treatment centres. Alcohol & Alcoholism 42(2):113-118, 2007.

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