Aaron E. Miller

Aaron E. Miller is an American neurologist, the first Chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis section of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and recognized as a multiple sclerosis clinician.

Miller is both a professor of neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and medical director of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis, both part of the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Additionally, he continues to serve as co-director of the Multiple Sclerosis Care Center at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

Biography Miller graduated from Brandeis University with honors in 1964 and received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1968. He completed his residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, later acquiring additional postdoctoral training in neurovirology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

He was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy from 1971 to 1973.

From 1981 until 2004, Miller headed the Division of Neurology at Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center; he continues to serve as co-director of its Multiple Sclerosis Care Center.

Miller was the first Editor of Continuum, AAN's bimonthly continuing education publication, and he is a reviewer for many prominent journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Neurology and the Archives of Neurology as well as co-author of one of the most-frequently cited articles in Brain: A Journal of Neurology.

In 2001, Miller became the Chief Medical Officer and Chairman of the Clinical Advisory Board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS); he served as chairman of the Clinical Advisory Committee of the New York chapter of the NMSS from 1991 to 2004 and has received grant/research support from Acorda Therapeutics, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Novartis, and Teva Neuroscience.

He is listed in New York magazine's "Best Doctors" issue of 2008.

Awards 1998 – Elected Member, American Neurological Association 1985 – current, Fellow, American Academy of Neurology 1979 – 1981, Teacher-Investigator Award, NINCDS 1968 – Alpha Omega Alpha, New York University School of Medicine 1964 – Phi Beta Kappa, Mu chapter of Massachusetts, Brandeis University Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine

Memberships and affiliations Chairman, Clinical Advisory Committee, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Former co-chairman, American Academy of Neurology Education Committee Scientific Advisory Committee member, National Multiple Sclerosis Society International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis

Publications Partial list:

Miller A, Bourdette D, Cohen JA, Coyle PK, Lublin F, Paty DW, Rice GP, Weinstock-Guttman B, editors. Multiple Sclerosis. New York, Continuum; 1999. pp1–196.

Miller A. Paroxysmal Disorders. In: Burks JS, Johnson KP, editors. Multiple Sclerosis. Diagnosis, Medical Management and Rehabilitation. New York, Demos Medical Publishing, Inc.; 2000. Miller A, Herndon RM. Treatment Issues. In: Kalb RC, editor. Multiple Sclerosis. The questions you have – the answers you need. Second New York, Demos Medical Publishing, Inc.; 2000. Miller A. Clinical Features. In: Cook SD, editor. Handbook of Multiple Sclerosis. Third New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc.; 2001.

Miller A. Ethical consideration in multiple sclerosis clinical trials. In Cohen JA, Rudick RA. Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics. Third Edition. Informa UK Ltd, 2007. El-Moslimany H, Miller A. Escape therapies and management of multiple sclerosis. In Raine C, McFarland H, Hohlfeld R. Multiple Sclerosis: A Comprehensive Text. Elsevier Ltd. Edinburgh, 2008.