Daniel M. Miller, MD, FACS
Throughout his professional career, Dr. Miller was dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of cancer and the treatment of this life-threatening disease. Considered a pioneer in cancer surgery, Dr. Miller was Nebraska's first formally trained cancer surgeon and a leading advocate in the care of cancer patients.
Dr. Miller played an instrumental role in creating one of the nation's first boards to evaluate the care of cancer patients and Omaha's hospice care program. His concern for patient care also led him to Central America where he and other physicians and dentists from Omaha began a program to teach medical procedures to health care professionals in Belize. They traveled to the country, offering their medical expertise and helping arrange transportation and lodging for patients to Clarkson Hospital in Omaha.
Dr. Miller was a founding member of the American Society of Preventive Radiology and a charter member of the Association of Hospice Physicians. Additionally he was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of more than 40 professional medical organizations.
Having received his medical degree from Creighton University in 1942, Dr. Miller completed an internship at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago before serving as a major and surgeon in the Army Air Corps during World War II. In 1946, he returned to Michael Reese Hospital to complete residency programs in surgery and pathology. After serving as chief resident from 1948-49, Dr. Miller went on to complete a fellowship in surgical oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Miller returned to Omaha in the early 1950s where he practiced surgical oncology for most of his professional career. He also served as an associate professor of surgery at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and as chief of surgery and the medical director of the hospice program at Clarkson Hospital. Dr. Miller authored several scientific papers and participated in numerous educational programs related to cancer and patient care.
List of historic guest lecturers:
2023 Jonathon O. Russell, MD, FACS
2021 Bridget N. Fahy, MD, FACS
2019 Armando E. Giuliano, MD, FACS, FRCSEd
2016 Douglas B. Evans, MD
2015 Jeffrey Lee, MD
2011 Peter D. Beitsch, MD
2009 Richard Karl, MD
2008 Charles E. Cox, MD
2007 David Winchester, MD
2006 John Daly, MD
2005 James A. Edney, MD
2004 Blake Cady, MD
2003 Richard J. Andrassy, MD
2002 David M. Ota, MD
2001 No guest lecturer
2000 Mary Margaret Kemeny, MD
1999 Charles Balch, MD