Thomas Miller, DO, MPH

Associate Chair, Primary Care DepartmentClinical Assistant Professor in Primary CareTouro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Montana
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Dr. Thomas Miller hails from Montana where he grew up and earned a BS degree in Chemistry and Biology at the College of Great Falls (Now University of Providence) before moving to Michigan where he completed his DO from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his internship at Mt. Clemens General Hospital in Mt. Clemens, MI prior to beginning his 20-year Air Force career. While in the Air Force he completed a residency in Family Practice and was Chief Resident at Creighton University. He remains Board Certified in Family Medicine.

Dr. Miller was a staff physician on the Creighton University Family Practice Residency for one year until he was moved by the Air Force. He also earned a Master of Public Health with an emphasis in occupational medicine from The Johns Hopkins University. His main occupations in the Air Force were family medicine and flight medicine. After he retired from the Air Force, he worked for U.S. Healthworks in Spokane, WA doing urgent care and occupational medicine for 10 years until he moved to Kennewick, WA. While in the Tri-cities Dr. Miller worked for HPMC Occupational Medical Services, a contractor for the Department of Energy at Hanford until accepting an assistant professor position at Heritage University. While at Heritage University, he worked with the PA and Master of Arts in Medical Science programs and worked one day each week at Pacific Northwest University. Dr. Miller joined the staff at PNWU exclusively in May 2020 where he helped manage the clinical skills lab for first and second-year students until mid-October 2022.

November 1, 2022, he officially joined the faculty at Touro. He has been an ordained Deacon with the Catholic Church since December 2019.

Research

Research interests: occupational medicine, urgent care, and public health in primary care.