
Ethan Daniel Miller, MD
Department of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2004 | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, MD, Medicine |
1998 | Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA, MA, Psychology |
1993 | Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA, BA, Philosophy |
Postgraduate Training
2007-2010 | Clinical Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Scottsdale, AZ |
2004-2007 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
Board Certifications
2011 | Gastroenterology |
2007 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - 2018
Research Assistant-Molecular Genetics, Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1999 - 2000
Associate Advertising Executive, Media Cross Inc, St. Louis, MO, 1998 - 1999
Teaching Assistant, Department of Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1995 - 1995
Congressional Aide, U.S. House Committee on Banking, Finance & Urban Affairs, Washington, DC, 1993 - 1994
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, DoIM Immuno-Oncology Toxicity Working Group, 2019 - Present
Member, Clinical Effectiveness Subcommittee, 2012 - Present
Honors & Awards
2004 | Clinical Medicine, Annual Research Symposium - 1st Place, Baylor College of Medicine |
2004 | Clinical Science, James K. Alexander Research Symposium - Honorable Mention, Baylor College of Medicine |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Hill A, Elakkad A, Kuban J, Sabir S, Odisio B, Huang SY, Mahvash A, Miller E, Kroll MH, Overman M, Tam AL, Gupta S, Sheth RA. Durability of partial splenic artery embolization on platelet counts for cancer patients with hypersplenism-related thrombocytopenia. Abdominal Radiology, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Miller ED, Abu-Sbeih H, Styskel B, Nogueras Gonzalez GM, Blechacz B, Naing A, Chalasani N. Clinical characteristics and adverse impact of hepatotoxicity due to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Am J Gastroenterol, 2019. PMID: 31789632.
- Hwang JP, Lok MJ, Fisch SB, Cantor AB, Lin HY, Foreman JT, Vierling JM, Torres HA, Granwehr BP, Miller ED, Eng C, Simon GR, Ahmed S, Ferrajoli A, Romaguera J, Suarez-Almazor ME. Models to Predict Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Patients With Cancer Undergoing Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2018.
- Torres HA, Roach LR, Mahale P, Economides MP, Blechacz B, Miller ED, Borchardt R, Rashid A, Oo TH, Shukla B, Farida M, Ericsson CD, Granwehr BP, Raad II. Transdisciplinary Approach to Managing Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Patients at a Tertiary Care Cancer Center. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 14(9):1185-8, 2016. PMID: 27587628.
- Raju GS, Lum PJ, Ross WA, Thirumurthi S, Miller ED, Lynch PM, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Shafi MA, Weston BR, Pande M, Bresalier RS, Rashid A, Mishra L, Davila MD, Stroehlein JR. Outcome of EMR as alternative to surgery in patients with complex colon polyps. Gastrointest Endosc 84(2):315-25, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Torres HA, Mahale P, Miller ED, Frenette C. Telaprevir-containing regimen for treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma awaiting liver transplantation: as case series. J Hepatocell Carcinoma(1):109-14, 2016. PMID: 27508180.
- Raju GS, Lum P, Slack RS, Thirumurthi S, Lynch PM, Miller ED, Weston BR, Davila ML, Bhutani MS, Shafi MA, Bresalier RS, Dekovich AA, Lee JH, Guha S, Pande M, Blechacz B, Rashid A, Routbort M, Shuttlesworth G, Mishra L, Stroehlein JR. Natural language processing as an alternative to manual reporting of colonoscopy quality metrics. Gastrointest Endosc 82(3):512-9, 2015. PMID: 25910665.
- Torres HA, Mahale P, Blechacz B, Miller ED, Kaseb A, Herlong HF, Fowler N, Jiang Y, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP. Effect of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with cancer: addressing a neglected population. J Natl Compr Canc Network 13(1):41-50, 2015. PMID: 25583768.
- Torres HA, Kaseb A, Mahale P, Miller ED, Frenette C. Telaprevir-containing regimen for treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in patient with hepatocellular carcinoma waiting liver transplantation: a case series. Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma 1:109-114, 2014.
- Torres HA, Mahale P, Miller ED, Oo TH, Frenette C, Kaseb AO. Co-administration of telaprevir and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Hepatol 5(6):332-5, 2013. PMID: 23805358.
- Islam S, Miller ED, Patel N, De Petris G, Highsmith EW, Fleischer DE. The use of DNA fingerprinting to resolve conflicting results in patients with suspected gastrointestinal malignancy. J Clin Gastroenterol 47(3):239-41, 2013. PMID: 23391868.
- Miller ED, Steidley DE, Arabia FA, Decker GA. Gastric erosion associated with left ventricular assist device: new technology, new complication. Gastrointest Endosc 70(1):181-3, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19152894.
- Kramer JR, Davila JA, Miller ED, Richardson P, Giordano TP, El-Serag HB. The validity of viral hepatitis and chronic liver disease diagnoses in Veterans Affairs administrative databases. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 27(3):274-82, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17996017.
- Wong WT, Myhr KL, Miller ED, Wong RO. Developmental changes in the neurotransmitter regulation of correlated spontaneous retinal activity. J Neurosci 20(1):351-60, 2000. PMID: 10627612.
- Miller ED, Tran MN, Wong GK, Oakley DM, Wong RO. Morphological differentiation of bipolar cells in the ferret retina. Vis Neurosci 16(6):1133-44, 1999. PMID: 10614593.
Abstracts
- Miller ED, Dakhoul L, Abu Sbeih H, Mao E, DeLemos A, Roche P, Scanga A, Vilar Gomez E, Gawrieh S, Chalasani N, Wattacheril J. Increasing trend for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) linked to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the United States. EASL International Liver Conference - Paris, France, 2018.
- Zhang HC, Dedania BK, Miller ED. Adverse Hepatobiliary Effects of Pegaspargase: Diagnostic Features and Potential Treatment. World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG Annual Meeting, 2017.
- DaVee T, Deep A, Khuwaja S, Thirumurthi S, Nogueras-Gonzalez GM, Lum PJ, Bhutani MS, Miller ED, Lee JH. Does prior abdominal surgery increase the incidence of adverse events following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement 152(5):S417, 2017.
- Hwang JP, Lok AS, Fisch MJ, Cantor SB, Barbo AG, Lin HY, Foreman JT, Vierling JM, Torres H, Granwehn B, Miller ED, Saurez-Almazor M,. Predicting Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Patients with Cancer Undergoing Systemic Anti-cancer Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study. 40th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine 32:S280, 2017.
- Weston BR, Ross, WA, Lum P, Thirumurthi S, Miller ED, et al.. Adenoma Detection Rate (ADR) and Serrated Adenoma Detection Rate (SDR) During Screening Colonoscopy With and Without a Personal Cancer History (PCH) in a Tertiary Referral Cancer Center. Poster Presentation Fourth State of the Science Cancer Survivorship Research Symposium, 2016.
- Raju GS, Lum P, Ross W, Lynch PM, Thirumurthi S, Miller ED, Blechacz B, Weston BR, Shafi M, Bhutani MS, Lee JH, Davila ML, Stroehlein JR. Better Management of Patients with Large Colon Polyps Requires Improvement in the Knowledge Gaps Among Referring Endoscopists. ASGE, 2016.
- Raju GS, Lum P, Ross W, Lynch PM, Miller ED, Thirumurthi S, Blechacz B, Lee JH, Shafi M, Bhutani MS, Asif R, Weston BR, Davila ML, Stroehlein JR. Outcome of a Protocol Driven Endoscopic Resection of patients with large colon polyps (<20mm) results in low complications and recurrence. ASGE, 2016.
- Torres HA, Mahale P, Granwehr B, Miller ED, Borchardt R, Shukla B, Ericsson CD, RaadII. Transdisciplinary approach to managing HCV infection in patients at a tertiary care center. Infectious Diseases Society of America Accepted for poster presentation at the 2015 ID Week, 10/7-11/2015, San Diego CA, 2015.
- Patham B, Miller ED, Murphy WA, I-Nan Hu M. Tenofovir-Related Hypophosphatemic Ostemomalacia and Multiple Fractures Mimicking Metastatic Bone Disease in a Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Endocrine Society's 97th Annual Meeting and Expo San Diego, CA, 2015.
- Weston BR, Ross WA, Lum P, Thirumurthi S, Miller ED, Bhutani MS, Blechacz B, Bresalier RS, Davila ML, Dekovich AA, Guha S, Lee JH, Lynch PM, Pande M, Asif R, Shafi MA, Shuttlesworth G, Stack RS, Mishra L, Stroehlein JR, Raju GS. Adenoma detection rate (ADR) and serrated adenoma detection rate (SDR) during screening colonoscopy with and without a personal cancer history (PCH) in a tertiary referral cancer center. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy-DDW Poster Presentation 79(5):AB202, 2014.
- Phillip Lum, Ross WA, Pande M, Lynch PM, Miller ED, et al. Measures to Improve Colonoscopy Quality Metrics. Poster DDW 2014 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 79(5S):Sa1409, 2014.
- Thirumurthi S, Ross WA, Lum P, Miller ED, Weston BR, et al.. Adenoma Detection Rate & Sessile Serrated Adenoma Detection Rate Trends With Increasing Age: a Study Using a Natural Language Processing Computer Program. Poster DDW 2014. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 79(5S):Sa1412, AB203, 2014.
- Miller ED, Ross WA, Lum P, Thirumurthi S, Weston BR, Pande M, et al.. Screening Colonoscopy Quality Metrics for Males and Females Across Ethnic Groups Using a Natural Language Processing Algorithm. Poster DDW 2014. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 79(5S):Sa1409, 2014.
- Raju G, Ross WA, Lum P, Lynch PM, Slack RS, Miller ED et al.. Natural Language Processing (NLP) As an Alternative to Manual Reporting of Colonoscopy Quality Metrics. Oral Presentation DDW 2014. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 79(5S, 166,):AB116-AB117, 2014.
- Miller ED, Blechacz B, Herlong HF, Davila M, Torres HA. The effect of antiviral therapy on progression of liver disease in Hepatitis C Virus-infected patients with malignancies. The Liver Meeting AASLD's 64th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, November 1 - November 5, 2013, 2013.
- Torres HA, Davila M, Mulanovich VE, Granwehr BP, Miller ED, Nevah MI, Mishra L, Kontoyiannis DP. Hepatitis C Clinic at a Comprehensive Cancer Center: The successful story of multidisciplinary efforts. Infectious Diseases Society of America Accepted for poster presentation at the 49th IDSA Annual Meeting, 10/20-23/2011, Boston MA, 2011.
- Miller ED, Steidley D, Arabia F, Das A, Crowell M, Leighton J, Decker A.. Gastrointestinal complications associated with left ventricular assist devices. Am J Gastroenterol(Suppl S):S521-2, 2008.
- Miller ED, Hampel H, Goodgame RW.. A novel mutation involving an insertion in exon 4 of the APC gene leading to an uncommon phenotype: A 62 year-old man with synchronous colon cancers and 175 adenomas. Am J Gastroenterol Suppl 350, 2004.
- Miller ED, Wong GK, Oakley DM, Wong ROL.. Morphological and functional development of bipolar cells in the ferret retina. Soc for Neurosci 23:641, 1997.
- Miller ED. Five-Year Trends in Adenoma Detection Rates: A Report From A Single Academic Group Practice.
Book Chapters
- Miller ED, Harrison MEH.. Gallstones, Gallbladder Polyps and Their Complications: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management. In: Practical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Oxford Blackwell: United States, 2010.
- Wong ROL, Miller ED, Wong WT, Shields CR, Cyhr KL.. Development changes in the spontaneous bursting patterns of on and off ganglion cells. In: Development and Organization of the Retina: From Molecules to Function. Plenum Press: New York, 275-88, 1998.