COLONEL ROBERT I. MILLER

Colonel Robert I. Miller is the Command Surgeon and Director, Medical Services and Training, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. He is responsible for a staff consisting of 61 personnel, both military and civilian, providing strategic planning policy, assessment and resources for AETC's 12 medical units, employing in excess of 10,000 individuals serving more than 500,000 beneficiaries. He advises the AETC Commander on all health-related matters. Colonel Miller also allocates and plans for the use of combined operations and maintenance, military personnel and TRICARE contracts totaling more than $6 billion. He is responsible to the AETC Commander and the Air Force Surgeon General for the education and training of Air Force personnel in all medical career fields.

Colonel Miller entered active duty in 1985 as a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences medical student. He is board certified in both general pediatrics and developmental-behavioral pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Senior Flight Surgeon. In addition to clinical positions, Colonel Miller has previously served as a Chief of the Medical Staff at the facility and major command level, a squadron commander, group commander, and a unified combatant command surgeon general.

Colonel Miller received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Massachusetts. He is also a Certified Physician Executive and a Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives, American College of Healthcare Executives, and American Academy of Pediatrics.  Prior to his current position, he was Command Surgeon, U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany. 


EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and chemistry, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.
1989 Doctor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md..
1992 Residency in general pediatrics, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1997 Air Command and Staff College (seminar)
1998 Aerospace Medicine Primary Course
1998 Fellowship in developmental-behavioral pediatrics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Wash., and University of Washington, Seattle
2000 Air War College (correspondence)
2004 Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives, Washington, D.C.
2005 Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2006 Medical Capstone Course, Washington, D.C.
2006 Master of Business Administration, University of Massachusetts, Isenberg School of Management.
2008 Medical Strategic Leadership Program, San Antonio, Texas

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. July 1985 - May 1989, medical student, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.
2. June 1989 - June 1992, pediatric resident, Wright-Patterson AFB and Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
3. July 1992 - June 1995, staff pediatrician and Chief of Pediatric Services, 22d Medical Group, March AFB, Calif.
4. July 1995 - June 1998, developmental-behavioral pediatrics fellow, Madigan AMC, Fort Lewis, Wash. and University of Washington, Seattle
5. July 1998 - June 2001, staff developmental pediatrician, EDIS Flight Commander, SGH, Deputy Medical Operations Squadron Commander, 31st Medical Group, Aviano AB, Italy.
6. July 2001 - January 2003, Medical Operations Squadron Commander, 30th Medical Group, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
7. January 2003 - June 2004, Chief of Clinical Medicine, Office of the Command Surgeon, Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
8. July 2004 - May 2005, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. June 2005 - December 2007, Commander, 48th Medical Group, RAF Lakenheath, England
10. January 2008 - January 2010, Commander, 779th Medical Group/Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews AFB, Md.
11. February 2010 - June 2012, Command Surgeon, U.S. Africa Command,  Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart-Mohringen, Germany
12. June 2012 - present, Command Surgeon and Director, Medical Services and Training, Headquarters AETC, JBSA-Randolph, Texas

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with six devices

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow, American College of Physician Executives
Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives
Federal Health Care Executives Institute Alumni Association
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Captain   May 20, 1989
Major   May 20, 1995
Lieutenant Colonel   May 31, 2000
Colonel   May 29, 2004


(Current as of October 2012)