James (Jay)

Miller

MD, MSc

Biography

Dr. Miller works part-time at the Harborview Medical Center After Care Clinic and serves as a Regional Medical Officer at the Washington State Department of Health. In this role, he supports the Southwest region as well as Department of Health's work on correctional health, tuberculosis, mpox, and COVID-19. His prior clinical experience includes work with the Maniilaq Association in northwest Alaska, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, and the Seattle Indian Health Board.

EDUCATION & TRAINING 

• MSc, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (2010–2011)
• MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2011–2016)
• Internal Medicine Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (2016–2019)
• Global Medicine Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (2019–2020)
• Epidemic Intelligence Service Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Shoreline, WA (2020–2022)

Clinical interests

• Care for people experiencing homelessness
• Care for people who use drugs
• Care systems for American Indian and Alaska Native people and communities

Research interests

• Communicable disease outbreak response
• Community health worker programs
• Patient/caregiver experience and satisfaction

Publication highlights

• Miller JS, Mulogo EM, Wesuta AC, Mumbere M, Mbaju J, Matte M, Ntaro M, Guiles DA, Patel PR, Bwambale S, Kenney J, Reyes R, Stone GS (2022). Long-term quality of integrated community case management care for children in Bugoye Subcounty, Uganda: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open.
• McQuaid J and Miller JS. “Preparing for asylum evaluations.” Asylum Medicine: A Clinician’s Guide, edited by Katherine C. McKenzie, Springer, 2022.
• Miller JS, Holshue M, Dostal TKH, Newman LP., & Lindquist S (2021). COVID-19 outbreak among farmworkers—Okanogan County, Washington, May-August 2020. MMWR.
• Trout LJ, Weisman A, Miller JS, Kramer C, Keshavjee S, Kleinman AM, Kulkarni S, Baldwin T, Tobey ML, Buffey T, & Harris NS (2021). Siamit: a novel academic-tribal health partnership in northwest Alaska. Academic Medicine.  
• Miller JS, Bonacci RA, Lash RR, Moonan PK, Houck P, Van Meter JJ, Butler M, Everson T, Morrison B, Sixberry M, Person A, & Oeltmann JE (2021). COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing in central Washington State, June–July 2020. Journal of Community Health.
• Bonacci RA, Manahan LM, Miller JS, Moonan PK, Lipparelli MB., DiFedele LM, Davis LB, Lash RR, Oeltmann JE (2021). COVID-19 contact tracing outcomes in Washington State, August and October 2020. Frontiers in Public Health.
• Lash RR, Moonan PK, Byers BL, Bonacci RA, Bonner KE, Donahue M, Donovan CV, Grome HN, Janssen JM, Magleby R, McLaughlin HP, Miller JS, Pratt CQ, Steinberg J, Varela K, Anschuetz GL, Cieslak PR, Fialkowski V, Fleischauer AT, Goddard C, Johnson SJ, Morris M, Moses J, Newman A, Prinzing L, Sulka AC, Va P, Willis M, Oeltmann JE; COVID-19 Contact Tracing Assessment Team (2021). COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing in the US, 2020. JAMA Network Open.
• Miller JS, Patel P, Mian-McCarthy S, Wesuta AC, Matte M, Ntaro M, Bwambale S, Kenney J, Stone GS, & Mulogo EM (2021). Usage of and satisfaction with Integrated Community Case Management care in western Uganda: A cross-sectional survey. Malaria Journal.
• Miller JS, Mbusa RK, Baguma S, Patel P, Matte M, Ntaro M, Bwambale S, Kenney J, Guiles D, Mulogo EM, & Stone GS. (2020). Assessing village health workers’ ability to perform and interpret rapid diagnostic tests for malaria 4 years after initial training: a cross-sectional study. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
• Miller JS, Mbusa RK, Baguma S, Patel P, Matte M, Ntaro M, Wesuta AC, Mumbere N, Bwambale S, Mian-McCarthy S, Kenney J, Guiles D, Mulogo, EM, & Stone GS (2020). A cross-sectional study comparing case scenarios and record review to measure quality of Integrated Community Case Management care in western Uganda. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
• Miller JS, English L, Matte M, Mbusa R, Ntaro M, Bwambale S, Kenney J, Siedner MJ, Reyes R, Lee PT, Mulogo E, & Stone GS (2018). Quality of care in Integrated Community Case Management services in Bugoye, Uganda: A retrospective observational study. Malaria Journal.
• English L, Miller JS, Mbusa R, Matte M, Kenney J, Bwambale S, Ntaro M, Patel P, Mulogo E, & Stone GS (2016). Monitoring iCCM referral systems: Bugoye Integrated Community Case Management Initiative (BIMI) in Uganda. Malaria Journal.
• Miller JS, Mhalu A, Chalamilla G, Siril H, Kaaya S, Tito J, Aris E, & Hirschhorn LR (2014). Patient satisfaction with HIV/AIDS care at private clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AIDS Care.
• Miller JS, Musominali S, Baganizi M, & Paccione GA (2014). A process evaluation of performance-based incentives for village health workers in Kisoro district, Uganda. Human Resources for Health.