Nancy S. Miller, MD

Clinical Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Nancy S. Miller, MD, is Clinical Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. She is currently faculty on service as a Clinical Microbiologist for the Boston University Medical Campus. She was Medical Director for the Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at Boston Medical Center from 2004 to 2026. She also served as Chief and Vice-Chair for Laboratory Medicine from 2019 to 2024.
Dr. Miller is a pathologist and clinical microbiologist with more than two decades of experience in infectious disease diagnostics, patient care, outbreak response and preparedness. She advises and leads translational research including development of in-vitro infectious diseases diagnostics and comparative evaluation studies.

Publications

  • Published 4/14/2026

    Jones-López EC, Miller NS, Orr B, White LF, Vinhas S, Mpeirwe M, Orikiriza P, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Palaci M, Dietze R, Boum Y, Madico G. Unexpected detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in US-born patients in putative association with clinical syndromes. Nat Commun. 2026 Apr 14; 17(1). PMID: 41980930.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 12/12/2024

    Nielsen MC, Miller NS. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in the United States. Clin Lab Med. 2025 Mar; 45(1):137-144. PMID: 39892932.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 10/14/2024

    De La Hoz A, Gadi N, Lopez CG, Barrera-Godinez A, Miller NS, Bourque DL, Brem C, Ozluk E, Seth G, Kimball S, Taylor JL. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in a Patient With Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and HIV: A Diagnostic Challenge for Clinicians Caring for a Migrant Population in the United States. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Oct; 11(10):ofae587. PMID: 39474451.

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  • Published 10/1/2024

    Martins MF, Dauphinais MR, Tabackman A, Narasimhan PB, Nielsen MC, Miller NS, Sahay A, Namachivayam M, Janarthanan S, Palanivel C, Lakshminarayanan S, Koura KG, Sinha P. Clearing the air: microcosting the carbon impact of drug-susceptible pulmonary TB treatment. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Oct 01; 28(10):488-493. PMID: 39334542.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 7/5/2023

    Medeiros I, Vadlamudi C, Doonan K, Nielsen MC, Miller NS. Implementation of an HIV RNA Qualitative PCR Assay in an HIV Diagnostic Algorithm: A Single-Institution Experience. Am J Clin Pathol. 2023 Jul 05; 160(1):11-17. PMID: 36869833.

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Other Positions

  • Chief and Vice Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Chief and Vice Chair, Laboratory Medicine
    Boston Medical Center
  • Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Diagnostics
    Boston Medical Center

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Education

  • Stony Brook University, MD
  • State University of New York at Binghamton, BA

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