Nancy S. Miller, MD
Clinical Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Biography
Nancy S. Miller, MD, is Clinical Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and is Medical Director for the Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at Boston Medical Center (2004-present). She also served as Chief and Vice Chair for Laboratory Medicine from 2019 to 2024.
Dr. Miller is a pathologist and clinical microbiologist with 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.
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
Education
- Stony Brook University, MD
- State University of New York at Binghamton, BA
Publications
- Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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 on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/2/2021
Ragan EJ, McCallum C, Marathe J, Cole M, Hofman M, Henderson AJ, Flack T, Miller NS, Burks EJ, Zhao GQ, Denis R, Lin NH, Jacobson KR, Andry CD, Pelton SI, Duffy ER, Bhadelia N. Pandemic Response Requires Research Samples: A U.S. Safety-Net Hospital's Experience and Call for National Action. Ann Intern Med. 2021 12; 174(12):1727-1732. PMID: 34724402.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/17/2021
Bouton TC, Lodi S, Turcinovic J, Schaeffer B, Weber SE, Quinn E, Korn C, Steiner J, Schechter-Perkins EM, Duffy E, Ragan EJ, Taylor BP, Miller N, Davidoff R, Hanage WP, Connor J, Pierre C, Jacobson KR. Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Impact on Rates of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cases and Postvaccination Strain Sequences Among Health Care Workers at an Urban Academic Medical Center: A Prospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Oct; 8(10):ofab465. PMID: 34646910.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/21/2021
Song J, Korunes-Miller J, Banerji R, Wu Y, Fazeli S, Zheng H, Orr B, Morgan E, Andry C, Henderson J, Miller NS, White A, Grinstaff MW. On-Site, On-Demand 3D-Printed Nasopharyngeal Swabs to Improve the Access of Coronavirus Disease-19 Testing. Glob Chall. 2021 Nov; 5(11):2100039. PMID: 34754507.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/20/2021
Epstein RL, Sperring H, Hofman M, Lodi S, White LF, Barocas JA, Bouton TC, Xiao Y, Hsu HE, Miller NS, Linas BP, Marathe JG. Time to SARS-CoV-2 PCR Clearance in Immunocompromising Conditions: Is Test-Based Removal From Isolation Necessary in Severely Immunocompromised Individuals? Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jun; 8(6):ofab164. PMID: 34189164.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/31/2021
Bouton TC, Lodi S, Turcinovic J, Weber SE, Quinn E, Korn C, Steiner J, Schechter-Perkins EM, Duffy E, Ragan EJ, Taylor BP, Schaeffer B, Miller N, Davidoff R, Hanage WP, Connor J, Pierre C, Jacobson KR. COVID-19 vaccine impact on rates of SARS-CoV-2 cases and post vaccination strain sequences among healthcare workers at an urban academic medical center: a prospective cohort study. medRxiv. 2021 Mar 31. PMID: 33821283.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/4/2021
Sagar M, Reifler K, Rossi M, Miller NS, Sinha P, White LF, Mizgerd JP. Recent endemic coronavirus infection is associated with less-severe COVID-19. J Clin Invest. 2021 01 04; 131(1). PMID: 32997649.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2021
Bouton TC, Turcinovic J, Weber SE, Korn C, Steiner J, Lodi S, Duffy E, Miller N, Hanage WP, Connor J, Pierre C, Jacobson KR. The 26th Annual Conference of the Union North America Region. Can SARS-CoV-2 sequencing improve hospital infection control? – A single center experience. 2021.
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