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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Breast oncology surgeon extends practice to St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville

MOORESVILLE, Ind. – The director of the St. Francis Breast Surgery Program is now seeing patients at the hospital’s Mooresville campus.

Denise Johnson Miller, M.D., is available by appointment the first and third Tuesdays of each month. To schedule an appointment, call 317-781-7391.

St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville is located 1201 Hadley Road.

Johnson Miller, a member of St. Francis Medical Group, specializes in breast cancer and melanoma surgery, has served as principal investigator on numerous trials, most notably in the study of mechanisms of immunosuppression in cancer patients.

Before coming to St. Francis, she was associate professor of surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine and has held other academic and administrative positions with the university. Additionally, she served as general surgery section chief at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Miller earned her medical degree at Washington University, interned in general surgery at Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, and completed her surgical residency at the University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals (Chicago). She was a research fellow in immunology at the University of Dallas and a fellow in surgical oncology at the City of Hope National Medical Center.

Widely published in medical journals, Miller holds several memberships in professional organizations, including Association of American Women Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Breast Surgeons, American Association of Cancer Research, American Society of Clinical Oncology and is an associate of the National Cancer Institute.

Since arriving in Indianapolis, Miller has been a volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Indiana breast tissue bank, and breast cancer educational speaker for various breast cancer related organizations in Indianapolis.

To learn more about services at St. Francis Cancer Center, go to
www.stfrancishospitals.org/cancer.