J. Michael Millis is an internationally recognized surgeon in pediatric and adult liver transplantation and non transplant liver and biliary tract surgery. He is Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair of Global Surgery at University of Chicago. He is also the director of Clinical Leadership Development Fellowship and Hepatobiliary Surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He is known for developing new techniques of liver surgery that improved outcomes following liver transplantation and non transplant liver and biliary tract surgery. He is a faculty member in the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and a Senior Scholar in the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence.
Millis has written 300 articles and has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet as well as other peer reviewed journals. He has lectured at many universities and medical centers around the world. His research has dealt with immunology, cellular therapy, policy and ethics.
Millis received the Hippocrates Award in 2012, and the Global Citizen Hero Award from Red Cross and the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA
MBA - Medical Managment
2014
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles
- General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Transplantation
1994
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Memphis, TN
M.D. - Medicine
1985
Emory University
Atlanta,GA
BA - Chemistry and Political Science
1981
Understanding the impact of health inequities in surgical complications: Rethinking morbidity and mortality conferences.
Understanding the impact of health inequities in surgical complications: Rethinking morbidity and mortality conferences. Surgery. 2023 02; 173(2):553-554.
PMID: 36372571
Review Paper on Penetrating Brain Injury: Ethical Quandaries in the Trauma Bay and Beyond.
Review Paper on Penetrating Brain Injury: Ethical Quandaries in the Trauma Bay and Beyond. Ann Surg. 2023 Jan 01; 277(1):66-72.
PMID: 35997268
The Effect of Normothermic Machine Perfusion on the Immune Profile of Donor Liver.
The Effect of Normothermic Machine Perfusion on the Immune Profile of Donor Liver. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:788935.
PMID: 35720395
Cannabidiol inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication through induction of the host ER stress and innate immune responses.
Cannabidiol inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication through induction of the host ER stress and innate immune responses. Sci Adv. 2022 Feb 25; 8(8):eabi6110.
PMID: 35050692
Public Psychosocial and Behavioral Responses in the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large Survey in China.
Public Psychosocial and Behavioral Responses in the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large Survey in China. Front Psychiatry. 2021; 12:676914.
PMID: 34393844
Suction thrombectomy and stent grafting of inferior vena cava thrombus following primary repair of traumatic inferior vena cava injury.
Suction thrombectomy and stent grafting of inferior vena cava thrombus following primary repair of traumatic inferior vena cava injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 05 01; 90(5):e123-e125.
PMID: 33891576
Cannabidiol Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response.
Cannabidiol Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response. bioRxiv. 2021 Mar 10.
PMID: 33758843
The demise of islet allotransplantation in the United States: A call for an urgent regulatory update.
The demise of islet allotransplantation in the United States: A call for an urgent regulatory update. Am J Transplant. 2021 04; 21(4):1365-1375.
PMID: 33251712
Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomized, Double Blind, Prospective Study at the University of Chicago: Additional Standardizations of Trial Protocol are Needed to Evaluate the Effect of a CXCR1/2 Inhibitor in Islet Allotransplantation.
Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomized, Double Blind, Prospective Study at the University of Chicago: Additional Standardizations of Trial Protocol are Needed to Evaluate the Effect of a CXCR1/2 Inhibitor in Islet Allotransplantation. Cell Transplant. 2021 Jan-Dec; 30:9636897211001774.
PMID: 33908301
En bloc liver and pancreas transplantation after total pancreatectomy with autologous islet transplantation.
En bloc liver and pancreas transplantation after total pancreatectomy with autologous islet transplantation. Eur J Transl Clin Med. 2020; 3(2):11-17.
PMID: 33409500
Outstanding Teaching Award
University of Chicago Dept of Surgery
2018
Global Citizen Hero Award
American Red Cross
2017
Senior Faculty Scholar
Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence
2015 - Pres
The Hippocrates Award
The Hippocrates Society
2012
America's Top Doctors
Castle Connelly
2005 - 2019
Americas Best Doctors
Best in Medicine
2005 - 2019
Who's Who in American Medicine
Marquis
2000 - 2019
Chicago TOp Doctors
Chicago Magazine
1995 - 2019
Outstanding Chief Resident
UCLA
1992
Outstanding 2nd Year Resident
UCLA
1987
Outstanding Intern
UCLA
1986
Harwell Wilson Surgical Acievement
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
1985