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Nancy S. Miller, MD

Associate Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

MD, Stony Brook University

Websites

	Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Faculty
	Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
	ResearchGate

ORCID : 0000-0001-5878-0896

Expertise includes: Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Diagnostics; Antimicrobial susceptibility testing; Special interest in translational research; New diagnostics for infectious diseases.

Chief and Vice Chair
Boston University School of Medicine
Laboratory Medicine

Chief and Vice Chair
Boston Medical Center
Laboratory Medicine

Medical Director
Boston Medical Center
Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Diagnostics

1998-2000 Infectious Diseases Society of America: The Becton Dickinson Centennial Fellowship

1995 SUNY Stony Brook: Award for Excellence in Research

1995 SUNY Stony Brook: Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation

1995 SUNY Stony Brook: Alpha Omega Alpha

1976 SUNY Binghamton: Phi Beta Kappa

BMC Research

Collection of Samples for the Development and Validation of the Unyvero Invasive Joint Infection…
09/04/2018 - 09/03/2020 (PI)
Curetis GmbH

BioHelix Isoamp HSV Assay Clinical Study Protocol (HSV-01-2010)
12/31/2010 - 03/31/2011 (PI)
BioHelix Corp

BioHelix Proof of Principle study: Ct values for GBS spiked swabs versus clinical samples
10/23/2009 - 10/22/2010 (PI)
BioHelix Corp

Alpha Testing Protocol for the BioHelix IsoAmp HSV Assay
01/14/2010 - 03/31/2010 (PI)
BioHelix Corp

Comparative Study of Antimicrobial Inactivation w/ BD
09/01/2008 - 11/30/2009 (PI)
BD Diagnostics

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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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.View Related Profiles.

Linas, Benjamin
Hsu, Heather
Marathe, Jai
Barocas, Joshua
White, Laura
Miller, Nancy
Epstein, Rachel
Lodi, Sara
Bouton, Tara

PMID: 34189164; PMCID: PMC8231388; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab164;

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.View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Jacobson, Karen
Miller, Nancy
Lodi, Sara
Bouton, Tara

PMID: 33821283; PMCID: PMC8020984; DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.30.21254655;

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).View Related Profiles.

Mizgerd, Joseph
White, Laura
Sagar, Manish
Miller, Nancy
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 32997649; PMCID: PMC7773342; DOI: 10.1172/JCI143380;

Giadone RM, Mithal A, Miller GJ, Matte TM, Yeung AK, Dowrey TW, Werder RB, Miller NS, Andry CD, Vanuytsel K, Murphy GJ. qRT-PCR Platforms for Diagnosing and Reporting SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Human Samples. STAR Protoc. 2020 Sep 18; 1(2):100102.View Related Profiles.

Andry, Christopher
Murphy, George
Vanuytsel, Kim
Miller, Nancy
Werder, Rhiannon Bree

PMID: 32954369; PMCID: PMC7490627; DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100102;

Kimmel SD, Miller NS. The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory and the Opioid Epidemic: Challenges and Opportunities. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2020 09; 34(3):465-478.View Related Profiles.

Miller, Nancy
Kimmel, Simeon

PMID: 32782096; PMCID: PMC7428057; DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2020.06.005;

Barocas JA, Komaromy M, Haidar D, Barlam TF, Orr BL, Miller NS. Assessment of Oropharyngeal Specimens for Discontinuation of Transmission-Based COVID-19 Precautions. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Sep; 7(9):ofaa382.View Related Profiles.

Barocas, Joshua
Komaromy, Miriam
Miller, Nancy
Barlam, Tamar

PMID: 32964067; PMCID: PMC7494181; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa382;

Vanuytsel K, Mithal A, Giadone RM, Yeung AK, Matte TM, Dowrey TW, Werder RB, Miller GJ, Miller NS, Andry CD, Murphy GJ. Rapid Implementation of a SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic Quantitative Real-Time PCR Test with Emergency Use Authorization at a Large Academic Safety Net Hospital. Med (N Y). 2020 Dec 18; 1(1):152-157.e3.View Related Profiles.

Murphy, George
Vanuytsel, Kim
Miller, Nancy
Werder, Rhiannon Bree

PMID: 32838351; PMCID: PMC7235561; DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.05.001;

Kim Vanuytsel, Aditya Mithal, Richard M. Giadone, Anthony K. Yeung, Taylor M. Matte, Todd W. Dowrey, Rhiannon B. Werder, Gregory J. Miller, Nancy S. Miller, Christopher D. Andry, George J. Murphy. Rapid Implementation of a SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic qRT-PCR Test with Emergency Use Authorization at a Large Academic Safety-Net Hospital. Clinical and Translational Resource and Technology Insights. 2020. View Publication
Emily R Jonica, MD, Carol A Sulis, MD, Kanupriya Soni, MD, Michelle Hughes, MD, Eric Jones, PhD, Janice Weinberg, ScD, Nancy S Miller, MD, Francis A Farraye, MD, MSc. Role of Cycle Threshold in Clostridioides difficile Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Crohn's & Colitis 360. 2019; 1(3). View Publication

Kraft CS, Parrott JS, Cornish NE, Rubinstein ML, Weissfeld AS, McNult P, Nachamkin I, Humphries RM, Kirn TJ, Dien Bard J, Lutgring JD, Gullett JC, Bittencourt CE, Benson S, Bobenchik AM, Sautter RL, Baselski V, Atlas MC, Marlowe EM, Miller NS, Fischer M, Richter SS, Gilligan P, Snyder JW. Correction for Kraft et al., "A Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs) and Algorithms Including NAATs for the Diagnosis of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in Adults". Clin Microbiol Rev. 2019 Sep 18; 32(4). PMID: 31462404; PMCID: PMC6730499; DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00128-19;

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Calner P, Sperring H, Ruiz-Mercado G, Miller NS, Andry C, Battisti L, Scrudder K, Shea F, Chan A, Schechter-Perkins EM. HCV screening, linkage to care, and treatment patterns at different sites across one academic medical center. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0218388.View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Miller, Nancy

PMID: 31291275; PMCID: PMC6619669; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218388;

Kraft CS, Parrott JS, Cornish NE, Rubinstein ML, Weissfeld AS, McNult P, Nachamkin I, Humphries RM, Kirn TJ, Dien Bard J, Lutgring JD, Gullett JC, Bittencourt CE, Benson S, Bobenchik AM, Sautter RL, Baselski V, Atlas MC, Marlowe EM, Miller NS, Fischer M, Richter SS, Gilligan P, Snyder JW. A Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs) and Algorithms Including NAATs for the Diagnosis of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in Adults. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2019 06 19; 32(3). PMID: 31142497; PMCID: PMC6589859; DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00032-18;

Madico G, Vinhas S, Orr B, White L, Gaeddert M, Miller NS, Mpeirwe M, Orikiriza P, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Boum Y, Palaci M, Dietze R, Jones-López EC. Further evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the sputum of culture-negative pulmonary tuberculosis suspects using an ultrasensitive molecular assay. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2019 05; 116:1-7.View Related Profiles.

White, Laura
Miller, Nancy

PMID: 30983569; DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.03.007;

Oliva A, Giacobbe DR, Di Luca M, Miller NS. New Insights into Infections due to Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria: The Interplay between Lab and Clinic. Biomed Res Int. 2018; 2018:8905874. PMID: 30671476; PMCID: PMC6323453; DOI: 10.1155/2018/8905874;

Schechter-Perkins EM, Mitchell PM, Nelson KP, Liu JH, Shannon A, Ahern J, Orr B, Miller NS. Point-of-care influenza testing does not significantly shorten time to disposition among patients with an influenza-like illness. Am J Emerg Med. 2019 05; 37(5):873-878.View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Nelson, Kerrie
Miller, Nancy
Mitchell, Patricia

PMID: 30107967

Schechter-Perkins EM, Miller NS, Hall J, Hartman JJ, Dorfman DH, Andry C, Linas BP. Implementation and Preliminary Results of an Emergency Department Nontargeted, Opt-out Hepatitis C Virus Screening Program. Acad Emerg Med. 2018 11; 25(11):1216-1226.View Related Profiles.

Linas, Benjamin
Dorfman, David
Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Miller, Nancy

PMID: 29851238; PMCID: PMC6957127; DOI: 10.1111/acem.13484;

Alekseyev YO, Fazeli R, Yang S, Basran R, Maher T, Miller NS, Remick D. A Next-Generation Sequencing Primer-How Does It Work and What Can It Do? Acad Pathol. 2018 Jan-Dec; 5:2374289518766521.View Related Profiles.

Remick, Daniel
Miller, Nancy
Basran, Raveen
Yang, Shi
Maher, Thomas
Alekseyev, Yuriy

PMID: 29761157; PMCID: PMC5944141; DOI: 10.1177/2374289518766521;

Leibler JH, León C, Cardoso LJP, Morris JC, Miller NS, Nguyen DD, Gaeta JM. Prevalence and risk factors for MRSA nasal colonization among persons experiencing homelessness in Boston, MA. J Med Microbiol. 2017 Aug; 66(8):1183-1188.View Related Profiles.

Leibler, Jessica
Gaeta, Jessie
Miller, Nancy

PMID: 28771129; PMCID: PMC7001487; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000552;

Woodworth MH, Neish EM, Miller NS, Dhere T, Burd EM, Carpentieri C, Sitchenko KL, Kraft CS. Laboratory Testing of Donors and Stool Samples for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Apr; 55(4):1002-1010. PMID: 28077694; PMCID: PMC5377826; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02327-16;

Madico G, Mpeirwe M, White L, Vinhas S, Orr B, Orikiriza P, Miller NS, Gaeddert M, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Palaci M, Kreiswirth B, Straight J, Dietze R, Boum Y, Jones-López EC. Detection and Quantification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Sputum of Culture-Negative HIV-infected Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects: A Proof-of-Concept Study. PLoS One. 2016; 11(7):e0158371.View Related Profiles.

White, Laura
Miller, Nancy

PMID: 27391604; PMCID: PMC4938528; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158371;

Fan SL, Miller NS, Lee J, Remick DG. Diagnosing sepsis - The role of laboratory medicine. Clin Chim Acta. 2016 Sep 01; 460:203-10.View Related Profiles.

Remick, Daniel
Lee, John Cho
Miller, Nancy
Fan, Shu-Ling

PMID: 27387712; PMCID: PMC4980259; DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2016.07.002;

Miller, N.S. and D.G. Remick. 2016 May 27; 4:1-9. Clinical microbiology versus sepsis: At the diagnostic crossroads. Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapeutics. 2016; 4:1-9.

Miller NS. Commentary. Clin Chem. 2016 Jan; 62(1):40. PMID: 26719570; DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2015.248427;

Goldberg LJ, Wise EM, Miller NS. White piedra caused by Trichosporon inkin: a report of two cases in a northern climate. Br J Dermatol. 2015 Sep; 173(3):866-8.View Related Profiles.

Goldberg, Lynne
Miller, Nancy

PMID: 25833005; DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13824;

Peluso AM, Harnish BA, Miller NS, Cooper ER, Fujii AM. Effect of young sibling visitation on respiratory syncytial virus activity in a NICU. J Perinatol. 2015 Aug; 35(8):627-30.View Related Profiles.

Fujii, Alan
Cooper, Ellen
Miller, Nancy

PMID: 25836315; DOI: 10.1038/jp.2015.27;

Valencia-Rey P, Weinberg J, Miller NS, Barlam TF. Coagulase-negative staphylococcal bloodstream infections: Does vancomycin remain appropriate empiric therapy? J Infect. 2015 Jul; 71(1):53-60.View Related Profiles.

Weinberg, Janice
Miller, Nancy
Barlam, Tamar

PMID: 25725152; DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.02.007;

Taimur, S., N.S. Miller, D. Whitney, T. Barlam. Empiric and Targeted Treatment of Enterococcal Infections: Opportunities for Antimicrobial Stewardship. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2015; 23(2):72-75. View Publication

Gomez A, Miller NS, Smolina I. Visual detection of bacterial pathogens via PNA-based padlock probe assembly and isothermal amplification of DNAzymes. Anal Chem. 2014 Dec 16; 86(24):11992-8. PMID: 25415469; PMCID: PMC4270401; DOI: 10.1021/ac5018748;

Miller, N.S. Occupy Call Street? Reconsidering a microbiology critical action value policy. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 2014; 36(8):57-62.

Miller NS, Yen-Lieberman B, Poulter MD, Tang YW, Granato PA. Comparative clinical evaluation of the IsoAmp(®) HSV Assay with ELVIS(®) HSV culture/ID/typing test system for the detection of herpes simplex virus in genital and oral lesions. J Clin Virol. 2012 Aug; 54(4):355-8. PMID: 22613012; PMCID: PMC3402216; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.04.004;

Miller NS, Nader C, Barinaga J, Zarin J. Unsuspected infection with Listeria monocytogenes infection in a prosthetic knee joint. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 2011; 33(8):60-62.

Miller NS, Rogan D, Orr BL, Whitney D. Comparison of BD Bactec Plus blood culture media to VersaTREK Redox blood culture media for detection of bacterial pathogens in simulated adult blood cultures containing therapeutic concentrations of antibiotics. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Apr; 49(4):1624-7. PMID: 21307220; PMCID: PMC3122859; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01958-10;

Holtzman C, Whitney D, Barlam T, Miller NS. Assessment of impact of peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization for rapid identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci in the absence of antimicrobial stewardship intervention. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Apr; 49(4):1581-2.View Related Profiles.

Miller, Nancy
Barlam, Tamar

PMID: 21270213; PMCID: PMC3122789; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02461-10;

Kim HJ, Tong Y, Tang W, Quimson L, Cope VA, Pan X, Motre A, Kong R, Hong J, Kohn D, Miller NS, Poulter MD, Kong H, Tang YW, Yen-Lieberman B. A rapid and simple isothermal nucleic acid amplification test for detection of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2. J Clin Virol. 2011 Jan; 50(1):26-30. PMID: 20947417; PMCID: PMC3018672; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.09.006;

Smolina I, Miller NS, Frank-Kamenetskii MD. PNA-based microbial pathogen identification and resistance marker detection: An accurate, isothermal rapid assay based on genome-specific features. Artif DNA PNA XNA. 2010 Oct; 1(2):76-82. PMID: 21686242; PMCID: PMC3116573; DOI: 10.4161/adna.1.2.13256;

Iroh Tam PY, Fisher MA, Miller NS. Corynebacterium falsenii bacteremia occurring in an infant on vancomycin therapy. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep; 48(9):3440-2. PMID: 20610679; PMCID: PMC2937743; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00990-10;

Smolina I, Miller NS, Frank-Kamenetskii M. PNA-based microbial pathogen identification and resistance marker detection: an accurate, isothermal rapid assay based on genome-specific features. Artif DNA PNA XNA. 2010 Jan; 1(2):1-7. PMID: 20953307; PMCID: PMC2953854

Miller NS, Dobre MC, Liebschutz JM, Williams TC, Orr BL, Farber HW. Micrococcus Bacteremia in a Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension and a Long-term Central Venous Catheter: Opportunity Knocks, and an Unexpected Pathogen Enters. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 2007; 29(22):173-175.

Miller NS, Dick JD, Merz WG. Phenotypic switching in Candida lusitaniae on copper sulfate indicator agar: association with amphotericin B resistance and filamentation. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Apr; 44(4):1536-9. PMID: 16597887; PMCID: PMC1448677; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1536-1539.2006;

Palmer CJ, Bonilla JA, Bruckner DA, Barnett ED, Miller NS, Haseeb MA, Masci JR, Stauffer WM. Multicenter study to evaluate the OptiMAL test for rapid diagnosis of malaria in U.S. hospitals. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Nov; 41(11):5178-82.View Related Profiles.

Barnett, Elizabeth
Miller, Nancy

PMID: 14605156; PMCID: PMC262482

Lyke KE, Miller NS, Towne L, Merz WG. A case of cutaneous ulcerative alternariosis: rare association with diabetes mellitus and unusual failure of itraconazole treatment. Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Apr 15; 32(8):1178-87. PMID: 11283807

Chan-Tack KM, Thio CL, Miller NS, Karp CL, Ho C, Merz WG. Paecilomyces lilacinus fungemia in an adult bone marrow transplant recipient. Med Mycol. 1999 Feb; 37(1):57-60. PMID: 10200935

Garcia-Monco JC, Miller NS, Backenson PB, Anda P, Benach JL. A mouse model of Borrelia meningitis after intradermal injection. J Infect Dis. 1997 May; 175(5):1243-5. PMID: 9129096

Anda P, Sánchez-Yebra W, del Mar Vitutia M, Pérez Pastrana E, Rodríguez I, Miller NS, Backenson PB, Benach JL. A new Borrelia species isolated from patients with relapsing fever in Spain. Lancet. 1996 Jul 20; 348(9021):162-5. PMID: 8684157

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 44 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2019 and 2020

Bar chart showing 44 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2019 and 2020

Year	Publications
1996	1
1997	1
1999	1
2001	1
2003	1
2006	1
2007	1
2010	4
2011	3
2012	1
2014	2
2015	4
2016	4
2017	2
2018	4
2019	5
2020	5
2021	3

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Clinical Microbiology
Infectious diseases diagnostics
Translational research

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