BJ Miller

BJ Miller is an American physician, author and speaker. He is a practicing palliative care physician at the UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco.[1] He sees patients at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center with terminal or life-altering illnesses and formerly served as Executive Director of San Francisco’s Zen Hospice Project.[2] His expertise includes symptom management for patients with cancer and is on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine.[3] In film, Miller is the subject of Netflix's Academy Award-nominated short documentary, End Game[4] by veteran directors Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman and executive produced by physician and film producer, Shoshana R. Ungerleider[5].

BJ Miller
Born
Bruce Miller

Chicago, Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhysician
Known forTED Talk "What really matters at the end of life"
Notable work
End Game


References
  1. Mooalem, Jon. "One Man's Quest to Change the Way We Die". NY Times Magazine. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. Yollin, Patricia. "BJ Miller, pain doctor at the Zen Hospice Project". SF Gate. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Pascal, Susan (2018-03-11). "Pioneering Palliative Care Doctor Offers Patients Realistic and Dignified End of Life Care". MariaShriver.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. Gaitan, Daniel (2018-05-29). "End Game' Is The Documentary Film America Needs". Life Matters Media. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  5. Gaitan, Daniel. "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has highlighted films on death and dying in recent years". Life Matters Media. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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