Curriculum Vitae
Samuel I. Miles, M.D., Ph.D.
8631 West Third Street
Los Angeles, California 90048
(310) 659-1674
Fax: (810) 821-5312
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with certification in:
- General Psychiatry,
- Addiction Psychiatry, and
- Forensic Psychiatry
Licensed to practice medicine in California
Education
- The City College of New York, 1966 - 1970; B.S. 1970
- New York Medical College, 1970 - 1974; M.D. 1974
- Medical Intern, Georgetown Medical Service, D.C. General Hospital, 1974 - 1975
- Psychiatric Resident, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1975 - 1978,
- Chief Resident, 1977 - 1978
- Clinical Associate, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute,
1977 - 1986; Ph.D. 1986
Professional Activities
- Private Practice of Psychiatry, 1978 - present
- Independent Medical Examiner, 1984 - 1991; Qualified Medical Evaluator, 1991 - present
- California Department of Industrial Relations
- Division of Industrial Accidents
- Member, Psychiatric Panel, 1990 - present
- United States District Court, Central District of California
- Superior Court, Los Angeles County
- Attending Psychiatrist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1978 - present
- Member, Medical Executive Committee, 2001 - 2005;
- Member, Committee on Well Being of Physicians,
1996 - present; - Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee,
1988 - 1991; - Member, Utilization Review Committee, 1990 - 1992;
- Member, Quality Assurance Committee, 1983 - 1986;
- Consultant, Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, 1981 - 1988
- Associate Clinical Chief, Department of Psychiatry, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1998 - 1999; 2005 - present;
- Chair, Psychiatric Peer Review Committee, 1998-1999;
2005 - present; - Member, Peer Review Committee, 1998 - present;
- Member, Department Performance Improvement Committee, 1995 - present
- Chairman, Quality Assurance Committee, 1990 - 1992
- Cochairman, Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Committee, 1984 - 1989
- Member, Inpatient Advisory Committee, 1983 - 1985; 1987 - 1990; 1995
- Member, Consultation-Liason Advisory Committee, 1986 - 1988
- Member, Psychiatric Advisory Committee, 1984 - 1986
- Member, Chemical Dependency Unit Advisory Committee, 1990 - 1992
- Member, Utilization Review Committee, 1990 - 1993
- Attending Psychiatrist, Brotman Medical Center, Culver City, California, 1978 - 1988
- Member, Ethics and Credentials Committee, 1982 - 1984
- Senior Courtesy Staff Psychiatrist, 1989 - 1993
- Editorial Board, Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping,
- University Press, CSULB, 1995 - 1999
- Editorial Board, Psychiatry On-Line, 1995 - present
- Subject Matter Expert, California QME Examination, 1994 - 1995
- Cooperative Personnel Services
Sacramento, California
Teaching Appointments
- Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
- Faculty, New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, California
Professional Organizations
- Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
- Fellow, American Academy of Psychoanalysis
- American College of Psychiatrists
- Southern California Psychiatric Society
- Medicare Task Force, 1996 - present; chair, 2000 - 2002;
- Workers' Compensation Committee, 1992 - present;
- Treasurer, 1997 - 1998; Treasurer-elect, 1996;
- Secretary, 1991 - 1992; 2002 - 2003
- Council Representative, 1985 - 1988, 1992 - 1995;
- Private Practice Committee, 1985 - present, Chair,
1988 - 1992; - Government Affairs Committee, 1985 - 1990;
- LPS Taks Force, 1996 - 1999;
- Insurance Issues Study Group, 1986 - 1988;
- Ad Hoc Committee on Peer Review, 1989
- California Psychiatric Association
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- American College of Legal Medicine
- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
- Life Fellow, American Orthopsychiatric Association
- American Psychoanalytic Association
- New Center for Psychoanalysis
- Los Angeles County Medical Association
- California Medical Association
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- The New York Academy of Sciences
Selected Publications
"Group Therapy in Medical Illness," in Grotjahn, et. al. (eds.) Handbook of Group Therapy New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983.
"Special Issues in Psychoanalytic Work with Producers, Directors, Writers," Academy Forum 28:3 p. 12, 1984.
Journal abstracts, Psychosomatics, various dates in 1985, 1986.
Review of: The New Harvard Guide to Psychiatry, in Overview section of Readings 4:1 p. 27, March 1989.
"A World of Children," a review of Gibbs, Huang, and Associates, Children of Color: Psychological Intervention with Culturally Diverse Youth, in LACMA Physician, December, 1998.
Review of: Ideas and Identities: The Life and Work of Erik Erikson, in Overview section of Readings, 14:1, pp. 25-6, March, 1999.
"A Case in Study -- Group Analytical-Medical Model," in Fehr, Scott S. Introduction to Group Therapy Binghamton, The Haworth Press, 1999. Second Edition 2003
"Psychopharmacology" in Jamieson, Allan and Moenssens, Andre (eds.) Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science, John Wiley and Sons, in press.
Selected Presentations
Cochairman, Paper Session on Treating Cancer Patients, May 6, 1980 meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.
Evaluator, "Special Continuing Panel on Psychoanalytic Work with Producers, Directors and Writers," May 4, 1984, Meeting of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis.
Panel Presenter, "Managed Care - A New Dilemma in Clinical Practice," May 23, 1993 meeting of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis.
Panel Presenter, "Expert Witness: The Judicial System," December 11, 1994 meeting of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis.
"Neurobiology of Substance Abuse," Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, March 25, 2000.
"Psychiatric Consultation in Criminal Cases," ICDA, Los Angeles, November 4, 2000.