Curriculum Vitae
Samuel I. Miles, M.D., Ph.D.
8631 West Third Street
Los Angeles, California 90048
(310) 659-1674
Fax: (310) 659-2360
e-mail: doctor@drmiles.net
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, with certification in:
- General Psychiatry,
- Addiction Psychiatry, and
- Forensic Psychiatry
Licensed to practice medicine in California
Educational Experience
- The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx,
- New York, 1962 - 1966
- The City College of New York,
- New York, New York, 1966 - 1970; B.S. 1970
- New York Medical College,
- New York, New York, 1970 - 1974; M.D. 1974
- Georgetown Medical Service, D.C. General Hospital,
- Washington, D.C.
- Medical Intern; July, 1974 - June, 1975
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Resident Psychiatrist; July, 1975 - June, 1978
- Chief Resident; June, 1977 - June, 1978
- Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Beverly Hills, California
- Clinical Associate; 1977 - 1986; Ph.D. 1986
Professional Activities
- Private Practice of Psychiatry, 1978 - present
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, 1978 - 1997
- Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, 1998 - present
- U.C.L.A. School of Medicine
- Los Angeles, California
- Instructor, 1986 - 2005
- Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute
- Beverly Hills, California
- Instructor, 2005 - present
- New Center for Psychoanalysis
- Los Angeles, California
- Independent Medical Examiner, 1984 - 1991;
- Qualified Medical Evaluator, 1991 - present
- Member, Medical Evidence Evaluation Advisory Committee, 2007 - 2011
- 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
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Attending Psychiatrist, 1978 - present;
- Member, Medical Executive Committee, 2001 - 2005, 2011 - present;
- 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
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Clinical Chief, 2011- present; Interim Chair, January 2012;
- Associate Clinical Chief, 1998 - 1999; 2005 - 2010;
- Member, Inpatient Performance Improvement Committee, 1995 - 1999
- Member, Departmental Performance Improvement Committee, 1998 - 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
- Editorial Board, Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping,
- University Press, CSULB, 1995 - 1999
- 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
- Southern California Psychiatric Society
- Treasurer, 1997 - 1998;
- Treasurer-elect, 1996;
- Secretary, 1991 - 1992, 2002 - 2003;
- Council Representative, 1985 - 1988, 1992 - 1995, 2008 - 2011;
- Private Practice Committee, 1985 - 2004, Chair, 1988 - 1992;
- Medicare Task Force, 1996 - 2006, Chair, 2000 - 2002;
- Government Affairs Committee, 1985 - 1990;
- LPS Task Force, 1996 - 1999;
- Workers' Compensation Committee, 1992 - present;
- Insurance Issues Study Group, 1986 - 1988;
- Ad Hoc Committee on Peer Review, 1989
- California Psychiatric Association
- Managed Care Committee, 1990 - 1997;
- Workers' Compensation Committee, 1996-2010
- Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
- Cochairman, Paper Session on Treating Cancer Patients, May 6, 1980
- American College of Psychiatrists
- Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute
- Faculty member, 1986 - 2005: Executive Committee, 1992 - 1998;
- Admissions Committee, 1988 - 2000;
- Program Committee, 1991 - 1995;
- Selection Committee, alternate, 1991 - 1992;
- Member, 1992 - 1995;
- Ethical Standards Committee, 1991 - 2005;
- Chairman 1993 - 1998;
- President, Clinical Associate's Organization, 1981 - 1982
- New Center for Psychoanalysis
- Faculty member, 2005 - present; Panelist, Ethics Workshop, January 28, 2006
- Fellow, American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychotherapy
- Evaluator, Special Continuing Panel on Psychoanalytic Work with Producers, Directors and Writers, May 4, 1984; Panel Presenter, Managed Care - A New Dilemma in Clinical Practice, May 23, 1993; Program Committee for Winter 1994 Meeting; Panel Presenter, Expert Witness: The Judicial System, December 11, 1994
- Los Angeles County Medical Association
- California Medical Association
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- American College of Legal Medicine
- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- The New York Academy of Sciences
Publications
- "Group Therapy in Medical Illness," in Grotjahn, et. al. (eds.) Handbook of Group Therapy Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1983.
- "Special Issues in Psychoanalytic Work with Producers, Directors, Writers," Academy Forum 28:3 p. 12, 1984.
- Journal abstracts, Psychosomatics, 1985, 1986.
- Review of: The New Harvard Guide to Psychiatry, in Overview section of Readings 4:1 p. 27, March 1989.
- 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, Chichester, UK, 2009, pp. 2201-2210.
- Edwards, CN, Miles, SI, Piper, A, "Deception: Truth Serum" in Jamieson, Allan and Moenssens, Andre (eds.) Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK, 2009, pp. 728-740.
Honors and Awards
- Cor_et_Manus for service; 1974
- New York Medical College
- New York State Regents Scholarship for Medicine; 1970 - 1974
- President's Award for Service, 1995
- Southern California Psychiatric Society
- Selected as Fellow, 2001 Distinguished Fellow, 2004, Distinguished Life Fellow, 2011
- American Psychiatric Association
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.
- "Personality Development, A Focus on the Borderline" Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Sepulveda VA, January 11, 2012