Curriculum Vitae
Samuel I. Miles, M.D., Ph.D.
8631 West Third Street
Los Angeles, California 90048
(310) 659-1674
Fax: (310) 659-236O
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
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; 2008 - present
- 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
- 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, 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.
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.