
He Heals Our Heroes.
Timothy Miller
MD 1963
Four decades after he served in the Army in Vietnam, Dr. Timothy Miller helped create a groundbreaking program to serve the soldiers who had followed in his footsteps. Founded in 2007, ½ÄÏÌåÓý Operation Mend is a joint program between Brooke Army Medical Center, the ½ÄÏÌåÓý Healthcare System, and the V.A. Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System that provides reconstructive surgery and other medical care for military personnel returning home after combat. Miller, a long-time ½ÄÏÌåÓý faculty member who’s now a tenured professor of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at ½ÄÏÌåÓý, is the program’s chief reconstructive surgeon. He calls his job “a privilege,â€� considering the sacrifices made by his patients. Miller and his team have performed hundreds of surgeries, helping hundreds of heroes–and their families–following their military service.