Jacob R. Miller, MD

Jacob R. Miller, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Expertise


Specialty Areas


  • Congenital heart surgery
  • Heart failure
  • Mechanical support
  • Heart transplant

Common Diagnoses Treated


  • Anomalous coronary artery
  • Aortic stenosis
  • Atresia
  • Atrial septal defects
  • Atrioventricular canal defects
  • Bacterial endocarditis
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Coarctation of the aorta
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Heart failure
  • Heart murmur
  • Heart valve diseases (aortic, mitral, pulmonary, tricuspid)
  • Valvular regurgitation
  • Valve stenosis
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Left ventricular outflow tract obstructive lesions
  • Ebstein anomaly
  • Marfan snydrome
  • Myocarditis
  • Patent ductus arteriosus
  • Pericarditis
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Rheumatic heart disease
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Thoracic trauma
  • Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
  • Transposition of the great arteries
  • Truncus arteriosus
  • Ventricular septal defect

Education


Board Certifications


Cardiothoracic Surgery

Degrees


Medical School: 2011, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Residency


2011-2018, General Surgery Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Fellowship


2018-2020, Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

2020-2021, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Professional Memberships


  • 2019 – 2020 Co-chair, Publications and Communications, American Association of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Working Group
  • 2018 – 2019 Co-chair elect, Publications and Communications, American Association of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Working Group
  • 2017 – 2018 Member, American Association of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Working Group

Activities, Awards and Honors


  • 2014, 2015 Resident Teaching Appreciation Award, General Surgery Residency, Washington University School of Medicine
  • 2013 Douglas Hanto Research Scholarship
  • 2011, Leonard D. Ensminger Award, Indiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Outstanding Abstract Presentation
  • 2011 K. K. Chen Award in Pharmacology, Top Student in Pharmacology
  • 2011 Rosenbower Surgery Award, Top Student in General Surgery
  • 2011 American College of Surgeons Award, Outstanding Achievement in Surgery
Research
Locations


Hospital Affiliations


Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Patients Seen At


St. Louis Children’s Hospital

1 Childrens Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite: S50
Floor: 5

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Contact

To make an appointment with Dr. Miller, please call 314-454-6175.