Michael Miller

Michael Miller serves as an Assistant Professor in the Nurse Anesthesiology Program and practices as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in Charlottesville, VA, with clinical expertise spanning vascular, gynecological, colorectal, and orthopedic surgeries since 2017.

His academic credentials include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology
• PhD in Nursing

Research centers on mindfulness interventions for acute and chronic post-surgical pain management, investigating how mindfulness techniques can be integrated into perioperative care to reduce pharmacological dependence and improve recovery outcomes. This work bridges clinical anesthesiology with psychological approaches to pain modulation.

His clinical-anesthesia background informs both patient care and research methodology, emphasizing non-pharmacological pain strategies within surgical contexts.