Assistant Professor;
Departments of Medicine
and Microbiology/Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Head, Division of Infectious Diseases
Chief, Department of Microbiology
SMBD-Jewish General Hospital
Room G-139
3755 Côte-Ste-Catherine Road
Montreal, QC H3T 1E2
Tel: (514) 340-8294
Fax: (514) 340-7546
mmiller [at] lab [dot] jgh [dot] mcgill [dot] ca (Email)
Research Orientations
Our work centers around the study of nosocomial (i.e. hospital-acquired) infections. We also do clinical medical microbiology, and assess rapid and/or novel diagnostic tests of infectious agents.
Selected Recent Publications
Miller MA, Hyland M, Ofner-Agostini M Morbidity, mortality, and health care burden of nosocomial Clostridium difficile diarrhea in Canadian healthcare facilities. Infect Control Hosp Epid. 2002 Mar;23(3):137-40.
Semret M, Miller MA Topical Mupirocin for eradication of MRSA colonization with Mupirocin-resistant strains. Infec Control & Hosp Epidem, 2001 Sep;22(9):578-80
Hyland M, Ofner-Agostini M, Miller MA, et al. N-CDAD in Canada: Results of the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 1997 N-CDAD prevalence Surveillance Project. Can J Infect Dis, 12(2), 81-88, March/April 2001.
Zaharatos J, Dascal A, Miller M. Discordant carbapenem susceptibility in Methylobacterium species and its application as a method for phenotypic identification. J Clin Micro, 39(5), 2037-38, May 2001.
Canadian Collaborative Group in Nosocomial Transmission of TB (including Miller MA). Hospital ventilation and risk of tuberculosis infection in Canadian Health Care Workers. Annals of Internal Medicine: 133(10), p 779-789, November 21, 2000.