BJ Miller
BJ Miller | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bruce Miller Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | TED Talk "What really matters at the end of life" |
| Notable work | End Game |
BJ Miller is an American physician, author, and speaker. He is a practicing hospice and palliative medicine physician and is best known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life". Miller has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine[1] since 2007. He sees patients and caregivers through his online palliative care service, Mettle Health.[2]
In film, Miller is the subject of Netflix's Academy Award-nominated short documentary, End Game[3] by veteran directors Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman and executive produced by physician and film producer, Shoshana R. Ungerleider.[4] His book for approaching the end of life, A Beginner’s Guide to the End, was co-authored with Shoshana Berger and published in 2019. Miller has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.
Miller formerly served as Executive Director of San Francisco’s Zen Hospice Project, now the Zen Caregiving Project
Personal life
[edit]Miller is a triple amputee, a result of climbing on top of a parked train, his watch arcing to the power overhead, and getting electrocuted in 1990 when he was a student at Princeton.[5] Miller's older sister, Lisa, died by suicide in 2000 at the age of 32. Miller spoke about the experience and how it impacted his view of grief on Anderson Cooper's podcast All There Is. Anderson Cooper (28 September 2022). "Sadness Isn't An Enemy". CNN (Podcast). CNN. Event occurs at 16:58. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
References
[edit]- ^ Mooalem, Jon (3 January 2017). "One Man's Quest to Change the Way We Die". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ Pascal, Susan (2018-03-11). "Pioneering Palliative Care Doctor Offers Patients Realistic and Dignified End of Life Care". MariaShriver.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Gaitan, Daniel (2018-05-29). "End Game' Is The Documentary Film America Needs". Life Matters Media. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Gaitan, Daniel. "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has highlighted films on death and dying in recent years". Life Matters Media. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Mooallem, Jon (3 January 2017). "One Man's Quest to Change the Way We die". The New York Times.
External links
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