Dr. Shira Miller is the founder and medical director of The Integrative Center for Health & Wellness, a concierge integrative medicine clinicin Newport Beach, California.
Her initial board certification was in internal medicine in 2006 and over the years she expanded into integrative medicine, with a focus on menopause, hormone replacement therapy for men and women, and complex medical problems; Dr. Miller is now board-certified in integrative medicine.
Dr. Miller’s past experiences include
– working as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) for an ambulance service and the UCSD Hyperbaric Chamber,
– working as a clinical research consultant at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute,
– working as an urgent care physician at the VA Oakland Outpatient Clinic,
– and working as an integrative physician at San Francisco Preventive Medical Group, Cenegenics, and the Hall Center.
Dr. Miller earned a double major at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD):
– a B.A. in Philosophy and
– a B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology;
and also she played on the UCSD Women’s Water Polo Team and the UCSD Women’s Ultimate Frisbee Team.
She then went on to earn an M.S. in Biological and Physical Sciences from Touro College, New York, and her medical degree from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, Israel. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and Primary Care at Highland Hospital, a county hospital in Oakland, California.
Dr. Shira Miller has been a supporter of Americans for Free Choice in Medicine since 1995, and of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons since 2006.
In 2005, she became a member of the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), and was on its Board of Directors from 2009-2013.
Also, in 2009, she was Chairperson of ACAM’s Student and Resident Program. Between 2011-2014, Dr. Miller volunteered on the membership committee of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Los Angeles (NAWBO-LA). In 2015, she founded Physicians for Informed Consent, and since then has been its president and executive director (volunteer positions).
Dr. Shira Miller is a perennial Top Doctor in Concierge Medicine. She has two children and one dog.