BJ Miller is an American physician, author, and speaker. He is a practicing hospice and

palliative medicine In 2006, ''hospice and palliative medicine'' was officially recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, and is ''co-sponsored'' by the American Boards of * Internal Medicine * Anesthesiology * Family Medicine * Physical Medicine ...

physician and is best known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life" BJ has been on the teaching faculty at

UCSF School of Medicine The UCSF School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of California, San Francisco and is located at the base of Mount Sutro on the Parnassus Heights campus in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1864 by Hugh Toland, it is the o ...

since 2007. He sees patients and caregivers through his online palliative care service, Mettle Health. In film, Miller is the subject of Netflix's Academy Award-nominated short documentary, '' End Game'' by veteran directors

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, Jeffrey Friedman and executive produced by physician and film producer,

Shoshana R. Ungerleider Shoshana Rebecca Ungerleider is an American medical doctor, journalist and film producer. She was educated at The University of Oregon and Oregon Health and Science University. As of June 2021, Ungerleider is the host of the TED Health Podcast, p ...

. 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

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' book

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. Past positions: BJ formerly served as Executive Director of San Francisco’s Zen Hospice Project, now th
Zen Caregiving Project
He has a bachelor's degree from Princeton, premed coursework from Mills College, MD UCSF, internal medicine residency from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, and a palliative medicine fellowship from

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

. He took time off before internship due to his sister's suicide and personal problems but was counseled to not give up a medical career.

Personal life

Miller is a triple amputee, a result of train surfing and getting electrocuted in 1990 when he was a student at

Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine ...

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