Dr. Miller – Curriculum Vitae »

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, 2014
PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (Ambulatory Care Focus), Carolinas Medical Center – NorthEast, Concord, N.C., 2012 – 2013
Pharm.D., Wingate University School of Pharmacy, Wingate, N.C., 2008 – 2012
B.S. Biology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., 2003 – 2007

RESEARCH FIELDS/ AREAS OF SPECIALTY/TEACHING

• Pharmacists’ impact on chronic disease state medication management
• Cardiology, heart failure (reducing re-admissions) and other cardiomyopathies, hypertension, dyslipidemia, anticoagulation, diabetes, patient and medication safety, interprofessional, collaborative approach to patient care

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/ORGANIZATIONS/ACTIVITIES

• American College of Cardiology
• American Pharmacists Association
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
• American College of Clinical Pharmacy
• South Carolina Pharmacy Association

Certifications

• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist
• PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (Ambulatory Care Focus), Carolinas Medical Center – NorthEast, Concord, N.C.
• Registered Pharmacist
  • North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
  • South Carolina Board of Pharmacy
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support CPR and AED Certification
• American Pharmacist Association Smoking Cessation Training
• American Pharmacist Association Immunization Delivery Certification

ABOUT DR. Miller

Originally from South Carolina, Blake Miller obtained his B.S. in Biology from Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. He then obtained his Pharm.D. from Wingate University School of Pharmacy in NC. After pharmacy school, he was a pharmacy practice resident with Carolinas Medical Center – NorthEast in NC focusing on ambulatory care. He then became board certified as a pharmacotherapy specialist. After residency, he worked as a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist/Coordinator on the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Service for several years with Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. He then moved back to South Carolina and holds his current role as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and the Assistant Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy in Clinton, SC. His clinical practice site is at the Heart Failure Center within Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System where he is a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist. His wife is also a pharmacist and they have 2 sons. He thoroughly enjoys hanging out with his family as much as possible. He also enjoys the beach, working out, watching and playing sports, and shag dancing.