Dr. Brian D Miller, MD

Great care. Was on time for the appointment. Got the answers I needed. Now on medication to treat my irregular heartbeat.

Dr. Miller changed out my defib/pacemaker when the batteries notified me that they were depleting. I think the surgery went fine, but the after-care was not good at all. I was in some pain in recovery and asked for Tylenol 3 rather than Vicodin, a medicine that had been prescribed before and to which I had an adverse reaction. When I said that I tolerated Tylenol 3 quite well, Dr. Miller said tersely, "I don't prescribe narcotics." Indeed, to the best of my knowledge, he intended to release me with only over-the-counter pain meds. I asked for nurse Kathy, in the Cath Lab recovery area to advocate for my pain med, which she did, even though my sense was she did not want to suffer the wrath of Dr. Miller for "prescribing narcotics." She did so nonetheless and soon I had complete pain control - no thanks to Dr. Miller. I spent the night in the hospital and was administered Tylenol 3 on the 4th floor. Since leaving the hospital, I have not had to use pain meds at all. On the follow up call before discharge, with my family with me, Dr. Miller seemed quite in a bit of a snit. I was not amused at his insolence. I will be changing supervision physicians in reference to my defib/pacemaker in the future.