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FACULTY

Victoria Miles, EMT-P MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Surgery
 

Clinical Office:

University Medical Center New Orleans
Burn Center
2000 Canal Street
Tower 1, Floor 3
New Orleans, LA  70112

Bio

Dr. Victoria Miles was born and raised in South Mississippi. While completing college and medical school, Dr. Miles worked full-time as an EMT-Paramedic in Hazelhurst, Mississippi. She served as an adjunct instructor for the Holmes Community College Critical Care Paramedic program for many years. Dr. Miles graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and completed her general surgery residency and research years at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga. Dr. Miles then completed her Surgical Critical Care and Burn Surgery Fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern, Parkland Hospital, in Dallas where she received the Top Knife Award for Best Fellow Technical Skills.

Her research interests include military and EMS burn education, burn hypermetabolism and nutrition, limb salvage, and acute burn resuscitation and coagulopathy. Dr. Miles co-directs the American Burn Association Mentorship Program and serves on the American Burn Association's Reconstruction, Program and Membership Advisory Committees. In addition, Dr. Miles was elected to the International Society of Burn Injuries' Burn Care Committee and International Burn Center Assessment Team.

She is a scientific reviewer for the Journal of Burn Care and Research and the American Journal of Surgery. An early career burn surgeon, Dr. Miles has authored over 40 publications, given over 20 national podium presentations, and authored a book chapter. In her free time, Dr. Miles enjoys traveling with her husband, Dr. Daniel Miles, who is an Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon for Tulane University in New Orleans.

Education

Medical:
University of Mississippi School of Medicine

Residency:
University of Tennessee College of Medicine (Chatanooga)
General Surgery

Fellowship:
University of Texas Southwestern, Parkland Hospital (Dallas)
Surgical Critical Care and Burn Surgery Fellowship

Hospital Affiliations

University Medical Center New Orleans

Clinical Interests

  • Burn Surgery
  • Burn Reconstructive Surgery
  • Burn Resuscitation
  • Surgical Critical Care

Research Interests

  • Military and EMS burn education
  • Burn hypermetabolism and nutrition
  • Limb salvage
  • Acute burn resuscitation and coagulopathy

Awards and Honors

  • Top Knife Award: Best Fellow Technical Skills in the OR University of Texas Southwestern Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship (July 2024)
  • Top Ten Finalist for the American College of Surgeons Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching (August 2021)
  • University of Tennessee School of Medicine Golden Apple Teaching Award (March 2021, March 2020)
  • Top Ten Finalist for the American College of Surgeons Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching (July 2020)
  • Baroness Award for Teaching Excellence (2019-20, 2018-19)