CURRICULUM VITAE
DEMOGRAPHIC
NAME: Benita Louise Atiyeh Miller, DDS
DATE OF BIRTH: October 12, 1958
BIRTHPLACE: Richmond, Virginia
PRESENT ADDRESS: (Home) (Office) 4102 Dover Road Libbie Medical Center Richmond, VA 23221 5700 Old Richmond Avenue Suite C-14 Richmond, VA 23226
PHONE: 804-354-9824 (H) 804-285-4867 (W) 804-282-2453 (FAX)
EMAIL: [email protected]
FAMILY: Husband – Michael Daughter - Anne
EDUCATION The Collegiate Schools Graduate 1976
Duke University B.S. Zoology 1976-1980
VCU/MCV School of Dentistry D.D.S. degree 1980-1984 Magna Cum Laude 1984
Residency - Periodontics Certificate 1984-1986 Medical College of Georgia
American Board of Periodontology Board certification 1992
Basic Cardiac Life Support annual recertification current
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Clinical Instructor Department of Periodontics (VCU School of Dentistry) 1986-1990
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Dental Association 1980 - present
Virginia Dental Association 1986 - present
Richmond Dental Society 1986 - present
Omicron Kappa Upsilon 1984 - present
American Board of Periodontology 1992 - present
American Academy of Periodontology 1986 - present
Virginia Society of Periodontists 1986 – present
American College of Dentists, Fellow 1997 – present
International College of Dentists, Fellow 2000 - present
Pierre Fauchard Academy 1992 - present
VCU School of Dentistry Alumni Association 1984 - present
Medical College of Georgia Periodontal Alumni Association 1986 - present
Alliance to the Richmond Dental Society 1993 - 2000
Alliance to the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1994 - present
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society - MCV chapter 1984 - present
Alpha Sigma Chi Honorary Leadership Society - MCV chapter 1984 - present
Sigma Zeta National Honorary Science Society - MCV chapter 1984 - present
Delta Sigma Delta Dental Fraternity 1980 - present
AWARDS AND ACADEMIC RECOGNITION A. D. Williams Scholarship Award 1983
Department of Restorative Dentistry and Fixed Prosthetics Senior award graduation 1984
American Association of Women Dentists Leadership award graduation 1984
Omicron Kappa Upsilon (Honor Society) inducted - 1984
Fellow, Virginia Dental Association inducted - 1996
Fellow, American College of Dentists inducted – 1997
Fellow, International College of Dentists inducted - 2000
ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT State Board of Health – member 2014 – present
Richmond Dental Society: President 1996-1997 President-elect 1995-1996 Secretary 1994-1995 Board of Directors 1990 - present
Budget committee 1993 - 4; 1996 New members committee - member and chairman 1990 - 1995 Community affairs and public information committee 1987 - 1990 Dental benefit programs committee - member and chairman 1994 - present
ADA field service task force 1995-1996 United Way Campaign (1988 - present); co-chairman (1996)
Virginia Dental Association: President 2017-2018 President-elect 2016-2017 Board of Directors 2006 - 2013
Committee for the New Dentist - member and chairman 1989 - 1995 (95) Dental benefit programs committee - Ad hoc committee for managed care 1993 - 1995 Subcommittee for Direct Reimbursement - co-chairman 1995-1996 Standing Committee for Direct Reimbursement - chairman 1996 Journal staff committee 1994 - 1995 Delegate to annual meeting 1988-2006;2014- current Dental Benefit Programs Committee 1998 – 2013
Volunteer for numerous MOM (Missions of Mercy) projects 2000 – present
Virginia Society of Periodontists: President 1994 Secretary/Treasurer 1992-1993
Medical College of Georgia Periodontal Alumni Association: President 1992-1993
Collegiate School Alumni Board
PRESENTATIONS Periodontal Disease Activity Richmond Dental Society 1989 Guided Tissue Regeneration Peninsula Dental Society 1990 Implant Maintenance Richmond Dental Society/Synergy Study Club 1998 Rappahannock Dental Study Club 2000 What is Periodontal Disease? Wellness and Prevention program at The Markel Corporation 1999 *presentations on various aspects of dentistry and periodontics given to dental study clubs, rotary clubs, corporate wellness programs 1990-present
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/ORGANIZATIONS St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church: current Capital campaign fund raising team captain 1995 Vestry 2008-2012 Outreach Committee 2004-2013 Crossover Clinic volunteer (dental clinic) current Peter Paul Development Center: Board of Directors 2016-present Capital campaign leadership group 2015-2016 Order of St. John (international honor and philanthropic organization) 2012-present Sacred Heart Center, Board of Directors 2007-2009 Tuckahoe Woman’s Club current The Woman’s Club of Richmond current Country Club of Virginia current Virginia Museum of Fine Arts/ Friends of Art current Virginia Historical Society current Valentine Museum/Richmond History Center current National Museum of Women in the Arts charter member 1987-present Maymont Foundation current Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden current Chesapeake Bay Foundation current