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Meet...Peter

Name: Peter M. Miller, Ph.D.
 
Position at MUSC: Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology) and director, Charleston Health Institute. I have been with MUSC since 2000.

Family: Wife, Gay; Children, Michael, Melanie,  and our 7-year-old Persian cat, Muffy.

Favorite TV show: CSI.

Favorite Web site: http://www.charlestonhealthinstitute.com.

Ingredient you must have in your refrigerator: Feta cheese.

Least favorite chore: Gardening. 

Fondest childhood memory: Riding bikes and playing sandlot baseball with friends.

Plans for the future: Complete the restoration of a house downtown and then never do it again.

Your favorite way to unwind after a long day: Take a long, leisurely stroll through downtown Charleston. 

Biggest challenge: Living to 100.

One thing you would change about yourself: At times, I would like to be more spontaneous and less thoughtful.

Memorable or latest trip: A visit to Cuba on a Russian ship.

Personality trait you admire in others: Being direct with no hidden agendas.

Something people don’t know about you: I married my wife of 37 years after knowing her for only two weeks.

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