JohnGMillsDO

Aerospace Medicine, Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Correctional Medicine

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Dr. John Mills is a preventive medicine physician in Galveston, TX. He is affiliated with the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He received his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and has been in practice 40 years. He also speaks Spanish. He specializes in correctional medicine, public health & aerospace medicine. He has served as the Medical Director for Correctional Medicine Programs at UNTHSC for several years. He is currently assigned to the Internal Medicine Department at UNTHSC and serves as vice chair of the credentials committee.

US Army Infantry SchoolParachute Badge, Airborne Course, 1988 - 1988
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Aerospace MedicineResidency, Preventive Medicine, 1981 - 1983
University of MichiganMPH, Health Planning and Administration, 1981 - 1982
Martin Army Community HospitalInternship, Aerospace Medicine, 1979 - 1980
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1979
Michigan State UniversityMS, Anatomy and Physiology, 1974 - 1976

Presented Kenneth Riland Memorial Lecture AOCOPM, 2018, 2022
AOA representative on the NCCHC Board AOA, 2021
Appointed by the Governor to the Opioid Abate Council of Texas Comptroller's Office, 2020
American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine 2020
Aerospace Medicine Specialist of the Year Society of US Army Flight Surgeons, 1988-1989
Distinguished Flying Cross US Army, 1969
Personal award of the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry RVN, 1969
Distinguihed Fellow American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine, 2013
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PubMed

92 citations
A toxicity index of skin and wound cleansers used on in vitro fibroblasts and keratinocytes.
Judy R. Wilson, John G. Mills, Irvine D. Prather, S. Dan Dimitrijevich
Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2005-01-01

Journal Articles

Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on human skin cells in culture and in human dermal and skin equivalents
S. Dan Dimitrijevich, PhD., John G. Mills, D.O., M.P.H., Wound Repair and Regeneration, 1/1999
The Adaptability Rating for Military Aeronautics: An Historical Perspective of a Continuing Problem
John G. Mills, D.O. M.P.H. and David R. Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 1984
Popliteal Entrapment Syndrome
M.H.L. Gibson, PhD., John G. Mills, M.S., G. E. Johnson, M.D., A. R. Downs, M.D., Annals of Surgery, 3/1977

American Osteopathic Association - AOA
Member
American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine
Distinguished Fellow
Society of U.S. Army Flight Surgeons
Life Member
American College of Correctional Physicians
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