Changemakers: B.J. Miller: Palliative Care Physician, UCSF Medical Center

Hospice and palliative care physician Bruce (B.J.) Miller has made it his mission to help people “live well in the face of death.”

A hospice and palliative care physician at the University of California Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and former executive director of the Zen Hospice Project, Miller speaks nationally about end-of-life care, including the benefits of hospice and palliative care. He was even featured in the Netflix documentary short film, End Game.

Miller has experienced palliative medicine both as a clinician and as a patient. An accident during his college years resulted in the amputation of one