--- title: California | Emergency Medicine Physician Spotlight:  Samuel Miller IV, DO - President - MMC Emergency Physicians Medical Group description: "Visit ACEP Booth #1107 and meet Dr. Sam Miller, President of MMC Emergency Physicians Medical Group in Santa Maria, California." image: https://www.emrecruits.com/hubfs/MMCEPMG/images/Spotlight%20-%20Samuel%20Miller%20IV%2c%20DO%20-%20MMCEPMG.png --- [ ![EMrecruits Logo - ACEP App](https://www.emrecruits.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EMrecruits%20Logo%20-%20ACEP%20App.png?width=222&height=69&name=EMrecruits%20Logo%20-%20ACEP%20App.png)](https://www.emrecruits.com/) ## Exclusive Partner for Independent, Physician-Led Groups Across the Country #### EMrecruits Blog ## [California | Emergency Medicine Physician Spotlight:  Samuel Miller IV, DO - President - MMC Emergency Physicians Medical Group](https://www.emrecruits.com/blog/california-emergency-medicine-physician-spotlight-sam-miller-iv-do-president) Posted by [Robert Anson](https://www.emrecruits.com/blog/author/robert-anson) Find me on: [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/emrecruits/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/banson1) [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/EMrecruits) 10/5/17 10:42 AM # SPOTLIGHT: Sam Miller IV, DO - President - MMC Emergency Physicians [![MRMC 2(CC Fav).jpg](https://www.emrecruits.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MMCEPMG/images/MRMC%202(CC%20Fav).jpg?width=320&name=MRMC%202(CC%20Fav).jpg)](https://www.emrecruits.com/marian-medical-center-emergency-physicians-medical-group-santa-maria-california) Will you be attending ACEP17 in Washington, DC? If so, make time to come by **Booth #1107** and **meet Dr. Sam Miller, President of ****MMC Emergency Physicians Medical Group in Santa Maria, California**. He will be available to speak with you face-to-face and discuss the emergency physician openings within his group. **Don't Wait! **Schedule your time today by emailing a copy of your CV to [MMCEPMG@EMRecruits.com](Mailto:MMCEPMG@EMRecruits.com).  ## **Sam Miller IV, DO** **Medical School:** Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific **Years in Emergency Medicine:** 14 years **Number of Years with Group:** 10 years **Current Position:** Medical Director, President **Who gave you your best career advice? What was it?** My Father,  "If you go to medical school and residency or work flipping burgers, in ten years you will either be a physician or flipping burgers.  You might as well go to medical school.  Consider yourself a commodity, specialize and make yourself needed and easier to sell." **Who advice would you give 3rd / 4th year residents as they start interviewing?** Be honest, the person sitting across from you has been where you are.  Realize that almost no amount of money will overcome a miserable job.   **What's been your most interesting patient encounter?** A peri-mortem C-section patient.  The mother died but the baby survived.  I saw the baby in follow up about two months later and the visit became more about how the father was handling the situation with his five children. **Describe the team environment / culture at your group?** Our partners / group are here for a career, we help each other out whenever we can.  We do our best to accommodate all of the differing needs including our non-partners.** ** **What's your favorite part about living in Santa Maria, California?** It is coastal California without the California attitude.  It is small enough and big enough.  The weather is also good. **What is something unique about your community, in regards to practicing Emergency Medicine?** We are a regional medical center with great ancillary support in a small town.  We have great interactions with the other ER groups in the area. **Why did you choose to join your group?** Location, inclusiveness, opportunities for pursuing my interests in medicine. **Interested in working alongside Dr. Miller? 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