[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 64 (Thursday, April 30, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF DR. KENNETH MILLER

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                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 30, 2015

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize my 
constituent, Kenneth Miller, PhD, RN, CFNP, FAAN, FAANP, for his 
service as President this year of the American Association of Nurse 
Practitioners (AANP).
  Dr. Miller has had an exemplary career of service with more than 44 
years of nursing experience. He received his BSN from the University of 
Michigan in 1978, a Master's in Medical/Surgery Nursing in 1980, and a 
PhD in Clinical Nursing Research from the University of Arizona in 
1983. Dr. Miller received his Family Nurse Practitioner post-master's 
certification from the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences in 1998.
  Prior to his term as AANP President, Dr. Miller served as the 
Associate Dean for Academic Administration at The Catholic University 
of America in Washington, D.C. He was also the Director of the School 
of Nursing for the University of Delaware and the Vice Dean for 
Internal Programs and Associate Dean for Research and Clinical 
Scholarship in the College of Nursing at the University of New Mexico 
Health Sciences Center.
  Before his tenure in academia, Dr. Miller held professorial positions 
at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and as 
Director of Clinical Nursing Research at the National Naval Medical 
Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Miller also worked as a clinical 
nurse in medical centers and hospitals in California, Arizona and 
Michigan. In addition, he served as a Family Nurse Practitioner in New 
Mexico, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
  The American Association of Nurse Practitioners is a national 
professional membership organization representing 205,000 nurse 
practitioners nationally. Under Dr. Miller's tenure, AANP membership 
has grown to more than 57,000 members, making AANP the largest nurse 
practitioner organization in the world. Dr. Miller has helped lead 
nurse practitioners in transforming patient-centered health care and 
has made tremendous strides in ensuring that policy makers and the 
public understand the care that nurse practitioners provide to millions 
of Americans each year.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating Dr. Miller on a 
successful term as President of the American Association of Nurse 
Practitioners and in thanking him for the excellent care he has and 
continues to provide to his patients and the nurse practitioner 
profession.

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