Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H., FAAN, FAES
In addition to his administrative roles, Mill Etienne, M.D., M.P.H., FAAN, FANA, FAES, directs the “Multiculturalism in Medicine” and “Impact of War on Medicine” electives for fourth-year medical students. Dr. Etienne is a visiting scholar at the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University and director of neurology at WMCHealth’s Good Samaritan Hospital. He is also past president of the New York State Neurological Society.
Dr. Etienne was the founding director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he also served as director of the autonomic laboratory. While at Walter Reed, Dr. Etienne was associate program director of the neurology residency program and was on the clinical neurophysiology teaching faculty for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the NIH. He was also chief of the Ethics Committee on board the U.S. Naval Ship Comfort during Operation Unified Response, the U.S. military response to the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. During the spring 2020 peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Etienne was deployed with the Navy to serve in New York City at the Javits Medical Station. He is a captain in the U.S. Navy and currently serves as the executive officer of the USNS Comfort Reserve unit.
Dr. Etienne is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, and American Epilepsy Society. He has authored numerous book chapters and publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is part of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and has received multiple teaching awards throughout his tenure at NYMC. Dr. Etienne received the 2024 American Academy of Neurology DEI Changemaker Award and the 2024 American Medical Association Dedication to the Profession Award. Dr. Etienne is board-certified in neurology, epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, brain injury medicine, and public health.
Dr. Etienne is a Forbes contributor and an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant with the National Football League. Dr. Etienne resides in the Hudson Valley and enjoys spending time with his family.
Education
- B.A., Yale University
- M.D. '02, New York Medical College
- M.P.H., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
- Internship, Internal Medicine, Columbia University
- Residency, Neurology, Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University
- Fellowship, Epilepsy, Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University
- Fellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University
- Fellowship, Neuroepidemiology, National Institutes of Health and Columbia University
Publications
- Grobois L, You M, Etienne M, et. al. "Reader Response: Investigating the Prevalence of Comorbidity in Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial Populations." Neurology, 103(8), (2024) e209508. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209508
- You M, Grobois L, Etienne M, et. al. "Reader Response: Fine Particulate Matter and Parkinson Disease Risk Among Medicare Beneficiaries." Neurology, 103(7), (2024) e209374. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209374
- Nilles EJ, Roberts K, de St Aubin M, et. al. "Convergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody levels to a population immune setpoint." EBioMedicine, 108(), (2024) 105319. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105319
- Mahmoud A, Gajdár J, Brites Helú M, et. al. "Local electrochemical sample acidification for the detection of Pb(2+) traces." The Analyst, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1039/d4an00647j
- Al-Ajlouni YA, Tanashat M, Basheer AA, et. al. "Exploring cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in the middle east and North Africa region: A narrative review of challenges and opportunities." Current problems in cardiology, 49(12), (2024) 102829. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102829
- Li F, Hosseini WE, Zhu Q, et. al. "Functionalized Metal-organic Framework for NADH Regeneration by Hydrogen in a Redox Flow Bioreactor." Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), (), (2024) e202401893. doi: 10.1002/chem.202401893
- Mesinovic M, Wong XC, Rajahram GS, et. al. "At-admission prediction of mortality and pulmonary embolism in an international cohort of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 using statistical and machine learning methods." Scientific reports, 14(1), (2024) 16387. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-63212-7
Memberships and Affiliations
- Life Member: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- Member: Gold Humanism Honor Society
- Honorary Member: Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society
- Life Member: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
