Mill Etienne, M.D., M.P.H., FAAN, 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.

Education

• B.A., Yale University
• M.D. '02, School of Medicine, 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

Areas of Expertise

• Neurology
• Epilepsy and brain injury medicine
• Disaster medicine
• Access to Healthcare
• Representation in Medicine
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Epilepsy

Publications

• Laporte C, Martinovic J, Patrier S, et. al. "Evaluation of Intrinsic Fetal Airway Obstruction (CHAOS): Correlations Between Ultrasound, Fetoscopic, and Pathological Findings." Prenatal diagnosis, (), (2025) . doi: 10.1002/pd.6761
• Verma J, Etienne M. "Reader Response: Implications of Large Language Models for Quality and Efficiency of Neurologic Care: Emerging Issues in Neurology." Neurology, 104(5), (2025) e209858. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209858
• Housseini WE, Lapicque F, Walcarius A, et. al. "Ferredoxin NADP(+) reductase for NADPH and NADH regeneration in a flow bioelectrochemical reactor." Bioelectrochemistry (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 164(), (2025) 108919. doi: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2025.108919
• Ahmadi A, Hirani R, Etienne M, et. al. "Supporting Low-Income Families' Access to Summer Health Programs." JAMA pediatrics, (), (2025) . doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.6557
• Pesonel E, Laouénan C, Guiraud L, et. al. "Clinical characterisation and outcomes of human clade IIb mpox virus disease - a European multicentre observational cohort study (MOSAIC)." Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, (), (2025) . pii: ciae657. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae657
• Nilles EJ, Paulino CT, Galloway R, et. al. "Seroepidemiology of human leptospirosis in the Dominican Republic: A multistage cluster survey, 2021." PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 18(12), (2024) e0012463. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012463
• Hosein-Woodley R, Hirani R, Issani A, et. al. "Beyond the Surface: Uncovering Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis for Optimal Management." Biomedicines, 12(11), (2024) . doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12112558

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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.