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.

Areas of Expertise

• Neurology
• Epilepsy and brain injury medicine
• Disaster medicine

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

• 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
• Loevinsohn G, Paulino CT, Spring J, et. al. "Chikungunya Outbreak Risks after the 2014 Outbreak, Dominican Republic." Emerging infectious diseases, 30(12), (2024) 2679-2683. doi: 10.3201/eid3012.240824
• Singh NJ, Etienne M, Spong G, et. al. "Linear infrastructure and associated wildlife accidents create an ecological trap for an apex predator and scavenger." The Science of the total environment, 955(), (2024) 176934. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176934
• Pazukhina E, Garcia-Gallo E, Reyes LF, et. al. "Long Covid: a global health issue - a prospective, cohort study set in four continents." BMJ global health, 9(10), (2024) . doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015245
• Schulhof A, Martin K, Etienne M, et. al. "Addressing Severe Obesity in Adolescents While Reducing Weight Stigma." JAMA pediatrics, 178(11), (2024) 1233. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3707
• 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

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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.