Background
McMillan, Donald Ernest was born on December 13, 1931 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of George Ernest and Agnes Josephine (McGaffigan) McMillan.
McMillan, Donald Ernest was born on December 13, 1931 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of George Ernest and Agnes Josephine (McGaffigan) McMillan.
AB with distinction, Stanford University, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1957.
Intern, United States Public Health Service Hospital, San Francisco, 1957-1958;
resident, United States Public Health Service Hospital, New Orleans, San Francisco, 1959-1963;
director metabolic service, United States Public Health Service Hospital, New Orleans, San Francisco, 1965-1968;
associate chief of medicine, endocrinology, United States Public Health Service Hospital, New Orleans, San Francisco, 1968-1982;
chief endocrine and diabetes clinics, Santa Barbara (California) General Hospital, 1968-1982;
laboratory director, Sansum Medical Research Foundation, Santa Barbara, 1972-1982;
director research, Hal B. Wallis Research Facility, Rancho Mirage, California, 1982-1987;
professor internal medicine, University of Southern Florida, 1987-1994;
co-director diabetes center, State Florida School Medicine, 1987-1994;
staff physician, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, 1987-1994;
research professor engineering, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, since 1989;
clinical professor physiology and biophysics, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, since 1992. Special reviewer National Institutes of Health Special Study Section, 1980-1981. Clinical professor of medicine, University of Southern California, 1980-1994.
Consultant numerous agys. and foundations including National Institutes of Health, since 1995.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Diabetes Association (president Southern California affiliate 1982-1983, board directors 1984-1987, president Florida affiliate 1995-1996), American Federation for Clinical Research, American Medical Association, American Physiological Society, Biorheology Society, Endocrine Society, Glycoconjugate Society, Microcirculatory Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marilyn Marshal, June 23, 1956. Children: David, Mark, Kathleen, Robert, Bruce, Rhannon.