Division of anatomy
Faculty - curriculum vitae: Paul J. McMillan, PhD
Professor of Anatomy
Education
Southern Missionary College, Collegedale, TN, BA 1951, chemistry
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, MS, 1957, biochemistry
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA PhD, 1960, biochemistry
Research and professional experience
1955-60 Graduate work in Biochemistry
1961-63 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Histochemistry
1963-1979 Assistant & Associate Professor of Anatomy, Loma Linda University
1979-present Professor of Anatomy, Dept. of Anatomy, Loma Linda University
1980-81 Research Professor, Anatomy Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, West Germany
Mentor for five master of science theses and two doctoral dissertations
Peer review group
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Reviewed proposals for USAMRDC on Mammogram digitization and computer aided diagnosis. September 23, 1992
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Breast Cancer Grant Review, Feb. 20-22, 1994
Grants/awards: only departmental funds are currently available.
1993 "Proton irradiation and 90Y-MAB uptake in lung tumor xenografts." $27,540 G.& L. Pfeiffer Research Foundation. P.I. D. Gridley
1993 "Cytochemical characteristics of osteoclasts during early stages of their recruitment." $1998 LLU School of Dentistry Seed Money Grant. P.I. P. McMillan
1993 "Development of human lung tumor xenograft models." $6281 LLU School of Medicine Research Resource Committee. P.I. D. Gridley
"Osteoclast enzyme expression: Cytochrome oxidase and cathepsin B." $2,000 LLU School of Dentistry Seed Money Grant. P.I. P. McMillan
2000 "Control of dentinogenesis by the parotid glands" P.I. J-M Tieche $10,000 LLU School of Medicine Research support
Recent presentations
Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 1992 14th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Minneapolis, MN."Differences in the cellular response of the endosteum to fasting and calcium deficiency." (Wright, K.R. and P.J. McMillan)
Feb. 9-13, 1997 43rd Annual Meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA "Cement line quantity, osteonal dimensions and porosity of human bone correlated with Strength." (Egerer, A.K., P.J. McMillan, J. Rivera, S. Saha)
Sept. 10-14, 1997 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Cincinnati, OH "Short-term Changes in Biochemical Markers of Bone Remodeling During Calcium Repletion." (Wright, K.R., P.J. McMillan)
April 18-22, 1998 Experimental Biology '98, San Francisco, CA "Blood Vessel Morphology in Compact Bone remodeling Sites." (McMillan, P.J., O. Ingram, K. Wright)
Oct. 6-10, 1999VIIIth Congress of the International Society for Bone Morphometry, Scottsdale, AZ. "Evaluation of Bone-Implant Integration: Efficiency and Precision of Three Methods. (McMillan, P.J., J. Kim, M. Crigger)
Oct. 6-10, 1999 VIIIth Congress of the International Society for Bone Morphometry, Scottsdale, AZ. "Method of the Evaluation of of the Relationship Between Peripheral Bone Density and Implant Osseointegration. (McMillan P.j., M. Crigger)
Selected publications
McMillan, Paul J., A. Yakush, G. Frykman, P.B. Nava, and V.R. Ras. Minima Equalization: A Useful Strategy in Automatic Processing of Microscopic Images. J. Microscopy 148:253-262, 1987.
McMillan, Paul J. More Efficient Lineal Analysis Using Microcomputer Technology. Acta Stereologica 6:123-128, 1987.
McMillan, P.J. and J.G. Harris. DataVoiceTM: A Microcomputer-Based General Purpose Voice-Controlled Data-Collection System. Comput. Biol. Med. 20(6):415-419, 1990.
McMillan, P.J. Areal analysis revisited: Precision of the ribbon probe. Acta Stereologica 11 (Suppl. 1):387-380, 1992.
McMillan, P.J. and J.O. Archambeau - Co-editors. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress for Stereology. Acta Stereologica Vol. 11 (Suppl. 1), 1992, Ljubljana Slovenia.
Schellens, J.P.M., W.M. Frederiks, C.J.F. Van Noorden, H.Vreeling-Sindelarova, F. Marx, and P.J. McMillan. The use of unfixed cryostat sections for electron microscopic study of D-amino acid oxidase activity in the liver. The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 40 (12):1975-1979, 1992.
Wallstrom, J.B., M. Torabinejad, J. Kettering and P. McMillan. Role of T cells in the pathogenesis of periapical lesions: A preliminary report. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 76:213-218, 1993
Wright, K.R. and P.J. McMillan. Osteoclast recruitment and modulation by calcium deficiency, fasting, and calcium supplementation in the rat. Calcif Tissue Int 54:62-68, 1994.
McMillan, P.J., J.O. Archambeau, A. Gokhale, M-H Archambeau and M. Oey. Morphometric and stereologic analysis of cerebral cortical microvessels using optical sections and thin slices. Acta Stereologica 13 (Suppl. 1):33-38, 1994.
McMillan, P.J., J. Kim, S. Garrett and M. Crigger. Evaluation of bone-implant integration: Efficiency and precision of 3 methods. Int. J. Oral Maxillofac Implants 14:631-638, 1999.
Lewis AM, Mathieu-Costello O, McMillan PJ, Gilbert RD. Effects of long-term, high-altitude hypoxia on the capillarity of the ovine fetal heart. Am J Physiol. 1999 Aug;277(2 Pt 2):H756-62.
Lewis AM, Mathieu-Costello O, McMillan PJ, Gilbert RD. Quantitative electron microscopic study of the hypoxic fetal sheep heart. Anat Rec. 1999 Dec 1;256(4):381-8.
Paul J. McMillan's personal statement
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