Stephen Miller (surgeon)
Sir Stephen James Hamilton Miller, KCVO, GCStJ, FRCS (1915–1996) was a Scottish ophthalmic surgeon. He was Surgeon-Oculist to the Queen from 1974 to 1980. Early life, education and military career Born on 19 July 1915 in Arbroath, Miller was the son of an engineer. He studied at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with his medicine and surgery degrees in 1937. He then undertook house appointments, including one in ophthalmology in Hull. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was commissioned as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. After three years, he was appointed ophthalmic specialist at the Royal Navy's hospital in Kilmacolm. He completed the Diploma of Ophthalmic Surgery and Medicine in 1944. He was subsequently posted to Malta, before leaving the armed forces in 1946. Surgeon After a short spell in the Glasgow Eye Infirmary in 1946, Miller was appointed a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Hull Royal Infirmary, but soon resigned when promised equipment and buildings did not materialise. He was appointed registrar at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1947 (where he remained until 1950); in 1948, he was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. He was also employed as a registrar