"Zoë McMillen M.D. was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and spent most of her childhood years there. She participated in many sports, and had family vacations on the beautiful east coast in Umhlanga. She enjoyed going on safaris and, to this day, finds being in nature in a wild animal reserve the most peaceful place on earth. After high school, she moved with her family to San Diego where she attended SDSU and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology. She worked each summer in biology research labs, was on the Mortar Board, received a coveted spot in The Scripps Research Institute Internship program and graduated with the Henry L. Janssen Honors Council Award after being inducted into all five Honor Societies. Throughout college she wanted to go to medical school, but health issues caused this goal to be delayed for a few years. This delay afforded her the opportunity to participate in the ground breaking field of human stem cell research and help teach scientists how to grow stem cells; her work ultimately being published in a book chapter. After a few years, she continued her passion for learning and helping people at the University of Arizona College of Medicine school in Phoenix. Her desire to become a family medicine physician was confirmed early in medical school. During her first and second year of medical school she began shadowing Dr. Susan Wilder. Dr. Wilder epitomized the family medicine doctor, she practiced full spectrum medicine, listened to her patients, had so much compassion and beyond that was a visionary of medical care. Dr. McMillen received a summer research scholarship for research on aging and was President of the school’s American Medical Association chapter. Dr. McMillen completed medical school, and was inducted into the exclusive Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society. She matched into her first choice residency University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Family Medicine Residency at Banner Good Sam, the original family medicine training program in Arizona and the 15th in the nation. She worked hard doing inpatient and outpatient medicine as well as OBGYN care. She co-chaired the residency recruitment and social committee during her third year. After graduating Dr. McMillen joined Honor Health and helped take care of a quickly growing panel of patients. She served as co-chair of the Antibiotic Stewardship committee. She is excited to be a part of Lifescape Premier, and get to spend more time with patients, going through life’s journey and getting to the root cause of their health problems."
