Our Doctors
Matthew L. Miller, MD
Dr. Miller was born in Kingsport, TN in 1957, but spent all of his childhood
in West Virginia. He earned a bachelors degree in Biology from West Virginia
Wesleyan College, then attended West Virginia University where he first earned
a Masters Degree in Biology, then his Medical Degree graduating in the top of
his class in 1987. He attended medical school on a military scholarship, and
was sent to Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, VA for his internship.
He was then selected for the prestigious Navy Flight Surgery program and was
sent to Pensacola, FL for flight training and flight medicine. After earning
his wings, he was transferred to Key West, FL with VF-45, a Navy Top Gun squadron
where he flew F-16’s, A-4’s and F-5 aircraft and was instrumental
in the Key West base search and rescue operations. He then was selected for
Dermatology Residency at National Naval Medical Center which he completed and
became Board Certified in Dermatology in the fall of 1996. He then spent 3 years
in Okinawa, Japan as the sole dermatologist for all the servicemen and their
families as well as the DOD civilians on Okinawa, serving a patient population
of over 80,000 people. After Okinawa, he was transferred to Rota, Spain for
two years where he decided to leave the service and go into private practice.
During his naval career, he earned several Navy commendations for meritorious
service, and has published several articles and original research in dermatology
journals. He purchased Greenville Dermatology from Robert L. Jetton in July
2001 and now resides happily in Greenville with his wife, Deborah and his three
children, Aaron, Adam and Alec.
Robert L. Jetton, MD
Dr. Jetton, a native Kentuckian, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, mathematics, and physics from Murray State University in 1960 followed by a Master of Arts degree in chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 1961. He graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1965 where he was elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical society. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University Hospital in 1966 after which he served as a resident physician in dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. During his final year, he was Chief Resident in dermatology. The following two years were spent as the Chief of Dermatology at the naval hospital at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
From 1971 to 1973, Dr. Jetton was co-director of the dermatology residency program at the University of Louisville Medical School during which time he also had a part-time private practice of dermatology. Dr. Jetton opened a private practice of dermatology in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1973, retiring in 2001, when Dr. Matthew L. Miller took over the practice. A few years later, he returned to join Dr. Miller’s practice on a part-time basis.
Dr. Jetton was certified by the American Board of Dermatology in 1970 and by the American Board of Dermatopathology in 1982. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and several other medical organizations. He has served as president of the South Carolina Dermatology Association and the Piedmont Dermatological Society. He has authored 20 chemistry and medical publications. Over the years, he has been active in the community, serving on several boards and committees for local and civic organizations. He was the founder of Dermatology Night at the Greenville Free Medical Center where he volunteered for several years.