Dr. Mills currently presides as a board-certified vascular surgeon in Houston, Texas specializing in diabetic foot amputation prevention and limb salvage. He earned his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his surgical internship and residency at Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He has served as president of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, president of the Western Vascular Society, president of the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery, director of the American Board of Surgery (ABS), immediate past chair of the Vascular Surgery Board of the ABS, and is currently a member of the Surgery Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. He is co-editor of the prestigious Rutherford's Vascular Surgery (7^th and 8^th editions), the “go-to” textbook for vascular surgery. Dr. Mills has authored nearly 300 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters focused on his clinical and research interests in noninvasive diagnosis, vein graft stenosis, intimal hyperplasia, and limb-salvage in patients with diabetes. He has also been the principal investigator for over 40 clinical trials.