David W. McMillan is Assistant Professor at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine's Department of Neurological Surgery where he works at the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center for the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. For over a decade has been using science to learn about the health impacts of spinal cord injury and disease. David holds a B.S. (CSU San Marcos), M.S. (CSU Los Angeles), and a Ph.D. (University of Miami), and he is currently a study team member on various human studies and clinical trials ranging in topics from characterizations of disordered sleep and satiety, pragmatic interventions for neuropathic pain, and surgical implantation of devices such as nerve stimulators and brain-computer interfaces. ‍

With T.S.I. David looks forward to facilitating adaptive diving at various levels. He is a keen dive buddy, and aims to use his photography and videography experience to document adaptive dives in a manner that generates content for educational and advocacy media. He also aims to leverage his academic proclivities to facilitate adaptive diving through more abstract means: by generating knowledge (research) and translating the understanding into practice (education/training).