Inigo San Millan, PhD

Assistant Adjoint Professor, Medicine


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Languages
English, Spanish, French, Italian
Department
Medicine

Publications

  • 1. San Millan I, González-Haro C, Hill J. Indirect Assessment of Glycogen Status in Competitive Athletes. Med Sci Sports Exerc.; 43: S660. 2011
  • 2. Hill J, González-Haro C, San Millán I. Gender Differences in Maximal Fat and Carbohydrate Oxidation Rates. Med Sci Sports Exerc; 43: S414. 2011
  • San Millán I, Godleski M, Lindburg G. Exercise Metabolic Dysfunction and Recovery in a Severe Burn Patient. . Med Sci Sports Exerc.; 44: S781. 2012
  • San Millán I. Physiology of the Athlete: Bioenergetics, Performance, Physiological Testing, and Monitoring. Lifestyle Medicine, Second Edition. CRC Press. 2013. ISBN-13: 9781439845424
  • Gonzalez-Haro C, San Millán I, Butragueno J, Escanero J. Physiological Testing In Road Cycling. Metabolic And Cardiorespiratory Differences Between Long- And Short-stage Protocols. Med Sci Sports Exerc.; 44: S2996. 2012
  • The importance of Carbohydrates and glycogen storage for athletes. http://blog.trainingpeaks.com/posts/2013/1/17/the-importance-of-carbohydrates-and-glycogen-for-athletes.html
  • San Millán I, Bing K, Brill C, Hill JC, Miller LE. Randomized controlled trial of Micro-Mobile Compression® on lactate clearance and subsequent exercise performance in elite male cyclists. Open Access J Sports Med. 2013;4:221-7. PubMed PMID: 24379728
  • 1. Hill, J. C., & San Millán, I. S. Validation of musculoskeletal ultrasound to assess and quantify muscle glycogen content. A novel approach. The Physician and sportsmedicine, 42(3), 45-52, 2014
  • 2. San Millán, I. S., Calleja, J., Edwards, N., Nicol, K., & Hardy, J. (2014). Physiological Characteristics Of Male University Level (NCAA) During The Pre-season. In Med Sci Sports Exerc.; 46, 5:59-59. Philadelphia, pa 19106-3621 USA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Wischmeyer PE, San-Millan I. Winning the war against ICU-acquired weakness: new innovations in nutrition and exercise physiology. Crit Care. 2015;19 Suppl 3:S6. PubMed PMID: 26728966
  • San Millan, I.; Hill, J.C;. Measurement of skeletal muscle glycogen status in critically ill patients: a new approach in critical care monitoring, Critical Care, 19(Suppl 1):P400, 2015
  • San Millan, I; Hill, J C. Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Glycogen Content in University Football Players before and after a Game. Med Sci Sports Exerc ; 2015
  • Hill, J. C.; San Millán, I. Changes in Skeletal Muscle Glycogen Content in Professional Soccer Players before and after a Match. Med Sci Sports Exerc ; 2015
  • San-Millán I, Brooks GA. Reexamining cancer metabolism: lactate production for carcinogenesis could be the purpose and explanation of the Warburg Effect. Carcinogenesis. 2016 Dec 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27993896
  • San Millan, I; Poddar, S; Rueda, M; Hill, J.C. Evolution of creatine kinase in division one Amercian football players during the season. A method to monitor and evaluate skeletal muscle damage. Med Sci Sports Exerc ; 2016
  • Magrini DM.;Khodaee, M; Provance, A, San Millan, I; Hew-Butler, T. Creatine Kinase Elevations in Ultra-endurance Runners at Altitude. Med Sci Sports Exerc ; 2015
  • San Millan, I. A novel methodology to indirectly assess mitochondrial function and by means of measuring fat and lactate response to exercise across different populations. J of World Mitochondrial Society, 1(1), 22, 2015
  • San Millán, I., & Brooks, G. A. (2017). Reexamining cancer metabolism: lactate production for carcinogenesis could be the purpose and explanation of the Warburg Effect. Carcinogenesis, 38(2), 119-133. DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgw127
  • doi: 10.1007/s40279-017-0751-x.
  • Relationships Between Vo2max And Blood Lactate During Exercise Across Different Populations:
  • San-Millan, I.; Brooks, G.A. (2017). Assessment of metabolic flexibility by means of measuring blood lactate, fat and carbohydrate oxidation responses to exercise in professional endurance athletes and less fit individuals. Sports Med, 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s40279-017-0751-x
  • Riddell, M. C., Gallen, I. W., Smart, C. E., Taplin, C. E., Adolfsson, P., Lumb, A. N., San Millan, I... & Annan, F. (2017) Exercise management in type 1 diabetes: a consensus statement. Lancet. Diabetes. Endocrinol, (5), 377-390. DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(17)30014-1
  • Wischmeyer, P. E., Puthucheary, Z., San Millán, I., Butz, D., & Grocott, M. P. (2017). Muscle mass and physical recovery in ICU: innovations for targeting of nutrition and exercise. Curr Opin Crit Care, 23(4), 269-278doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000431.
  • San-Millán I, Julian CG, Matarazzo C, Martinez J, Brooks GA. Is Lactate an Oncometabolite? Evidence Supporting a Role for Lactate in the Regulation of Transcriptional Activity of Cancer-Related Genes in MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells. Front Oncol. 2019;9:1536. PubMed PMID: 32010625
  • Magrini, D., Khodaee, M., San Millán, I., Hew-Butler, T., & Provance, A. J. (2017). Serum creatine kinase elevations in ultramarathon runners at high altitude. Phys Sportsmed, 45(2)129-133. DOI: 10.1080/00913847.2017.1280371
  • San-Millán I. Blood Biomarkers in Sports Medicine and Performance and the Future of Metabolomics. Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1978:431-446. PubMed PMID: 31119678
  • 6. Morris, K., Widstrom, L., Goodrich, J; Poddar, S., Rueda, M., Holliday, M; San Millán, I., Byrnes W. A. (2017). retrospective analysis of collegiate athlete blood biomarkers at moderate altitude. Exerc. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. (submitted)
  • San-Millán I, Brooks GA. Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility by Means of Measuring Blood Lactate, Fat, and Carbohydrate Oxidation Responses to Exercise in Professional Endurance Athletes and Less-Fit Individuals. Sports Med. 2018 Feb;48(2):467-479. PubMed PMID: 28623613
  • Hill, J.C; San Millan, I. (2017). Aerobic Training, 124-133. In Netter's Sports Medicine, 2nd Edition. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2017.
  • San-Millán, I., Hill, J. C., & Calleja-González, J. (2020). Indirect Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Glycogen Content in Professional Soccer Players before and after a Match through a Non-Invasive Ultrasound Technology. Nutrients, 12(4), 971.
  • San-Millán,I.; Stefanoni,D.; Martinez, J.; Hansen, K.; D'Alessandro, A.; Nemkov, T. Metabolomics of Endurance Capacity in World Tour Professional Cyclists Frontiers Physiology, 2020

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Sports Medicine, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
6th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2650

Specialty Information

Conditions & Treatments
  • Food, Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Wellness and Prevention - Exercise and Physical Fitness
  • Wellness and Prevention
  • Endocrine System (Hormones) - Adult Type 1 Diabetes
  • Endocrine System (Hormones)
  • Endocrine System (Hormones) - Adult Type 2 Diabetes
Public Speaking
Yes