He received his BS in biology from Pennsylvania State University in 1976 and his DDS from Temple University in 1982. The next year he completed a general practice residency at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois and in 1991 completed the Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at the National Naval Dental School in Bethesda. Dr. Miniotis has been a dentist in the U.S. Air Force at bases from Alaska, Mississippi, and Delaware to Saudi Arabia, Portugal, and Germany. He has co-authored technical reports in the USAF Dental Evaluation and Consultation Service series as well as articles in dental journals. At LSUSD he is co-director of Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry.