Edward Hill (physician)
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Born in Omaha
, Neb., Dr. Edward J. Hill was educated in the public schools of Vicksburg, Miss., and received both his BS and MD degrees from the University of Mississippi. He completed his internship while serving four years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, in addition to serving as a general medical officer in a naval destroyer group.
A board-certified family physician, Dr. Hill began his professional career in the rural Mississippi Delta where he practiced for 27 years. In addition to his full-service family practice, Dr. Hill developed and directed a local maternal child health program that resulted in lowering the fetal mortality rate from one of the highest in the United States to below the national average, where it remained. Due to his wealth of medical practice experience and recognition as a role model for young doctors, Dr. Hill was asked in January 1995 to become the director of the Family Practice Residency Program at North Mississippi Medical Center, which is the nation’s largest rural hospital. Having stepped down from the directorship in July 2001, he remains on the faculty full time and has an active practice.
Dr. Hill was elected president of the AMA in June 2004 and began his one-year term as president on June 2005.
to address the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
.
His speech is considered by some as an historic turning point in the policy of the AMA's towards LGBT physicians after the events at New York Medical College
during the tenure of the previous AMA president Dr. John Nelson.
Dr. Hill was succeeded as AMA president by William G. Plested III, MD.
Omaha
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, Neb., Dr. Edward J. Hill was educated in the public schools of Vicksburg, Miss., and received both his BS and MD degrees from the University of Mississippi. He completed his internship while serving four years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, in addition to serving as a general medical officer in a naval destroyer group.
A board-certified family physician, Dr. Hill began his professional career in the rural Mississippi Delta where he practiced for 27 years. In addition to his full-service family practice, Dr. Hill developed and directed a local maternal child health program that resulted in lowering the fetal mortality rate from one of the highest in the United States to below the national average, where it remained. Due to his wealth of medical practice experience and recognition as a role model for young doctors, Dr. Hill was asked in January 1995 to become the director of the Family Practice Residency Program at North Mississippi Medical Center, which is the nation’s largest rural hospital. Having stepped down from the directorship in July 2001, he remains on the faculty full time and has an active practice.
Dr. Hill was elected president of the AMA in June 2004 and began his one-year term as president on June 2005.
Tenure as AMA president
In a speech entitled "Understanding, Advocacy, Leadership: The AMA Perspective on LGBT Health," Edward Hill, MD became the first president of the AMAAmerican Medical Association
The American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States.-Scope and operations:...
to address the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association works to ensure equality in health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and health care professionals...
.
His speech is considered by some as an historic turning point in the policy of the AMA's towards LGBT physicians after the events at New York Medical College
New York Medical College
New York Medical College, aka New York Med or NYMC, is a private graduate health sciences university based in Westchester County, New York, a suburb of New York City and a part of the New York Metropolitan Area...
during the tenure of the previous AMA president Dr. John Nelson.
Dr. Hill was succeeded as AMA president by William G. Plested III, MD.