[5][6] Born in Omaha, Nebraska,[7] Hill was educated in the public schools of Vicksburg, Mississippi and received both his B.S.
A board certified family physician, Hill began his professional career in the rural Mississippi Delta where he practiced for 27 years.
In addition to his full-service family practice, 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.
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.
There is simply no excuse for discriminatory actions or exclusions based on sexual orientation or gender identity -- none.