William Stewart Hillis OBE (28 September 1943 − 21 July 2014) was a Scottish physician who held a professorship in cardiology and exercise medicine.
but during this period the club signed Daniel Prodan in 1998 without some significant medical problems being discovered before the completion of the deal.
[8] When the club's owner David Murray rushed the deal for the player through, Hillis hadn't been allowed the normal amount of time to complete his medical checks.
[11] Hillis helped establish the Sports Medicine Centre inside Hampden Park, the first of its kind in a national stadium.
In 2008, Hillis was awarded the prestigious Sir Robert Atkin prize by the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine.
[16] In July 2015 a project to look at how best to treat mental health issues encountered by footballers in Scotland was funded by the UEFA Research Grant Programme and was dedicated to Hillis.