Washington C Hill M.D., FACOG
Clerkship Faculty
Job Description
Dr. Hill coordinates the Obstetrics/Gynecology curriculum and training of third- and fourth-year medical students at the Sarasota Regional Medical School Campus. It is his responsibility to recruit clerkship faculty, schedule rotations and monitor student and faculty participation in the Obstetrics/Gynecology rotation.
Biosketch
Dr. Hill is the Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida. After earning his medical degree at Temple University and interning at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C., Dr. Hill spent the next nine years as a Medical Officer in the United States Army. During this time, he conducted his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso, Texas. Upon finishing his residency, he was an Obstetrician and Gynecologist in Germany for three years. After twelve years of private practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Hill completed a fellowship in Maternal-Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Children’s Hospital of San Francisco in 1984. While there, he was also a Research Fellow at the Cardiovascular Research Institute. Following completion of his fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, he has practiced this subspecialty for 21 years first at the Sutter Perinatal Center and the University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, and then at Creighton University, School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska; Meharry Medical College, and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. He served as Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine, educating minority medical students and residents from 1990 until 1992, when he took his current position as Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Perinatal Center of Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida. Dr. Hill is a leader in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He also serves around the country as a consultant for maternal-fetal medicine and medical legal issues. In his “spare time,” he likes to travel, especially to Africa. He also enjoys sports, music and collecting African artifacts when not engaged in his teaching duties. A native of Camden, New Jersey, Dr. Hill is married to Pauline Hill.
Education
B.A., Rutgers University, College of South Jersey, Camden, New Jersey, 1961
Major: Chemistry
M.D., Temple University School of Medicine, 1965
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, William Beaumont General Hospital, 1970
Post Graduate, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 1984
Board Certification, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology with Special Competence in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 1989 with Recertification 1978, 1993 and 1998
Service
Teaching faculty for OB/GYN, University of South Florida,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Ethics Committee
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Medical Executive Committee
Adeza and March of Dimes Speaker’s Bureau, present
Honors/Awards
Outstanding Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society, 1965
Black Enterprise Magazine “Top 100 Black Physicians in the Country”
Past President of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1990
Memberships
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Institute of Ultrasound and Medicine
National Medical Association
American Medical Association
Florida Medical Association
Sarasota County Medical Association
Planned Parenthood Board of Southwest and Central Florida
Food and Drug Administration Consultant
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Past Board Member
Courses
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
Research Focus
Early Detection of Preterm Birth and Prevention/Treatment of Preterm Birth
Publications
Dr. Hill is the author of at least 60 articles in refereed journals and the book, “Ambulatory Obstetrics.” He contributes regularly to the medical literature and provider education.
Dr. Hill coordinates the Obstetrics/Gynecology curriculum and training of third- and fourth-year medical students at the Sarasota Regional Medical School Campus. It is his responsibility to recruit clerkship faculty, schedule rotations and monitor student and faculty participation in the Obstetrics/Gynecology rotation.
Dr. Hill is the Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, Florida. After earning his medical degree at Temple University and interning at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C., Dr. Hill spent the next nine years as a Medical Officer in the United States Army. During this time, he conducted his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso, Texas. Upon finishing his residency, he was an Obstetrician and Gynecologist in Germany for three years. After twelve years of private practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Hill completed a fellowship in Maternal-Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Children’s Hospital of San Francisco in 1984. While there, he was also a Research Fellow at the Cardiovascular Research Institute. Following completion of his fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, he has practiced this subspecialty for 21 years first at the Sutter Perinatal Center and the University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, and then at Creighton University, School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska; Meharry Medical College, and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. He served as Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine, educating minority medical students and residents from 1990 until 1992, when he took his current position as Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Perinatal Center of Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida. Dr. Hill is a leader in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He also serves around the country as a consultant for maternal-fetal medicine and medical legal issues. In his “spare time,” he likes to travel, especially to Africa. He also enjoys sports, music and collecting African artifacts when not engaged in his teaching duties. A native of Camden, New Jersey, Dr. Hill is married to Pauline Hill.
B.A., Rutgers University, College of South Jersey, Camden, New Jersey, 1961
Major: Chemistry
M.D., Temple University School of Medicine, 1965
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, William Beaumont General Hospital, 1970
Post Graduate, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 1984
Board Certification, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology with Special Competence in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 1989 with Recertification 1978, 1993 and 1998
Teaching faculty for OB/GYN, University of South Florida,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Ethics Committee
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Medical Executive Committee
Adeza and March of Dimes Speaker’s Bureau, present
Outstanding Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society, 1965
Black Enterprise Magazine “Top 100 Black Physicians in the Country”
Past President of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1990
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Institute of Ultrasound and Medicine
National Medical Association
American Medical Association
Florida Medical Association
Sarasota County Medical Association
Planned Parenthood Board of Southwest and Central Florida
Food and Drug Administration Consultant
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Past Board Member
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
Early Detection of Preterm Birth and Prevention/Treatment of Preterm Birth
Dr. Hill is the author of at least 60 articles in refereed journals and the book, “Ambulatory Obstetrics.” He contributes regularly to the medical literature and provider education.