Dr. Stephan L. Hill attended Boston University School of Medicine and trained in General and Vascular Surgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville Florida. He performed a year of Trauma research at the University of California at San Francisco .He is boarded in both General and Vascular Surgery and has taught numerous courses in the Advanced Trauma Life Support program. He was a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia, Roanoke Program for over 15 years. He was a surgical Mentor at Magale Health Center in Uganda on surgical missions four times in four years. He has been in private practice over 40 years in Roanoke Virginia and has given over 60 presentations both nationally and internationally. He has published over sixty articles in journals ranging from The American Journal of Surgery, Surgery, Journal of Vascular Access, American Surgeon, and Yearbook of Vascular Surgery.