Joseph Hill, MD, PhD

Professor
Endowed Title: James T. Willerson, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Diseases
Frank M. Ryburn Jr. Chair in Heart Research
Internal Medicine, Molecular Biology
Graduate Program: Integrative Biology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

joseph.hill@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Joseph Hill is Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, Chief of Cardiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Director of the Harry S. Moss Heart Center. He was graduated from Duke University with MD and PhD degrees in 1987. His PhD dissertation research was in the field cardiac ion channel biophysics. Dr. Hill then worked for 5 years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institut Pasteur in Paris studying central and peripheral nicotinic receptors. In 1992, he moved to Boston where he worked as an Intern and Resident in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. This was followed by training as a clinical Cardiology fellow at those same institutions. Dr. Hill worked at the University of Iowa from 1997-2002, where his clinical interests centered on cardiomyopathies and lipid management. He moved to UT Southwestern in the fall of 2002. Dr. Hill’s research examines molecular mechanisms of structural, functional, and electrophysiological remodeling in cardiac hypertrophy and failure.

Education

FellowshipBrigham & Women's Hospital, Cardiovascular Disease (1997)
Internship/ResidencyBrigham & Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine (1995)
FellowshipInstitut Pasteur, Molecular Biology (1992)
Medical SchoolDuke University School of Medicine (1987)

Research Interests

cardiac hypertrophy and failure
electrophysiological remodeling
molecular signaling