Luther Leonidas Hill

Pioneering physician and Montgomery native Luther Leonidas Hill Jr. (1862-1946) performed one of the first successful surgical repairs of a wounded heart by an American in 1902. His son, Lister Hill, became a celebrated U.S. senator.

Portrait of Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill, Alabama physician and surgeon
Courtesy of the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences
Portrait of Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill, Alabama physician and surgeon