Maryland State Delegate Terri Hill, M.D. is a practicing, board-certified plastic surgeon who has served in the Maryland General Assembly since 2015. As the only licensed, practicing physician in the House, she serves on the Health Committee as chair of the Public Health and Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee and member of the Elderly & Long-term Care and the Maternal & Fetal Health Subcommittees.

From 2015-2025 she was a member of the Health and Government Operations Committee, with stints on the Public Health and Minority Health Disparities; Government Operations and Health Facilities; Insurance, Health Facilities and Pharmaceuticals; Health Facilities and Health Occupations; Government Operations and Estates & Trusts; and Estates and Trusts subcommittees.

In 2025, she was appointed by the House Speaker to the Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, and she has held continuing appointments on the Maryland Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council since 2023 and the Maryland State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders since 2022. She was appointed to the Commission to Advance Next Generation 911 Across Maryland from 2021 until its completion of assignment at the end of 2022. Previous policy service assignments include the Maryland Attorney General’s COVID-19 Access to Justice Task Force and the Maryland House Justice Reinvestment, Affordable Care Act, and Death with Dignity Workgroups. She is the current treasurer of the Speaker’s Society.

Legislative memberships include the Howard County Delegation (former House Chair), Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, The Women Legislators of Maryland (Past Parliamentarian), Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus Associate Member, Maryland Jewish Caucus Associate Member, and LGTBQA+ Caucus Associate Member. From 2015-2022 she was a member of the Baltimore County Delegation (Legislative Bond Initiative Subcommittee Chair).

Delegate Hill earned her Bachelor’s in bioelectric engineering from Harvard University; her medical degree from Columbia University (Vagelos) College of Physicians and Surgeons; her general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery internship and residencies at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (née Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center); and completed a craniofacial fellowship at the University of Miami. She has been in solo practice since 1991.

Boards

Board of Directors, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, 2021– ; Board of Directors, American Red Cross, Central Maryland Chapter, 1997–2003 (Emergency Services Committee); Board of Directors, Harvard Cooperative Society, 1977–1981 (Charitable Contributions Committee)

Awards

2024 Legislative Award, Maryland Neurosurgical Society; 2021 Howard County Women’s Giving Circle SHeroes; 2020 Advocate of the Year, Maryland League of Conservation Voters; 2020 Howard County Women’s Hall of Fame; Honorary Member, Omega Beta Iota, Osteopathic Political Honor Society, 2019; Health Promotion Achievement Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., North Atlantic Region, 2017; Legislator Award, Medical and Chirurgical Society of Maryland (MedChi), 2017; Legislator of the Year, Maryland Association of Eye Physicians, 2016; Women on the Move Award, Small Business, Associated Black Charities, Baltimore, MD, 2015; Women in Medicine Award, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Baltimore Chapter, 2015; Mother Mary Lange Leadership Award, Archdiocese of Baltimore, 2012; Community Service Award, Columbia, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Columbia, MD, 2009; Outstanding Professional Achievement Spirit Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Columbia, MD Chapter, 2004; Tribute to Excellence Award, Baltimore Black Women’s Leadership Conference, 2003; Distinguished Black Marylander, Towson University, Towson, MD, 2001; Baltimore AFRAM Salute: “Hope for Tomorrow,” 1992; Aura E. Severinghaus Scholar, National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (Outstanding Academic Achievement, Leadership, and Community Service), 1985; Class Marshall, Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges; Dean’s List, Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges; Honoree, Salute to Outstanding Young Women, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Baltimore, MD Chapter, 1979; National Merit Finalist.

Public and Service

Moderator, N.O.B.E.L Women Annual Legislative Conference panel on Health Equity, 2022; 2023 National Medical Association Region II Annual Conference – Panelist, “Transitioning from the Exam Room to the Board Room (Post-pandemic): The health of Our Physicians and Community: Where Do We Go From Here); Guest—Sirius XM’s The Dr. Show, 2022; The Public Leadership Institute Annual State Strategy Forum, Panel on Healthcare and Prescription Drug Legislation, 2019; Alzheimer’s Association 15th Annual Pythias A. and Virginia I. Jones African American Community Form on Memory Loss, 2019; “Hot Topics in Public Health,” Johns Hopkins Center for Diversity in Leadership in Public Health Leadership, 2019; Black Women’s Agenda and AARP “I Am The Change: Living Your Best Life at Every Age” Summit, 2018; Local Engagement for Equity in Public Health Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School, 2018; PlayMore! Building Healthy Communities through Youth Sports: Risk Management and Policy Development Panel, 2018; “Sport-related Brain Trauma Head O”: A Film Screening & Panel Discussion, George Washington University School of Business, 2018; Travis Smiley Presents—ROAD to HEALTH, Health Fitness and Wellness Expo”; Guest appearances: CBS Radio, “The Back Room” and “92 Q The Big Phat Morning Show”; Guest appearances in programs sponsored by Monumental Medical Society, Student National Medical Associations, the University of Maryland Medical School and; Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University, Coppin State College, Office of Baltimore Mayor Shelia Dixon; The American Cancer Society; Panelist, Johns Hopkins University Symposium on Scientifically and Mathematically Precocious Youth; Maryland Commission on Women, “Women of Tomorrow” Awards, Selection Committee, 2005-2006; American Red Cross of Central Maryland, Board of Directors, Emergency Services Committee, 1997-2003; Operation Smile, Mission Surgeon: China (2004); Venezuela (1995 & 1998); Baltimore (1996-1999, 1996-2004); Camp About Face (for children with facial deformities), Counselor, 1999; Vision Howard County, 1999; Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons Financial Aid Committee, 1981-1985; St. Bernadine Roman Catholic Church – Lector, Bible Study Leader, past Pastoral Council member, and past Corporator.

Memberships

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons; Maryland State Medical Society (MedChi); John Stage Davis Society (past secretary); National Medical Association; Webster Society; Howard and Anne Arundel County Medical Societies; American Medical Association; American Medical Women’s Association; St. Bernadine Roman Catholic Church; Thurgood Marshal Democratic Club; Columbia Democratic Club; Southwest Baltimore County Democratic Club; League of Women Voters, Howard County; National Organization for Women; National (Political) Congress of Black Women, Howard County Chapter; The Scarborough Association (HOA); Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Howard County Chapter, 2003-present.