Hillyer Rudisill, Jr. was born in Macon, Georgia in 1902. He completed his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1924, and was later an instructor of radiology at the University of Chicago. Dr. Rudisill came to Charleston, South Carolina in 1931 to take a position as a radiologist at Roper Hospital and as a professor of radiology and electrotherapy at the Medical College of the State of South Carolina. He was a publisher and compiling editor for the Review of Tumor Therapy (which later merged with the Southern Surgeon). The Review of Tumor Therapy was Charleston's first national journal since 1874. He invented two devices for use with X-rays; a stand and a probe. He left Charleston in 1941 after accepting positions as a radiologist at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and as assistant professor of radiology at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Rudisill returned to Charleston in 1944 to once again teach radiology at MCSSC, and to head Roper Hospital's X-ray department. Dr. Rudisill was married to Helen Heard Rudisill, and the couple had two children. Dr. Rudisill retired due to poor health in 1948, and died in 1949.
From the description of Hilyer Rudisill, M.D. Papers 1936-1942. 1936-1942. (Medical University of South Carolina Library). WorldCat record id: 19637180
