Kelley Hill

Daughter of the king of kings, wife of an awesome PT, mom to a precious little girl, pulmonary/critical care physician in New Orleans.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

“Can I bring my baby to the interview?”

The message came in at 11 PM:

“Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.”

Old me would have rescheduled.
Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag.

New me replied:
“Absolutely. See you tomorrow.”

She showed up with her baby on her hip.
She apologized three times before even sitting down.

Ten minutes in, the baby started crying.
She tried to soothe him while answering questions.
She apologized again.

I stopped the interview and said:

“Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.”

Her eyes filled with tears.

We hired her.

She’s been with us for a year now.
The most reliable team member we have.

Why?

Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing.

Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire.

Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities.

If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism.

You’re filtering for privilege.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Iceland is the world’s biggest consumer of SSRIs. They’ve had less than 10 gun homicides since 2020; in the US, there have been over 90,000.

Japan is one of the largest video game markets in the world. They have 10 gun deaths per year; the US has nearly 50,000.

It’s the guns.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

RFK Jr keeps repeating lies.

So I will be keep repeating truths.

Vaccines don't cause autism.

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

@SenBillCassidy I hope you are aware that physicians in your home state are absolutely appalled at the way you have caved to the party line instead of putting the health of America first. We will actively campaign against you from now on.

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

A complete and total disgrace to the profession. I hope you never sleep well again, sir.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

There is no such fucking thing as being “too woman” to pilot a helicopter, “too gay” to land a plane or “too black” to be an air traffic controller.

There is however, such a thing as being too hateful, too stupid & too sociopathic to be president.

And we call that Donald Trump.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

To all of my friends, family, and followers in both Canada and Mexico… please know that enlightened, educated, and intelligent Americans did NOT vote for this bullshit.

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

@postbirdie @taylorswift13 @RedEraSwifties @swiftpage13 @tswifterastour @TSTheErasTour @LucasOilStadium @Colts @JadeKimbrough

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

@VEHerrin Right?! This has to be a joke

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

@DGlaucomflecken My daughters cochlear implants were partially covered initially but any replacement parts, batteries, etc are not covered at all

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

@ktfitt87 Ahhh! I went to an incredible session at chest where they convinced me pip-tazo was worse and now we have come full circle 😂🤷🏻���♀️

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

Day 1 of #CHEST2023 and I got to meet one of my twitter friends and professional heroes in person! @ICU_Recovery

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

@ktfitt87 @AneesaDas I’m so excited!!! My first CHEST conference and my first trip to HAWAII!!!

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

All of this 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Emily Fridenmaker @emily_fri]

Has anybody tried giving burnout lectures to the healthcare system decision makers about how to cause less burnout rather than lecturing the burnt out on how to be less burnt out

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

💯💯

[Emily Fridenmaker @emily_fri]

What people think I do in the ICU to help patients get better vs what I actually do in the ICU.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Hey @bluecrossidaho do your job please. Immediately. Like right now.

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

This should terrify every healthcare worker in America.

[Malini Gupta, MD, FACE, ECNU @MaliniGuptaMD]

Dr. Ben Mauck was not just a “healthcare worker.” He was my friend, one of the most skilled hand surgeons we had here in #Memphis. #EndGunViolence #orthopedics

[Kelley Hill @kchhill]

Same plan for me. I can’t keep up so everyone just let us know when you decide.

[Emily Fridenmaker @emily_fri]

I’m planning to be a late adopter and hop platforms once y’all have tried them all out and decided for good where we’re going.