Full Name:
William 'Bill' H. Frist
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Karyn; 3 Children: Harrison, Jonathan, Bryan
Birth Date:
02/22/1952
Birth Place:
Nashville, TN
Home City:
Nashville, TN
Religion:
Presbyterian
MD, Harvard Medical School, 1978
BA, Princeton University, 1974
Republican Deputy Whip, 106th Congress
Co-Chair, 2000 Republican National Convention
Majority Leader, United States Senate, 2003-2007
Senator, United States Senate, 1994-2002
Deputy Director, Tennessee Bush-Quayle Campaign, 1992
Co-Chairman, The Forum on Technology and Innovation, 1997-present
Senate Rural Health Caucus, 108th Congress
Experience, Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
Experience, Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
Chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee
Co-Chair, Organ and Tissue Donation Task Force
Founder and Co-Chairman, Science and Technology Caucus
United States Senate Liaison, George W. Bush for President Committee, 2000
Chairman, Senate Republican Medicare Working Group, 1995-1996
Chairman, Governors Medicaid Task Force, 1992-1993
Author, Articles & Abstracts on Medical Research & Policy
Experience, Heart and Lung Transplant Specialist
Staff Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nashville Veterans Administration Hospital, 1986-1993
Director, Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1986-1993
Surgical Director, Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1986-1993
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1986-1993
Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1986-1993
Board of Trustees, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2003-present
Board of Trustees, Open World Leadership Center, 2003-present
Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2002-present
Advisory Board, St. Albans School, Washington District of Columbia, School for Public Service, 2002-present
Honorary Board of Directors, American Running Association, 2001-present
Honorary Board of Trustees, Center for Excellence in Education, 2001-present
Advisory Board, Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2001-present
Board of Trustees, Library of Congress Center for Russian Leadership Development, 2001-present
Board of Directors, National Endowment for Democracy, 2001-present
Governing Board, St. Albans School, Washington District of Columbia, 2001-present
Co-Chair, Harvard Medical School, Advisory Council for the Department of Health Care Policy, 1999-present
Board of Regents, Smithsonian Institution, 1997-present
Rotary Club of Nashville, 1993-present
Member, Alpha Omega Alpha
Member, American Bronco-Esophagological Association
Member, American College Of Surgeons
Member, American College of Chest Physicians
Honorary Chairman, American Heart Association, Middle Tennessee Chapter 1996 Heart Gala
Honorary Chairman, American Heart Association, Tennessee Affiliate 1996 Heart Gala
Member, American Medical Association
Member, American Society of Transplant Physicians
Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Member, Association for Academic Surgery
Member, Cum Laude Society
Member, Flying Physicians' Association
Member, H. William Scott, Jr. Society
Member, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
Member, Massachusetts Medical Society
Advisory Board, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, Tennessee
Member, Nashville Academy of Medicine
Member, Nashville Cardiovascular Society
Member, Nashville Surgical Society
Member, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Member, Southeastern Surgical Congress
Member, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Member, Tennessee Medical Association
Member, Tennessee Transplant Society
Member, The Transplantation Society
Chairman, Board of Regents Audit and Review Committee Smithsonian Institution, 2000-2003
Chairman, Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents Audit and Review Committee, 2000-2003
Board of Directors, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 2001-2002
Advisory Board, Center for Economic Policy Studies Princeton University, 1995-2001
Board of Trustees, Princeton University, 1974-1978, 1991-2001
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, 2001
State Campaign Chairperson, American Heart Association, Tennessee Affiliate, 1996
Advisory Board, National Heart Assist Transplant Fund, 1987-1995
Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Middle Tennessee Chapter, 1990-1994
Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Tennessee Affiliate, 1991-1994
Board of Trustees, Ensworth School, 1992-1994
Delegate to the Tennessee Medical Association House of Delegates, Nashville Academy of Medicine, 1992-1994
Advisory Board, Tennessee Donor Services, 1986-1994
Board of Directors, Third National Bank, 1990-1994
Editorial Board, Transplantation Science, 1991-1994
Board of Trustees, YMCA Foundation of Metropolitan Nashville, 1992-1994
Board of Overseers Committee on University Resources Harvard College, 1993-1994
Girl Scout Advisory Board, Cumberland Valley Girl Scout Council, 1993
Chairman, Governor's Medicaid Task Force State of Tennessee, 1992-1993
Co-Chairman, Nashville Academy of Medicine Medico-Legal Committee, 1990-1993
Organ and Tissue Donation Committee Veterans Administration Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 1992-1993
Board of Directors, National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee, 1990-1993
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1988-1993
President, American Heart Association, Middle Tennessee Chapter, 1991-1992
Board of Directors, Cumberland Science Museum, 1989-1992
Vice-President, National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee, 1991-1992
Chairman, American Heart Association, Middle Tennessee Chapter, Medical and Community Programs, 1990-1991
Board of Directors, American Lung Association of Tennessee, 1989-1991
Chairman, Communications Committee United Network for Organ Sharing, 1989-1991
Alternate Delegate, Tennessee Medical Association, 1988-1991
Advisory Committee, The National Cooperative Transplantation Study, 1989-1991
Leadership Nashville, 1990-1991
President-Elect, American Heart Association, Middle Tennessee Chapter, 1989-1990
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Clinical Advisory Panel, National Heart Transplantation Network, 1990
Advisory Committee, University Health Services Princeton University, 1978-1984
Advisory Committee, Strategies for Prevention of Disease and Promotion of Health, 1977
Astrological Sign:
Pisces
Awards:
-Dr. Nathan Davis Award, American Medical Association 2004
-Spirit of Enterprise, the United States Chamber of Commerce 2004
First Job:
Flying (commercial, instrument, and multiengine pilot), Running (seven marathons), Hunting with His Sons, Medical Mission Trips to Africa, and Writing
Publications:
Good People Beget Good People: A Geneology of the Frist Family (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2003)
-When Every Moment Counts: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2002)
-Tennessee Senators 1911-2002: Portraits of Leadership in a Century of Change (Madison Books 1999)
-Transplant: A Heart Surgeon's Account of the Life-and-Death Dramas of the New Medicine (Atlantic Monthly, 1989)