America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can’t afford it, access it and doctor’s can’t provide it.
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Education is the cornerstone of our communities and our country.
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| Birth: | 22nd February, 1952 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Physician, Politician, Professor |
About
Bill Frist was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He is an American physician, businessman, and politician. He began his career as a heart and lung transplant surgeon. Frist later served two terms as a Republican United States Senator representing Tennessee, serving as Majority Leader from 2003 until his retirement in 2007. Frist graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, and then from Princeton University in 1974, where he specialized in health care policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Frist proceeded to Harvard Medical School, where he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine with honors in 1978. He is currently licensed as a physician, and is board certified in both general surgery and thoracic surgery. He has performed over 150 heart transplants and lung transplants, including pediatric heart transplants and combined heart and lung transplants.
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