The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) will host a lecture by Senator Bill Frist, MD, a member of the Class of 1974, on Wednesday. Oct. 29. Senator Frist is speaking as part of the HMEI Taplin Environmental Lecture Series. More details will follow.
This event is free and open to the public.
Biography
Senator William H. Frist, MD is a heart and lung transplant surgeon and former United States Senate Majority Leader and currently serves as Chair of the Global Board of the Nature Conservancy, the largest conservation organization in the world.
As the founder of the Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center (today the busiest heart transplant center in the world), he performed over 150 heart and lung transplants and authored over 100 peer-reviewed medical articles.
He represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1995 – 2007. His leadership in the U.S. Senate was instrumental in the passage of the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act that established Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, the historic PEPFAR legislation that provided life-saving HIV treatment globally to 25 million people, and the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 which promotes worldwide access to safe and clean water.
Senator Frist is a founding partner of Frist Cressey Ventures and special partner and chairman of the Executives Council of the health service investment firm Cressey & Company. He’s founded and helped build a number of successful healthcare companies, including Aspire Health, Monogram Health, and CareBridge.
As a leading authority on healthcare, Senator Frist speaks nationally on health policy, global health, and the intersection of climate, biodiversity and human health. He serves on the steering committee of the National Academy of Medicine’s Grand Challenge on Climate Change, Human Health, and Equity, and co-chairs NAM’s Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector, in addition to co-chairing the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health. He is the founder and chairman of community health collaborative NashvilleHealth, the Tennessee-based State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), and global health non-profit Hope Through Healing Hands.
Senator Frist and his wife Tracy have established the Senator Bill and Tracy Frist Initiative for Planetary and Human Health within The Nature Conservancy, a transformative initiative focused on driving solutions that concurrently improve planetary and human health.
He and Tracy live on their historic farm Old Town in Franklin, Tennessee.
This event is free and open to the public.
Biography
Senator William H. Frist, MD is a heart and lung transplant surgeon and former United States Senate Majority Leader and currently serves as Chair of the Global Board of the Nature Conservancy, the largest conservation organization in the world.
As the founder of the Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center (today the busiest heart transplant center in the world), he performed over 150 heart and lung transplants and authored over 100 peer-reviewed medical articles.
He represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1995 – 2007. His leadership in the U.S. Senate was instrumental in the passage of the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act that established Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, the historic PEPFAR legislation that provided life-saving HIV treatment globally to 25 million people, and the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 which promotes worldwide access to safe and clean water.
Senator Frist is a founding partner of Frist Cressey Ventures and special partner and chairman of the Executives Council of the health service investment firm Cressey & Company. He’s founded and helped build a number of successful healthcare companies, including Aspire Health, Monogram Health, and CareBridge.
As a leading authority on healthcare, Senator Frist speaks nationally on health policy, global health, and the intersection of climate, biodiversity and human health. He serves on the steering committee of the National Academy of Medicine’s Grand Challenge on Climate Change, Human Health, and Equity, and co-chairs NAM’s Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector, in addition to co-chairing the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health. He is the founder and chairman of community health collaborative NashvilleHealth, the Tennessee-based State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), and global health non-profit Hope Through Healing Hands.
Senator Frist and his wife Tracy have established the Senator Bill and Tracy Frist Initiative for Planetary and Human Health within The Nature Conservancy, a transformative initiative focused on driving solutions that concurrently improve planetary and human health.
He and Tracy live on their historic farm Old Town in Franklin, Tennessee.
Speakers
Senator Bill Frist, MD
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