William H Frist M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
2908 Poston Ave C/O Deborah A. Kolar Nashville TN, 37203Rating
5/5
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Dr. William Frist is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Frist specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Frist typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Harvard Medical School 1978
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Martin Memorial Lecture: Operating outside the theater: new challenges for leadership.
- The ethicist's role on the transplant team: a study of heart, lung, and liver transplantation programs in the United States.
- Federal funding for biomedical research: commitment and benefits.
- Staging lung carcinoma with a Tc-99m labeled monoclonal antibody.
- Effects of the pericardium on left ventricular diastolic filling and systolic performance early after cardiac operations.
- Relationship of cardiac allograft size and pulmonary vascular resistance to long-term cardiopulmonary function.
- Single lung transplantation: replacement therapy for end-stage lung disease.
- Shattuck Lecture: health care in the 21st century.
- Recovering from the tsunami.
- Overcoming disparities in U.S. health care.
- Quality of life and coping in patients awaiting heart transplantation.
- Organ transplantation in Tennessee 1989-1990. Report of the Tennessee Transplant Society and the TMA Committee on Organ Procurement.
- Pediatric organ donation: the paradox of organ shortage despite the remarkable willingness of families to donate.
- Use of polyclonal antilymphocytic preparations for prophylaxis in heart transplantation.
- Commentary: improving the supply and distribution of primary care physicians.
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