A Nashville native
Reviewed sources document Education record: In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Education record: is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University, and Education record: returned to Vanderbilt for his surgical residency.
Explore education and trainingA Nashville native, Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr. is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University. In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and returned to Vanderbilt for his surgical residency, which was interrupted by a two-year stint as a flight surgeon at Robins Air Force Base during the Vietnam War.[1]
flight surgeon[1]
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Biographical context: A Nashville native
A Nashville native, Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr. is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University.
Education record: In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Education record: is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University
Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr. is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University.
Education record: returned to Vanderbilt for his surgical residency
A Nashville native, Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr. is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University. In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and returned to Vanderbilt for his surgical residency, which was interrupted by a two-year stint as a flight surgeon at Robins Air Force Base during the Vietnam War.
Identity: Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr.
A Nashville native, Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr. is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University. In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and returned to Vanderbilt for his surgical residency, which was interrupted by a two-year stint as a flight surgeon at Robins Air Force Base during the Vietnam War.
Professional role: A Nashville native, Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr. is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University. In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and returned to Vanderbilt for his surgical residency, which was interrupted by a two-year stint as a flight surgeon at Robins Air Force Base during the Vietnam War.
A Nashville native, Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr. is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University. In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and returned to Vanderbilt for his surgical residency, which was interrupted by a two-year stint as a flight surgeon at Robins Air Force Base during the Vietnam War.
Professional role: flight surgeon
A Nashville native, Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Frist, Jr. is a graduate of Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University. In 1965, he graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and returned to Vanderbilt for his surgical residency, which was interrupted by a two-year stint as a flight surgeon at Robins Air Force Base during the Vietnam War.
a two-year stint as a flight surgeon at Robins Air Force Base during the Vietnam War