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Bill Frist

Investor

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Frist Cressey Ventures · Special Partner at Cressey & Company · Board director at Thrive Health Tech · Board director at BehaVR Holdings · Board director at Monogram Health

Franklin, Tennessee, United States

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Caroline YoungunlockedBill: together at NashvilleHealth (2016–2019)
Bill: together at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
×8Bill: together at Frist Cressey Ventures
×2Bill: together at Cressey & Company

About

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and heart-lung transplant surgeon, Frist co-founded FCV and sits on the fund's Investment Committee, focusing on acquisitions, divestitures and adding value to partnerships. He founded the Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center and holds an M.D. from Harvard and a B.A. from Princeton.

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Board director at Thrive Health Tech

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Thrive Health Tech's investors · 5

City LightNew York · $1M – $6M checks · since 2025CVS Health VenturesWoonsocket · since 2025Frist Cressey VenturesNashville · $500K – $20M checks · since 2025Samsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Winter Street VenturesBoston · since 2023

Board director at BehaVR Holdings

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BehaVR Holdings's investors · 1

Frist Cressey VenturesNashville · $500K – $20M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at BehaVR Holdings

AGAaron Gani
Aaron GaniChief Executive Officer of BehaVR Holdings, Inc.

Board director at Monogram Health

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Monogram Health's investors · 7

CVS Health VenturesWoonsocket · since 2023Frist Cressey VenturesNashville · $500K – $20M checks · since 2019Heritage GroupNashville · $15M checksHumanaLouisville · since 2023Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checks · since 2019Pura Vida InvestmentsNew York · since 2023TPGSan Francisco

Co-founders at Monogram Health

MUMICHAEL UCHRIN
MICHAEL UCHRINExecutive Officer, Director
MU
Michael UchrinCo-Founder & CEO

Experience

  1. The Nature ConservancyChair, Global Board Of Directorscurrent2015 — present
  2. Frist Cressey VenturesFoundercurrent2016 — presentNashville, Tennessee, United States
  3. Frist Cressey VenturesCo-Founder and Partnercurrent2016 — presentNashville, TN
  4. Cressey & CompanySpecial Partnercurrent2008 — present
  5. Cressey & CompanyPartner and Chairman of the Executive Councilcurrent2008 — presentNashville, TN
  6. Cressey & CompanySpecial Partnercurrent2008 — present
  7. NashvilleHealthChairman and Foundercurrent2015 — presentNashville, TN
  8. Vanderbilt University School of MedicineAdjunct Professor of Cardiac Surgerycurrent2010 — presentNashville, Tennessee, United States
  9. Tennessee SCOREChairman and Foundercurrent2009 — presentGreater Nashville Area
  10. Hope Through Healing HandsChairman and Foundercurrent2004 — presentGreater Nashville Area, TN
  11. Select MedicalPast Board Member2012 — 2026Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  12. Teladoc HealthBoard Member2014 — 2022
  13. Teladoc HealthDirector2013 — 2022
  14. Robert Wood Johnson FoundationMember of the Board of Trustees2013 — 2022
  15. Accolade, Inc.Former Board Member2010 — 2020
  16. AECOMFormer Board Member2014 — 2020Los Angeles, CA
  17. Aspire Health, Inc.Co-Founder2013 — 2018Nashville, TN
  18. Vanderbilt UniversityUniversity Distinguished Professor2009 — 2010Greater Nashville Area
  19. Princeton UniversityFrederick H. Schultz Visiting Professor2007 — 2008Princeton, NJ
  20. United States SenateMajority Leader of the US Senate2003 — 2007Washington D.C. Metro Area
  21. United States SenateU.S. Senator (R-TN)1995 — 2007Washington D.C. Metro Area
  22. Third National Bank (SunTrust)Board Member1990 — 1994Nashville, TN
  23. Nashville Veterans Administration HospitalStaff Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgery1986 — 1993Greater Nashville Area, TN
  24. Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant CenterFounder, Surgical Director, Heart & Lung Transplant Surgeon1985 — 1993Greater Nashville Area, TN
  25. Massachusetts General HospitalChief Resident, Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, MGH1983 — 1984Boston
  26. Massachusetts General HospitalResident In General Surgery1978 — 1983

Skills & more

Leadership99Strategic Planning99Public Speaking96Management99Strategy52Nonprofits99Policy99Training71Healthcare99Government99International Relations92Process Improvement33
+12 moreTeachingMedicinePrivate EquityHealth PolicyPhilanthropyInvestmentsLegislationAccessFinanceFundraisingEvent PlanningVenture Capital

Languages English

From Bill's professional profile.

Deals · 1

myNexus HoldingsBoard seat

via Frist Cressey Ventures · filed Sep 2020 · $16.6M raise

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Colleagues at Frist Cressey Ventures

Bill Frist, M.D.
Co-Founder and Partner at Frist Cressey Ventures
Bryan Cressey
Co-Founder and Senior Advisor at Frist Cressey Ventures
Caroline Young
Vice President at Frist Cressey Ventures
Chloe Coulter
Director of Value Creation at Frist Cressey Ventures
Christopher ` Booker
General Partner at Frist Cressey Ventures
Cole Hock
Co-Founder at Up North Management
Derek Dedeker
Principal at Frist Cressey Ventures
Erika
Investor at Clocktower Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bill Frist?
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and heart-lung transplant surgeon, Frist co-founded FCV and sits on the fund's Investment Committee, focusing on acquisitions, divestitures and adding value to partnerships. He founded the Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center and holds an M.D. from Harvard and a B.A. from Princeton.
Where does Bill Frist work?
Bill Frist is Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Frist Cressey Ventures and Board director at Thrive Health Tech and Board director at BehaVR Holdings and Board director at Monogram Health.
What boards does Bill Frist sit on?
Bill Frist holds tracked board seats at myNexus Holdings.
Where did Bill Frist go to school?
Bill Frist studied at Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts General Hospital (Boarded in General Surgery; Boarded in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Resident in General and Cardiothoracic Surgery); Stanford University School of Medicine (Chief Resident in Heart and Lung Transplantation, Transplantation Fellowship); Harvard Medical School (M.D.).

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