When Every Moment Counts: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor

Considers bioterrorism in the United States and offers protective strategies, discussing biological agents including anthrax and smallpox as well as chemical weapons and possible dangers to food and water supplies.

First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994, Senator William Frist, M.D. (R-TN) is the first practicing physician to become a senator since 1928. In addition to performing over 150 heart and lung transplant procedures, Dr. Frist has written more than 100 articles, chapters, and abstracts on medical research as well as several books. Frist is ranking member of the Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety, serves in the Senate leadership, and was named one of two Congressional representatives to the United Nations General Assembly. Senator Frist and his wife, Karyn, have three sons.