Alumni Profile – Dr. Priscilla Frase
Alumni Profile – Dr. Priscilla Frase
Priscilla Frase graduated in August 1994 with a BA in College Scholars and a BS in Biology. For her College Scholars senior project she wrote a casebook entitled “Scientific Ethics for High School Students” which was published by the Institute for Chemical Education at the University of Wisconsin in 1997. Her project also resulted in a peer-reviewed article, L. M. Barden, P. A. Frase and J. Kovac, “Teaching Scientific Ethics: A Case Studies Approach,” American Biology Teacher, 59, 12 (1997). After a year working in a research lab at UT-Memphis she entered medical school, earning the M.D. in 2000. During her final year she won the Bland W. Cannon Award given to students who “demonstrate a high degree of respect, empathy, compassion and humanism for the patients on the part of the physician in addition to a high degree of scholarship.”
Following her residency in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, she accepted a position as a Hospitalist at Horizon Medical Center in Dickson, TN. In 2009 she married Thomas Glorioso. They reside in Nashville with a variety of pets.
Priscilla writes: “I am grateful for my days as a College Scholar, because it was during that part of my life that my experiences were the most diversified. I spent time reading classical literature, studying abroad, writing books, taking trips into the Smokies, mentoring others in the Liberal Arts advisory center, going to football games, visiting “The Strip” and basically getting the most out of everything UT had to offer me. . . I am grateful I was able to create a concentration that allowed me to complete my requirements for medical school while exploring other academic fields. I learned how to complete a complex task, my undergraduate thesis, if you like, and am very proud of the publication that resulted. “