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Heather Lenore Briggs, M.D.

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briggsh@uthscsa.edu

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Heather L Briggs, MD

Associate Professor / Clinical

Heather Briggs, MD, PhD, FACP, joined the Division of General and Hospital Medicine at UT Health San Antonio and University Hospital in 2014. In 2018, she joined South Texas Health Care System as a Hospitalist in the Medicine Service and as the CDI Physician Advisor. In 2020, Dr. Briggs became the Chief Quality Officer at STVHCS. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. Dr. Briggs is currently an Associate Professor at UT Health with an interest in education and quality.

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2014 - Clinical Fellowship - Infectious Disease - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    • 2010 - Residency - Residency - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    • 2008 - Internship - Internship - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    • 2007 - PhD - Microbiology - Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine
    • 2007 - MD - Medicine - Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine
    • 2000 - BS - Biomedical Sciences - Texas A&M University

    Appointments

    • 8/2015 - Medical Director for Coding Documentation Integrity and IT Interfaces - University Health System, CMO office, San Antonio
    • 7/2014 - Staff Physician - University Health System, Medicine, San Antonio
    • 7/2014 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Medicine, San Antonio

  • Instruction & Training

    • 3/2018 - Present, Faculty Development on Documentation, UT Health
    • 4/2017 - Present, Internal Medicine Intership Readiness Elective, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 3/2017 - Present, Medicine Resident Noon Conference, The University of Texas Health Sciences San Antonio
    • 10/2016 - Present, Medicine Resident Systems of Care Didactics, The University of Texas Health Sciences San Antonio
    • 10/2016 - Present, Ph.D. Dissertations Directed, The University of Texas Health Sciences San Antonio
    • 8/2016 - Present, Individual Instruction, The University of Health Sciences San Antonio
    • 7/2016 - Present, Individual Instruction, UT Health
    • 7/2016 - Present, Veritas Faculty Mentor to Medical Students, The University of Texas Health Sciences San Antonio
    • 12/2015 - Present, Medicine Intern Learning Group, The University of Texas Health Sciences San Antonio
    • 7/2015 - Present, Individual Instruction, The University of Texas Health Sciences San Antonio
    • 7/2015 - Present, Advanced Practice Provider Educational Series, UT Health San Antonio
    • 8/2014 - Present, Medicine Clerkship, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 8/2014 - Present, Clinical Skills, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 7/2014 - Present, Individual Instruction, The University of Texas Health Sciences San Antonio
    • 7/2014 - Present, Medicine Clerkship, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 7/2014 - Present, General Medicine Ward/Subinternship UH/VA, The University of Texas Health Science Center
    • 7/2014 - Present, Rotation Student Supervision, University Hospital
    • 11/2012 - Present, Individual Instruction, The University of Texas Health Sciences San Antonio

  • Publications

      Journal Article

      Cardile AP, Briggs HL, Burquete SR, Herrera M, Wickes BL, Jorgensen JH. Treatment of KPC-2 Enterobacter cloacae empyema with cefepime and levofloacin Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2014 Feb;78(2):199-200.

  • Clinical

    Board Certifications

    • 2013 - American Board of Internal Medicine