William A Briggs MD FACP, FASN

Physician

1695 12 Mile RdSte 250Berkley, MI 48072
Phone+1 248-414-3210
Fax+1 248-414-5227

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Education & Training

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital/Harvard Medical School1969 - 1972
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 1969 - 1971
Tripler Army Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1966 - 1969
Tripler Army Medical CenterInternship, Rotating Internship, 1965 - 1966
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1965

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Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 1976 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow American College of Physcians
Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

654 citations
APOL1 Genetic Variants in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and HIV-Associated Nephropathy
Jeffrey B. Kopp, George W. Nelson, Karmini Sampath, Randall C. Johnson, Giulio Genovese
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2011-10-13
536 citations
MYH9 is a major-effect risk gene for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Jeffrey B. Kopp, Michael W. Smith, George W. Nelson, Randall C. Johnson, Barry I. Freedman
Nature Genetics. 2008-09-14
21 citations
Serum Phosphate Levels and Risk of Infection in Incident Dialysis Patients
Laura C. Plantinga, Nancy E. Fink, Michal L. Melamed, William A. Briggs, Neil R. Powe
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2008-09-01