Heather L. Briggs, MD, PHD

Dr. Briggs graduated from Texas A&M University Health Science Center with an MD/PhD in 2007 and completed an Internal Medicine residency and an Infectious Disease fellowship at UT Health San Antonio in 2014. Dr. Briggs has been an associate professor and hospitalist for University of Colorado since 2022.  In addition to her clinical responsibilities, she is the Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Learner Medical Director at UCHealth (University of Colorado, Denver). Prior to Colorado, she was the physician advisor at University Health System and South Texas Veterans Health Care System. Dr. Briggs has experience in CDI, utilization management, quality measures, and patient safety.