William Alexander Briscoe

Background

Briscoe, William Alexander was born on May 26, 1918 in London. Son of Henry Vincent and Rebecca Kirkwood (Stevenson) Briscoe.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford, 1939; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1940; B.M., Bachelor of Surgery, University of Oxford, 1942; D.M., University of Oxford, 1950.

Career

Intern, resident, chief resident, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, 1947-1951; fellow chest service, Columbia University Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1951; fellow department physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1952; member pneumoconiosis research unit, Cardiff, Wales, 1953-1955; assistant professor physiology, University of Pennsylvania, 1955-1956; assistant professor medicine, Columbia University, New York City, 1956-1961; associate professor, Columbia University, 1961-1968; professor medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, from 1971; clinical professor physiology, Cornell Univercity Medical College, from 1975. Consultant in pulmonary medicine Burke Rehabilitation Center. Member medical advisory board Will Rogers Institute.

Achievements

• William Alexander Briscoe has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, physiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Stony Wold-Herbert Fund. Served to captain Medical Corps British Army, 1943-1946. Fellow Royal College Physicians, American College Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians.

Member American Physiological Society, American Thoracic Society, American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, Undersea Medical Society, New York Lung Club (president since 1971).

Connections

Married Anne Briscoe, August 20, 1955.

Father:

Henry Vincent Briscoe

Mother:

Rebecca Kirkwood (Stevenson) Briscoe

Spouse:

Anne Briscoe