William A. Berk, M.D. has served as vice-chief of staff at Receiving Hospital since November 2005 and as vice-chief of the hospital’s emergency department since March 2000. He has also been a member of the Medical Executive Committee of the Detroit Medical Center since November 2005 and the information systems coordinator for all Detroit Medical Center emergency departments since July 2005. Since being named chief of staff in August 2008, Berk has led the hospital’s medical staff.

He earned his undergraduate degree from Columbia College, New York, New York, and his medical degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 

He did postdoctoral training and his medical residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Berk is a member of numerous medical societies, including the American College of Emergency Physicians and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, among others.