Jeffrey Hastings, M.D.

Jeffrey Hastings, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Cardiology.

Dr. Hastings holds a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in solid-state physics from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He earned his medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He then completed internal medicine residency training, a fellowship in cardiology, and a research fellowship in cardiology and exercise physiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease, Dr. Hastings joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2011. He currently serves as a cardiologist at the North Texas VA Health Care System in Dallas.

Undergraduate

Texas Tech University (1997), Physics

Graduate School

Texas Tech University (1999), Physics

Medical School

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2003), Medicine

• Astronaut physiology (arrhythmias in space, prevention of atrophy/deconditioning)
• Atrial fibrillation in athletes
• Heart failure (CRT, modification of metabolism, diastolic dysfunction)
• Peripheral arterial disease and exercise

• Distinguished Alumnus
  Texas Tech University, Physics Department (2011)
• First Place Fellows Clinical Section
  Northwestern Young Investigator's Forum (2010)
• JoAnn McWhorter Award
  Cardiology peer nominated (2010)
• First Place, Clinical Section
  UT Southwestern Research Symposium (2009)
• First Place, Clinical Section
  UT Southwestern Research Symposium (2008)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
  American Heart Association, Outstanding Applicant Award (2005)

• American College of Cardiology (2005)
• American College of Sports Medicine (2005)
• American Heart Association (2005)