Keri Shafer, M.D.

Keri Shafer, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Cardiology. She also serves as Chief of Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Her clinical interests include all aspects of adult congenital heart disease clinical care, exercise physiology and sports participation as well as echocardiography. 

Originally from New Mexico, Dr. Shafer holds a bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University. She earned her medical degree from the University of Mexico and received internal medicine residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston (Harvard Teaching Hospital). She completed fellowship training in adult cardiovascular disease at UT Southwestern and was named a Chief Fellow. She acquired additional fellowship training in adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital (Harvard Teaching Hospitals).

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and adult congenital heart disease, Dr. Shafer joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2024. Prior to joining UT Southwestern, she served as a staff cardiologist at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. She was also an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Shafer's research focuses on physiology in adult congenital heart disease; specifically, exercise and sports participation. She has completed research in medical education and her contributions have been published in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, she routinely presents at the American College of Cardiology and other national meetings on adult congenital heart disease and medical education.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Shafer enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, cooking, and photography.