Medical school
University of New Mexico School of Medicine (Medical education)[1]
Through 2006
Keri Shafer
Associate Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center · Date not established · Last known relationship
Associate Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center · Date not established · Last known relationship
Conflicting evidence. The structured 2012 UT Southwestern fellowship row omits its specialty; the biography describes adult cardiovascular disease and a separate exercise-physiology research fellowship without assigning dates between them.
Keri Shafer specializes in adult congenital heart disease, including exercise and sports participation, echocardiography, aortopathies such as Marfan syndrome, and pregnancy with congenital heart disease. Her research examines exercise physiology in adult congenital heart disease and medical education.
Shafer trained in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess, adult cardiovascular disease and exercise physiology at UT Southwestern, and adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension in Boston. She joined UT Southwestern in 2024 and directs the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program.
adult congenital heart disease · aortopathies · echocardiography · exercise physiology · Marfan syndrome · medical education · pregnancy in congenital heart disease · sports participation
Reviewed sources document Medical school: University of New Mexico School of Medicine (Medical education), Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Internal Medicine), Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital (Adult Congenital Heart Disease), and Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center (Fellowship; specialty not specified in structured row).
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UT Southwestern Medical Center
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University of New Mexico School of Medicine (Medical education)[1]
Through 2006
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Internal Medicine)[1]
Through 2009
Boston Children's Hospital (Adult Congenital Heart Disease)[1]
Through 2014
UT Southwestern Medical Center (Fellowship; specialty not specified in structured row)[1]
Through 2012
Associate Professor; Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program[2]
adult congenital heart disease[1]
aortopathies[1]
echocardiography[1]
exercise physiology[1]
Marfan syndrome[1]
medical education[1]
pregnancy in congenital heart disease[1]
sports participation[1]
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16 source claims · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026
Biographical context: Keri Shafer specializes in adult congenital heart disease, including exercise and sports participation, echocardiography, aortopathies such as Marfan syndrome, and pregnancy with congenital heart disease. Her research examines exercise physiology in adult congenital heart disease and medical education.
Biography 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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease. Dr. Shafer holds a bachelor's degree in animal science from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She earned her medical degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and received internal medicine residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston . She completed fellowship training in adult cardiovascular disease at UT Southwestern, in addition to a research fellowship in exercise physiology at its Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine. She then acquired additional fellowship training in adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. 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. 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. She is an active member of the Adult Congenital Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association.
Biographical context: Shafer trained in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess, adult cardiovascular disease and exercise physiology at UT Southwestern, and adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension in Boston. She joined UT Southwestern in 2024 and directs the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program.
Biography 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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease. Dr. Shafer holds a bachelor's degree in animal science from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She earned her medical degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and received internal medicine residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston . She completed fellowship training in adult cardiovascular disease at UT Southwestern, in addition to a research fellowship in exercise physiology at its Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine. She then acquired additional fellowship training in adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. 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. 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. She is an active member of the Adult Congenital Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association.
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital (Adult Congenital Heart Disease)
Through 2014
Education Medical Education University of New Mexico School of Medicine (2006) Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2009), Internal Medicine Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012) Fellowship Boston Children's Hospital (2014), Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center (Fellowship; specialty not specified in structured row)
Through 2012
Education Medical Education University of New Mexico School of Medicine (2006) Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2009), Internal Medicine Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012) Fellowship Boston Children's Hospital (2014), Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Official headshot: Portrait
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Medical school: University of New Mexico School of Medicine (Medical education)
Through 2006
Education Medical Education University of New Mexico School of Medicine (2006) Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2009), Internal Medicine Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012) Fellowship Boston Children's Hospital (2014), Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Official profile: Official profile
Biography 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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease. Dr. Shafer holds a bachelor's degree in animal science from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She earned her medical degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and received internal medicine residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston . She completed fellowship training in adult cardiovascular disease at UT Southwestern, in addition to a research fellowship in exercise physiology at its Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine. She then acquired additional fellowship training in adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. 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. 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. She is an active member of the Adult Congenital Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association.
Research interests: adult congenital heart disease
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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease.
Research interests: aortopathies
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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease.
Research interests: echocardiography
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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease.
Research interests: exercise physiology
Dr. Shafer holds a bachelor's degree in animal science from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She earned her medical degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and received internal medicine residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston . She completed fellowship training in adult cardiovascular disease at UT Southwestern, in addition to a research fellowship in exercise physiology at its Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine. She then acquired additional fellowship training in adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Research interests: Marfan syndrome
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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease.
Research interests: medical education
Biography 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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease. Dr. Shafer holds a bachelor's degree in animal science from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She earned her medical degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and received internal medicine residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston . She completed fellowship training in adult cardiovascular disease at UT Southwestern, in addition to a research fellowship in exercise physiology at its Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine. She then acquired additional fellowship training in adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. 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. 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. She is an active member of the Adult Congenital Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association.
Research interests: pregnancy in congenital heart disease
Biography 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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease. Dr. Shafer holds a bachelor's degree in animal science from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She earned her medical degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and received internal medicine residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston . She completed fellowship training in adult cardiovascular disease at UT Southwestern, in addition to a research fellowship in exercise physiology at its Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine. She then acquired additional fellowship training in adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. 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. 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. She is an active member of the Adult Congenital Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association.
Research interests: sports participation
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 Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and specializes in managing adult congenital heart disease, focusing on exercise and sports participation; echocardiography; aortopathies including Marfan syndrome; and pregnancy in the setting of congenital heart disease.
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
Through 2009
Education Medical Education University of New Mexico School of Medicine (2006) Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2009), Internal Medicine Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012) Fellowship Boston Children's Hospital (2014), Adult Congenital Heart Disease
1 source claim · Reviewed Sep 7, 2026
Professional role: Associate Professor; Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Keri Shafer, M.D. Associate Professor Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
