Dr. Joshua Beckman is a Professor of Medicine and Director of Vascular Medicine at University of Texas Southwestern, both in Dallas, Texas. After earning his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in New York City, he completed an internship, residency, and chief residency in internal medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and postgraduate fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and vascular medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Beckman served as the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program Director for 7 years at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Beckman is the Director of Vascular Medicine within the Department of Medicine at UTSW. He cares for patients with a wide range of both heart and vascular disorders. Dr. Beckman has a special interest in peripheral artery disease, venous thromboembolism, aortic disease, perioperative management, thermal (temperature-related) diseases, and vasculitis.

Dr. Beckman is active in professional societies and has served in leadership roles for the major cardiovascular organizations. He is a former President of the Society for Vascular Medicine and is a past Chair of the American Heart Association’s Peripheral Vascular Disease Council. He has participated in multiple guidelines writing committees on Perioperative Risk Assessment and Management, Peripheral Artery Disease, and Thoracic Aortic Disease. He currently serves as the Chair for the AHA/ACC Joint Committee on Guidelines, is the Chair of the AHA Vascular Health and Advisory Committee, is the President of VIVA, and is an Associate Editor for the journal Circulation, the premier peer-reviewed cardiovascular journal. Dr. Beckman is a well-known educator, having won the Eugene Braunwald teaching award at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the W. Procter Harvey Young Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Beckman's research focuses on the mechanisms that cause vascular dysfunction, susceptibility to atherosclerosis, and functional limitations in peripheral artery disease, translating discoveries made at the lab bench to human beings.  Dr. Beckman has an ongoing interest in understanding how diabetes impairs vascular function, the vascular and skeletal muscle mechanisms of limb dysfunction in PAD, the mechanisms of revascularization failure, and the mechanisms by which GLP-1 affects endothelial cell signaling and vasomotor function. He has mentored trainees at all levels from medical students to junior faculty.