Dr. Hastings is currently a physician-owner in
                                     the McKenzie-Hastings Institute for Foot & 
                                     Ankle Surgery in Harbour Breeze and Obici
                                     Hospital; both locations are in Suffolk, VA. He
                                     is board-qualified in foot and ankle surgery by
                                     the American College of Foot & Ankle
                                     Surgeons. His practice is a multi-focal entity-
                                     one of his main focuses is diabetic limb
                                     preservation, salvage, and reconstruction.
                                     He is an associate professor at the Eastern Virginia College of Medicine, an attending physician at the Eastern Virginia Medical School PM&S-24 residency program, and is also on staff at the Hampton VA.

Dr. Hastings completed his residency and fellowship in Boston in the Department of Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. That program is internationally known specifically for their diabetic limb preservation, salvage, and reconstruction training and techniques. That period included time at the Joslin Diabetes Center, a world leader in the prevention, treatment, and research of diabetes. He has also has spent time at Yale and The Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Hastings has published articles and presented research in many areas over his career. He has two foreign medical missions planned for 2009- one to Vietnam to correct complex pediatric limb deformities, and another, to Mexico with the Yucatan Crippled Children’s Project, to again, repair complex pediatric limb deformities. Dr. Hastings currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Podiatric Medical Association and also on the Board of Directors of the Hospice Alliance, a non-profit organization.

Despite the increasing incidence and prevalence of diabetes and its complications in the U.S., Dr. Hastings is continually devoted to preventing lower extremity complications from diabetes in not only Suffolk, Virginia, but the around world.