Dr. David Hayes, M.D

Dr. David Hayes received his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Doctorate of Medicine, with distinction, from the University of Missouri in Kansas City, Missouri. He completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, and his Residency in Cardiovascular Disease, at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. He also completed training in cardiac pacing at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, training in nuclear cardiology at Cornell University Medical Center in New York, and a Traveling Fellowship at the Surgical Clinic Val d’Or in Saint Cloud, France. He is a past Chair of the Cardiovascular Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

He has lectured worldwide and his interests in cardiac implantable devices have resulted in many publications on various aspects of pacing, defibrillation, and cardiac resynchronization therapy.  He has published in excess of 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 460 abstracts. He is a past‐president of the Heart Rhythm Society and remains active in this organization as well as the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.

Dr. Hayes currently serves as the Medical Director of Provider Relations with time devoted to the Mayo Clinic Care Network and Mayo Clinic International Relationships.  In this role he is actively developing an affiliated practice network for the Mayo Clinic which currently includes more than 40 member healthcare organizations in 23 states, and 7 international sites.