Wayne A. Mays, R-CPT
Title
Clinical Manager, The Heart Institute
Email
wayne.mays@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-8273
Fax
513-636-3062
Bio
Wayne A. Mays is currently the Clinical Manager of the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Lab, the Electrophysiology Section and the Echocardiography lab at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Mays graduated from the University of the State of New York in 1989 with a BS in Psychology. He is currently in the Masters of Science degree program from California University of Pennsylvania with a projected graduation date of July, 2009. Mr. Mays is a Registered Cardiopulmonary Technologist with registries in Non Invasive and Invasive cardiology.
Mr. Mays became the Clinical Manager of the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Lab and the Electrophysiology Section in 2002 and the Echocardiography Lab in 2009.
Mr. Mays’ academic interests relate to the evaluation of pediatric patients with congenital and acquire cardiopulmonary disease utilizing exercise testing. He has made numerous scholarly contributions in the field of ventricular function and cardiopulmonary responses to exercise utilizing exercise testing with and without additional interventions, such as echocardiography and radioisotopes.
Mr. Mays is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine, American Heart Association, Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals (formerly NSCPT) and the American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Credentials
MS: California University of Pennsylvania, (Exercise Science), Projected July, 2009
BS: University of the State of New York, (Psychology), 1989
Registered Cardiopulmonary Technologist, Non-invasive Cardiology, CCI, Dec., 1986
Registered Cardiopulmonary Technologist, Invasive Cardiology, NBCPC, Oct., 1985
Research
Exercise evaluation of pediatric patients with single ventricle physiology; exercise evaluation of pediatric patient with syncope; exercise evaluation of pediatric patients with congenital or acquire prolonged QT interval; use of exercise therapy / rehabilitation in the treatment of pediatric patients with complex congenital heart disease
Research Grants and Contracts
2005-2006, Co-Investigator, American Society of Echocardiography, Grant-in-aid Award. Early Ventricular Filling in Fontan Patients During Exercise: The Role of Intraventricular Pressure Gradients. $25,000.
Publications, Most Recent
Mays, WA, Border, WL, Knecht, SK, Gerdes,TR, Pfriem, H, Claytor, RP, Knilans, TK, Hirsch, R, Mone, SM, Beekman III, RH, Exercise Capacity Improves After Transcatheter Closure of the Fontan Fenestration in Children, Congenit Heart Dis., July/August 2008;3(4):254-261.
Weaver, DJ, Kimball, TR, Knilans, TK, Mays, WA, Knecht, SK, Gerdes, YM, Witt, S, Glascock, BJ, Kartal, J, Khoury, P, Mitsnefes, MM, Decreased Maximal Aerobic Capacity in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease, J Am Soc Nephrol,19(3), 624-630, Mar, 2008.
Knecht, SK, Mays, WA, Gerdes, YM, Claytor, RP, Knilans, TK, Exercise evaluation of upper versus lower extremity blood pressure gradients in pediatric and young adult subjects, Pediatric Exercise Science, Vol. 19, No. 3, 344-348, August, 2007.
Presentations, Most Recent
Mays, WA, Knecht, SK, Gerdes, YM, Moore, V, Witt, SA, Glascock, BJ, Khoury, P, Claytor,RP, Hambrook, JT, Michelfelder, EC, Kimball, TR, Knilans, TK, Border, WL, Evaluation of Diastolic and Systolic Cardiac Function in Beta Blocked Pediatric Patients using Exercise Echocardiography, Poster presentation at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 28-31, 2008, Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.40, No.5, S180, May 2008
Knecht, SK , Mays, WA, Gerdes, YM, Moore, V, Witt, SA, Glascock, BJ, Khoury, P, Claytor,RP, Hambrook, JT, Michelfelder, EC, Kimball, TR, Knilans, TK, Border, WL, Exercise Evaluation of Systolic Cardiac Function in Single Ventricle Fontan Patients using Tissue Doppler Echocardiography, Poster presentation at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 28-31, 2008, Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.40, No.5, S180, May 2008
Gerdes, YM, Mays, WA, Knecht, SK, Moore, V, Witt, SA, Glascock, BJ, Khoury, P, Claytor,RP, Hambrook, JT, Michelfelder, EC, Kimball, TR, Knilans, TK, Border, WL, Evaluation of Systemic Vascular Resistance in Single Ventricle Fontan Patients using Exercise Echocardiography,Poster presentation at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 28-31, 2008, Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.40, No.5, S179, May 2008
Gerrein, BT, Mays, WA, Willis, MW, Utility of the Routine Chest Radiograph Following Removal of a Chest Tube in Pediatric Postoperative Cardiac Patients, Presented at the Eleventh Annual Update on Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 6-10, 2008
Border, WL, Mays, WA, Hambrook, JT, Madueme, PC, Knecht, SK, Gerdes, YM , Moore, V, Witt, SA, Glascock, BJ, Michelfelder, EC, Knilans, TK, Kimball, TR, Impaired Diastolic Filling During Exercise Negatively Impacts Exercise Capacity in Children Who Have Undergone the Fontan Operation, Presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2007, Orlando, Fl, November 3-7, 2007, Published in Circulation 2007;116:II, 480
Utilization of Exercise Testing in Pediatric Patients Acquired Heart Disease, Gerdes, YM, Mays, WA, Knecht, SK, Claytor, RP, Knilans, TK, Exercise Response in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease, Knecht, SK, Mays, WA, Gerdes, YM, Claytor, RP, Knilans, TK, Site Visit, Division of Cardiology, Dayton Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio, August 29, 2007.
Hambrook, JT, Border, WL, Knecht, SK, Mays, WA, Knilans, TK, Kimball, TR, Effect on Exercise of Combined Mild Aortic and Mitral Stenosis: Do the Bethesda Exercise Guidelines Need Reconsideration?, Presented at the 18 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Echocardiography, Seattle, Washington, June 16-20, 2007
Mays, WA, Knecht, SK, Gerdes, YM, Pfriem, H, Mone, SM, Claytor, RP, Knilans, TK, Hirsch, R, Beekman, RH, Improved Exercise Capacity during Single Ventricle Cycle Ergometry in Fontan Patients Post Transcatheter Fenestration Closure, Poster Presentation at the 54 th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 30-June 2, 2007, Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.39, No.5, S441, May 2007
Knecht, SK, Mays, WA, Gerdes, YM, Hirsch, R, Beekman, RH, Knilans, TK, Exercise Hemodynamics in Pediatric Patients after Repair of Coarctation: Stent versus Surgery, Poster Presentation at the 54 th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 30-June 2, 2007, Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.39, No.5, S168, May 2007
Gerdes, YM, Knecht, SK, Hambrook, JT, Mays, WA, Border, WL, Kimball, TR, Knilans, TK, Does Mitral Stenosis Impact Exercise Capacity in Children with Mild to Moderate Aortic Stenosis?, Poster Presentation at the 54 th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 30-June 2, 2007, Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.39, No.5, S460, May 2007
Peace Madueme, William Border, Wayne Mays, Victoria Moore, Sandra Knecht, Yvette Gerdes, Timothy Knilans, and Thomas Kimball, Diastolic Function During Exercise In Athletic Versus Sedentary Pediatric Populations, Presented at the 26 th Annual Edward L. Pratt Lectures, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 31,2007
Hambrook, JT, Border, WL, Knecht, SK, Mays, WA, Knilans, TK, Kimball, TR, Effect on Exercise of Combined Mild Aortic and Mitral Stenosis: Do the Bethesda Exercise Guidelines Need Reconsideration?, Presented at the 35 th Annual Meeting of Ohio Doctors Interested in Congenital Hearts (ODICH), Cincinnati, Ohio, May 18, 2007
Frank, L, Fritz, S, Mays, WA, Just In Time Learning Solutions for Basic ECG Acquisition, Submitted for Poster Presentation, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Clinical Development and Education 2007 Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, May17-18, 2007
Weaver, DJ, Knilans, T, Mays, WA, Witt, SA, Glascock, BJ, Kartel, J, Kimball, TR, Mitsnefes, MM, Decreased Aerobic Capacity, Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction, and Inflammation in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Presented at the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting, Society for Pediatric Research, Toronto, Canada, May 5-8, 2007
Mays, WA, Gerdes, YM, Knecht, SK, Claytor, RP, Knilans, TK, Should Pediatric Patients Exercise Tested for Exercise Induced Bronchospasm be Monitored by an Electrocardiographic Recorder?, Poster Presentation at the 53 rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, Colorado, May 31-June 3, 2006, Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.38, No.5, S476, May 2006
Knecht, SK, Mays, WA, Gerdes, YM, Claytor, RP, Knilans, TK, Exercise Testing Compliance in Obese Pediatric Patients Before and After a Weight Management Program, Poster Presentation at the 53 rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, Colorado, May 31-June 3, 2006 Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.38, No.5, S476, May 2006
Gerdes, YM, Mays, WA, Knecht, SK, Knilans, TK, Claytor, RP, Effects of Increased BMI on Cardiovascular Exercise Responses and Insulin Levels in Pediatric Patients, Poster Presentation at the 53 rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, Colorado, May 31-June 3, 2006 Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.38, No.5, S478, May 2006
Claytor, RP, Mays, WA, Knecht, SK, Gerdes, YM, Knilans, TK, Khoury, P, Daniels, SR, Potteiger, J, Improvements in Overweight Youth with Participation in a Clinical Weight Management Program, Presented at the 53 rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, Colorado, May 31-June 3, 2006, Published in Med. & Sci. in Sports & Exercise, Vol.38, No.5, S105, May 2006
Professional Organization Memberships
Special Interests
Exercise evaluation of pediatric patients with congenital and acquired cardiopulmonary disease; exercise therapy / rehabilitation in pediatric patients with congenital and acquired cardiopulmonary disease and morbidly obese pediatric patients; electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic evaluation of pediatric patients with cardiac arrhythmias
