Lindsay J. May

Lindsay J. May, MD, FRCPC

Languages spoken: English, French

  • Dr. May is a Pediatric Cardiology faculty member at the University of Utah as an assistant professor on the clinical track. She provides inpatient and outpatient care in pediatric heart failure and transplantation as well as general pediatric cardiology care. Dr. May completed her medical degree at University of Calgary School of Medicine in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She completed her pediatrics residency in Calgary. At Stanford University, Dr. May completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship and went on to complete a fourth year of subspecialized training in pediatric heart failure and transplantation also at Stanford. Dr. May´s clinical interests include mechanical support in children with advanced heart failure, as well as re-transplantation, and the anticoagulation management of pediatric cardiac patients. She helps oversee the Ventricular Assist Device program at Primary Children’s as well as the outpatient anticoagulation care of Heart Center patients.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
    Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Canada
    Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada

  • Dr. May is a Pediatric Cardiology faculty member at the University of Utah as an assistant professor on the clinical track. She provides inpatient and outpatient care in pediatric heart failure and transplantation as well as general pediatric cardiology care. Dr. May completed her medical degree at University of Calgary School of Medicine in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She completed her pediatrics residency in Calgary. At Stanford University, Dr. May completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship and went on to complete a fourth year of subspecialized training in pediatric heart failure and transplantation also at Stanford. Dr. May´s clinical interests include mechanical support in children with advanced heart failure, as well as re-transplantation, and the anticoagulation management of pediatric cardiac patients. She helps oversee the Ventricular Assist Device program at Primary Children’s as well as the outpatient anticoagulation care of Heart Center patients.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Cardiology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
    Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Canada
    Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada

    Education history

    Graduate Training University of Utah M.S.C.I
    Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplantation - Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford University Clinical Fellow
    Fellowship Pediatric Cardiology - Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford University Clinical Fellow
    Pediatrics - University of Calgary Resident
    Professional Medical Medical Education - University of Calgary M.D.
    Zoology - University of Calgary B.Sc. (Hons)

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Payne RM, Burns KM, Glatz AC, Male C, Donti A, Brando LR, Balling G, VanderPluym CJ, BuLock F, Kochilas LK, Stiller B, Cnota JF 2nd, Rahkonen O, Khan A, Adorisio R, Stoica S, May L, Burns JC, Saraiva JFK, McHugh KE, Kim JS, Rubio A, Cha-Vazquez NG, Meador MR, Dyme JL, Reedy AM, Ajavon-Hartmann T, Jarugula P, Carlson-Taneja LE, Mills D, Wheaton O, Monagle P (2023). Apixaban for Prevention of Thromboembolism in Pediatric Heart Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol, 82(24), 2296-2309. (Read full article)
    2. Cousino MK, May LJ, Smyth L, McQueen M, Thompson K, Hunter T, Ventresco C, Fields K, Murray J, Machado DS, Shezad M, Zafar F, Rosenthal DN, Lorts A, Blume ED (2023). Patient and parent-reported outcomes in paediatric ventricular assist device support: a multi-center ACTION learning network feasibility and pilot experience. Cardiol Young, 1-9. (Read full article)
    3. Chen CY, Montez-Rath ME, May LJ, Maeda K, Hollander SA, Rosenthal DN, Krawczeski CD, Sutherland SM (2022). Hemodynamic Predictors of Renal Function After Pediatric Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. ASAIO J, 67(12), 1335-1341. (Read full article)
    4. Daugherty J, Heyrend C, Profsky M, Kay B, VanderPluym C, Griffiths ER, May LJ (2020). Time in Therapeutic Range for Bivalirudin Among Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Recipients. ASAIO J, 67(5), 588-593. (Read full article)
    5. McFarland CA, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Minich LL, Burch PT, Eckhauser AW, Lal AK, Molina KM, Ou Z, Presson AP, May LJ (2020). Implications of Left Ventricular Dysfunction at Presentation for Infants with Coarctation of the Aorta. Pediatr Cardiol, 42(1), 72-77. (Read full article)
    6. Villa CR, VanderPluym CJ, Lorts A, Morales DLS, Zafar F, Krack P, Smyth L, Fields K, Rosenthal DN, Murray J, Hawkins B, Peng DM, Sutcliffe DL, Lantz J, Auerbach SR, Williams M, OConnor M, White R, Robert A Niebler RA, Pearce FB, Hubbard M, Zinn M, Reichhold A, Joong J, Bearl D, Nandi D, Gajarski R, Ploutz M, May LJ, Mehegan M, Simpson K, Conway J, Dubyk N, Tunuguntla H, Elias B, Jeewa A, Gossett JG, Gowen M (2020). ABCs of Stroke Prevention: Improving Stroke Outcomes in Children Supported With a Ventricular Assist Device in a Quality Improvement Network. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, 13(12), e006663.
    7. McCallen LM, Ameduri RK, Denfield SW, Dodd DA, Everitt MD, Johnson JN, Lee TM, Lin AE, Lohr JL, May LJ, Pierpont ME, Stevenson DA, Chatfield KC (2019). Cardiac transplantation in children with Noonan syndrome. Pediatr Transplant, 23(6), e13535. (Read full article)
    8. May LJ, Lorts A, VanderPluym C, Conway J, Massicotte MP, Millar MM, Steiner ME, Rosenthal DN (2018). Marked Practice Variation in Antithrombotic Care with the Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device. ASAIO J, 65(7), 731-737. (Read full article)
    9. May LJ, Liu X, Tesoro T, Yang J, Lo C, Chen S, Murray J, Rosenthal DN, Massicotte P, Michelson AD, Almond CS (2019). Usefulness of anti-platelet therapy testing in children supported with a ventricular assist device. J Heart Lung Transplant, 38(7), 781-783.
    10. Chen S, Motonaga KS, Hollander SA, Almond CS, Rosenthal DN, Kaufman BD, May LJ, Avasarala K, Dao DT, Dubin AM, Ceresnak SR (2016). Electrocardiographic repolarization abnormalities and increased risk of life-threatening arrhythmias in children with dilated cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm, 13(6), 1289-96. (Read full article)
    11. May LJ, Montez-Rath ME, Yeh J, Axelrod DM, Chen S, Maeda K, Almond CS, Rosenthal DN, Hollander SA, Sutherland SM (2015). Impact of ventricular assist device placement on longitudinal renal function in children with end-stage heart failure. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), 449-56. (Read full article)

    Abstract

    1. Heyrend C, Chen S, Lee J, Ensign R, Profsky M, Murray J, Griffiths E, May LJ (2020). Cost Comparison of Bivalirudin versus Unfractionated Heparin for Children on Left Ventricular Assist Devices [Abstract]. 39(4S), S467.

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