Allison Hays, MD
Cardiology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Allison Hays
Professional Titles
- Medical Director of Echocardiography Programs of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Allison Hays is a general cardiologist and Medical Director of Echocardiography Programs at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is also an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Hays graduated from Stanford University with degrees in biology and English. She received her medical training at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and did her residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia. Dr. Hays pursued cardiology fellowships at New York University Medical Center and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Hays studies ways to use noninvasive imaging to detect cardiovascular disease. She has advanced multimodality imaging training from Johns Hopkins and attends in the Adult Echocardiography Lab at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In terms of research, she uses Cardiac MRI as a tool to study coronary and systemic endothelial function.
Centers and Institutes
Clinical Trial Keywords
Cardiac MRI; coronary endothelial function
Research Interests
echocardiography, HfPEF, HIV, Magnetic resonance angiography, Non-invasive imaging of coronary arteries, Women's Health
Selected Publications
Hays AG1, Hirsch GA, Kelle S, Gerstenblith G, Weiss RG, Stuber M. Noninvasive visualization of coronary artery endothelial function in healthy subjects and in patients with coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Nov 9;56(20):1657-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.06.036.
Hays AG1, Iantorno M2, Soleimanifard S3, Steinberg A1, Schär M4, Gerstenblith G1, Stuber M5, Weiss RG6. Coronary vasomotor responses to isometric handgrip exercise are primarily mediated by nitric oxide: a noninvasive MRI test of coronary endothelial function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2015 Jun 1;308(11):H1343-50. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00023.2015. Epub 2015 Mar 27.
Hays AG1, Kelle S, Hirsch GA, Soleimanifard S, Yu J, Agarwal HK, Gerstenblith G, Schär M, Stuber M, Weiss RG. Regional coronary endothelial function is closely related to local early coronary atherosclerosis in patients with mild coronary artery disease: pilot study. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 May 1;5(3):341-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.969691. Epub 2012 Apr 5.
Hays AG1, Stuber M, Hirsch GA, Yu J, Schär M, Weiss RG, Gerstenblith G, Kelle S. Non-invasive detection of coronary endothelial response to sequential handgrip exercise in coronary artery disease patients and healthy adults. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58047. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058047. Epub 2013 Mar 11.
Iantorno M1, Hays AG1, Schär M1, Krishnaswamy R1, Soleimanifard S1, Steinberg A1, Stuber M1, Gerstenblith G1, Weiss RG2. Simultaneous Noninvasive Assessment of Systemic and Coronary Endothelial Function. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Mar;9(3):e003954. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003954.
Honors
- PJ Schafer Cardiovascular Research Award at Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins and PJ Schafer Foundation
- Johns Hopkins University Clinician Scientist Award, Johns Hopkins University
- American College of Cardiology/Merck Cardiovascular Disease Research Award, American College of Cardiology
- Finalist, Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award, American Heart Association
- SCMR (Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance) Young Investigator Award, Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
- Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography)
Memberships
- American Heart Association
- Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
- American Society of Echocardiography
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
- phone: 410-550-0100
- fax: 410-550-0101
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2009NYU Langone Medical Center
Fellowship, Cardiology, 2007New York-Presbyterian Columbia
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2005Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Education, MD, 2002Board Certifications
Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)