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 Paris, France. He is a past Chair of the Cardiovascular Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, overseeing approximately 140 staff cardiologists and 700+ allied personnel.

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 served as Associate Editor of Heart Rhythm Journal.