David Kays
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Office
(727) 767-4170
Fax (727) 767-8002 601 5th Street South Suite 360 Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
About
David Kays
Dr. Kays is the medical director of the Center for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) at Johns Hopkins All Children’s and leads the first unit in the country exclusively dedicated to these patients. He also serves as director of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program and co-director of the Fetal Diagnosis/Treatment program. He joined the medical staff in 2016. Dr. Kays has more than two decades of clinical and research leadership in the treatment of CDH, a life-threatening birth defect that affects about one in every 3,000 pregnancies. His research has focused on defining the best treatment strategies for this challenging neonatal diagnosis and contributed to significant advances in care and outcomes. Dr. Kays was previously with UF Health and Shands Children’s Hospital for more than 20 years. He was also surgeon in chief, professor of surgery and chief of the division of pediatric surgery in the University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, where he led the ECMO and congenital diaphragmatic hernia program for over 20 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than 60 peer-reviewed original science publications and speaks nationally and internationally on CDH care and outcomes. Dr. Kays earned his medical degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. He completed a surgical residency at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, and then completed a pediatric surgery fellowship at Morgan-Stanley Children’s Hospital of Columbia University, New York. Dr. Kays is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the Children’s Oncology Group.
Primary Specialty
Pediatric Surgeon
Practice
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Gender
Male
Accepting New Patients
Degrees
Medical Doctor
Office Name
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Languages
Spanish, English
Services
David Kays provides pediatric surgery in Saint Petersburg, FL. A Pediatric Surgeon specializes in surgical procedures on children. A pediatric surgeon can help with transplants, birth defects, and tumor removal.
Please call David Kays at (727) 767-4170 to schedule an appointment in Saint Petersburg, FL or to get more information.
Please call David Kays at (727) 767-4170 to schedule an appointment in Saint Petersburg, FL or to get more information.
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