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Sharonne N. Hayes, M.D.

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Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

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Sharonne N. Hayes, M.D., is a cardiologist and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine. She has over 25 years of experience in treating complex heart and blood vessel conditions in the Women's Heart Clinic, Pericardial Diseases Clinic and general consultative cardiovascular medicine in both the hospital and outpatient settings.

Her clinical and research focus areas include:

  • Sex- and gender-based cardiology and caring for a wide variety of cardiovascular conditions that occur primarily and/or differently in women spanning prevention, diagnosis and treatments across women's lifespan.
  • Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and associated conditions such as fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD). Dr. Hayes is an international expert on and a lead researcher for the Mayo Clinic SCAD Research Program.
  • Diseases of the pericardium, such as inflammatory pericarditis and pericardial constriction.
  • Achieving health equity among diverse populations, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, sexual minorities, and others who experience health disparities.
  • Increasing participation by underrepresented populations in medical research, especially women, racial and ethnic minorities and sexual minorities.
  • Determining the utility and optimal role of social media in clinical practice, research and health education.

In addition to her clinical and research activities, Dr. Hayes:

  • Serves as Vice Chair, Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, for the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine.
  • Is a nationally recognized educator and speaker on diversity, health equity, women's health and cardiovascular issues and is frequently called upon by the media for her expertise.
  • Has developed programs to enhance the professional and personal development and mentorship of women and minority physicians in order to promote a more diverse workforce at Mayo and in the field of medicine.
  • Is an advocate for safe, equitable, and dignified healthcare workplaces that promote high-quality patient care and has developed programs to assess and mitigate unconscious bias in healthcare.
  1. Heart disease
  2. Menopause
  3. Mental disorder due to a general medical condition
  4. Pericardial effusion
  5. Small vessel heart disease
  6. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
  1. Cardiovascular disease prevention
  • Heart disease in women
  • Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
  • Preventive cardiology
  • Cardiovascular risk reduction
  • Microvascular disease
  • Mental health issues in cardiovascular disease
  • Pericardial diseases
  • Menopausal health
  • Patient education
  • Social media in health care and medical research
  • Health equity and health disparities research
  • Community-based participatory research
  1. 1990
    ResidentCardiovascular Disease, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 1990
    Fellow - Cardiovascular Clinical FellowMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 1987
    Fellow - Cardiovascular ResearchMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 1986
    Resident - Internal MedicineMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  5. 1983
    MD - MedicineNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  6. 1979
    BS - Science of MedicineNorthwestern University

Certifications

  1. 1989
    Cardiovascular DiseasesAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 1986
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2023
    Laennec Clinician/Educator AwardAmerican Heart Association
  2. 2022
    2022 Sharonne Hayes Award for Champion ExcellenceWomenHeart, the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
  3. 2022
    2022 Dr. Carolyn McCue Award for Woman Cardiologist of the YearVirginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center
  4. 2021
    Forbes 50 Over 50- Vision - https://www.forbes.com/50over50/visionForbes
  5. 2019
    International Women's Day 2019: WOMEN LEADING WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH AND DATA GAPS IN HEALTHCARE Bloomer Tech
  6. 2017
    2017 Women in Cardiology Mentoring AwardAmerican Heart Association
  7. 2014
    Best Doctors for Women Minnesota Monthly Magazine
  8. 2014
    35 Women Leaders in HealthcareWomen's Health Leadership Trust
  9. 2013
    Women of Distinction Honor for 2013Girl Scouts of America
  10. 2010
    2010 Silver Award Winner for "Managing My Heart Health Disease Management Workbook"National Mature Media Awards
  11. 2010
    Influential Women of MayoDepartment of Development
  12. 2010
    Diversity ChampionOffice of Diversity, Mayo Clinic
  13. 2009
    Course Directors of the Year Award with Dr. Deborah J. RhodesMayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
  14. 2009
    America's Leading Experts on Cardiovascular DiseasesAmerican Registry
  15. 2009
    Fellow, American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association
  16. 2008
    America's Top Doctors For Women - MidwestWomen's Health Magazine
  17. 2007
    Woman's Day Red Dress AwardWoman's Day Red Dress Award
  18. 2007
    Best Doctors in America Annual AwardBest Doctors Award
  19. 2006
    27th Annual Telly Award for Perspectives in Women's Health - "Aging Skin: What's Normal, What's Not, and What To Do About It" Telly Awards
  20. 2006
    Interesting Women in MinnesotaFirst Lady of Minnesota, Governors Residence
  21. 2004
    American Heart Association "American Heartsaver" AwardAmerican Heart Association
  22. 2002
    American Heart Assocation Northland Affiliate Cardiovascular Leadership AwardAmerican Heart Association
  23. 2002
    Wenger Award for Excellence in Healthcare 2002WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
  24. 1991
    Fellow, American College of CardiologyAmerican College of Cardiology
  25. 1986
    Outstanding Achievement AwardMayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
  26. 1986
    Research Fellowship AwardAmerican Heart Association
  27. 1983
    Alpha Omega AlphaAlpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  28. 1979
    National Merit ScholarshipHormel Foundation
  29. 1979
    National Honors Program in Medical EducationNorthwestern University

Professional memberships

  1. 2023 - present
    Reproductive Health and Cardio-Obstetrics Section, MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  2. 2022 - present
    AHA Health Equity Portfolio Programming Content Task Force MemberAmerican Heart Association
  3. 2022 - 2025
    Awards Committee, ChairAmerican College of Cardiology
  4. 2022 - 2025
    Commiittee MemberSelection Committee for the Dr. Carolyn McCue Award for Woman Cardiologist of the Year
  5. 2022 - 2023
    Women in Cardiology Section Leadership Council MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  6. 2022
    Quality Ethics & Equity Standards Committee ChairWomen as One
  7. 2022 - present
    MemberDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine Executive Committee
  8. 2021 - 2022
    Salary Equity Stakeholder Group MemberAssociation of American Medical Colleges
  9. 2021 - present
    Advisory Board MemberElevateMeD
  10. 2021 - 2023
    ACC Empowering the Next Steering Committee, MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  11. 2021 - 2022
    Awards Committee Chair-ElectAmerican College of Cardiology
  12. 2021 - present
    ACC Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s Implicit Bias Program, Steering Committee MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  13. 2021 - 2022
    MemberACCME’s Task Force on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  14. 2021 - 2022
    Quality Ethics & Equity Standards Committee MemberWomen as One
  15. 2020 - present
    Co-Chair Communications Subcommittee for Research Goes Red for Scientific Advisory GroupAmerican Heart Association
  16. 2020 - present
    Communications Committee MemberAssociation of Black Cardiologists
  17. 2020
    Workgroup MemberAfrican Descendants Support Networking Group
  18. 2020 - 2025
    MemberT32 Cardiovascology Training Executive Committee
  19. 2019 - 2024
    Abstract GraderAmerican Heart Association
  20. 2019 - 2022
    Diversity and Inclusion Work Group Committee ChairAmerican College of Cardiology
  21. 2019 - 2022
    Joint working group focused on D&I Program Director activitiesAmerican College of Cardiology
  22. 2019 - present
    Scientific Advisory BoardWomen's Heart Alliance
  23. 2019 - 2025
    Awards Committee MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  24. 2019 - 2023
    Cardiovascular Disease in Women Committee MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  25. 2019 - 2021
    Go Red for Women Strategic Advisory Committee MemberAmerican Heart Association
  26. 2019 - present
    Research Goes Red Scientific Advisory CommitteeAmerican Heart Association
  27. 2019 - 2020
    MemberMayo Clinic Executive Operations Team
  28. 2018 - 2022
    Career Flexibility Writing Committee MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  29. 2018 - present
    Committee MemberMayo Clinic Internal Advisory Committee for the Colorectal PreCancer Atlas
  30. 2017 - 2021
    Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion Committee MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  31. 2017 - present
    Committee MemberYale-Mayo Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI)
  32. 2014
    MemberMayo Clinic Scholarship Task Force
  33. 2012 - 2016
    Steering Committee MemberSociety for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Women in Innovations
  34. 2011 - present
    MemberAssociation of Black Cardiologists
  35. 2010 - 2015
    CV Disease in Women and Special Populations Committee MemberAmerican Heart Association
  36. 2010 - 2020
    Co-ChairMayo Clinic Diversity and Inclusion Oversight Committee
  37. 2010 - 2020
    MemberMayo Clinic People and Culture Committee
  38. 2010 - present
    MemberNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  39. 2009 - 2010
    MemberMayo Clinic Leadership Fellowship
  40. 2009
    ChairMayo Clinic Nominating Committee for Officers and Councilors
  41. 2009
    Planning and DevelopmentOffice of Women's Health, Opportuniities in Women's Health Research Symposium
  42. 2009 - present
    Group on Women in Medicine and Science MemberAssociation of American Medical Colleges
  43. 2009 - present
    Group on Diversity and Inclusion MemberAssociation of American Medical Colleges
  44. 2008 - 2018
    MemberFlorida Medical Association
  45. 2008 - 2014
    Board of Directors Governance Committee Member and ChairWomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
  46. 2007 - 2011
    MemberEducation Committee, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
  47. 2007 - 2011
    Associate Chair for WomenMayo Clinic Physician and Scientist Diversity Committee
  48. 2007 - 2009
    Coordinator-Women's Health ForumOffice of Women's Health
  49. 2007
    MemberScientific Advisory Board Women and Heart Disease Panel, World Heart Federation
  50. 2007 - present
    MemberMayo Clinic Women's Health Executive Committee
  51. 2006 - 2011
    MemberCardiovascular Training Program, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
  52. 2006 - 2010
    Women in Cardiology Committee MemberAmerican Heart Association
  53. 2006 - 2009
    Board of DirectorsAssociation of Women Heart Programs
  54. 2006 - 2008
    MemberThink Tank for Cardiovascular Research in Women
  55. 2006 - 2007
    ChairMayo Clinic Women's Health Executive Committee
  56. 2005 - 2008
    DirectorOffice of Women's Health
  57. 2005
    Second International Conference of Women, Heart Disease, and Stroke Steering Committee, Scientific Program Planning Committee MemberAmerican Heart Association
  58. 2004 - 2008
    MemberSelection Committee, Women's Health Fellowship, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
  59. 2004 - 2007
    Advisory Board MemberGender Differences in Cardiovascular Care Project, National Committee for Quality Assurance
  60. 2004 - 2005
    Obesity/CVD Workshop Planning Committee MemberSociety for Women's Health Research
  61. 2004 - 2005
    Co-ChairHonorary Advisory Anniversary Committee, Jacob's Institute of Women's Health
  62. 2003 - 2005
    Women's Health Advisory Group ChairAmerican Society of Echocardiography
  63. 2003 - 2012
    FellowAmerican Society of Echocardiography
  64. 2003 - 2011
    MemberClinical Practice Committee, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
  65. 2003 - 2007
    SecretaryMayo Clinic Officers & Councilors of Staff
  66. 2003 - 2005
    MemberScientific Steering Committee, ADVANCENT, the National Registry to Advance Heart Health
  67. 2002
    MemberPeer Review Committee: Cardiovascular Diseases Enhanced Dissemination and Utilization Centers, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
  68. 2002 - 2005
    ChairMayo Clinic Women's Healthcare Council
  69. 2002 - 2003
    Advisory Board MemberLegislative Strategy Conference on Women's Health, Society for Women's Health Research
  70. 2002
    AHA/ACC Preventive Cardiology for Women Writing Group MemberAmerican Heart Association
  71. 2002 - present
    MemberSociety for Women's Health Research
  72. 2001 - 2008
    Women's Health Advisory Group MemberAmerican Society of Echocardiography
  73. 2001 - 2006
    Public Relations Committee MemberAmerican Society of Echocardiography
  74. 2001 - 2006
    MemberMayo Clinic Women's Healthcare Council
  75. 2001 - 2003
    Women's Health Advisory Group Co-ChairAmerican Society of Echocardiography
  76. 2001 - 2002
    Women's Heart Planning Committee Co-ChairJacob's Institute of Women's Health
  77. 2000 - 2002
    Advisory Board MemberWomen's Heart Health Workshop: Developing a National Education Action Plan Strategy, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
  78. 2000 - 2001
    Session ChairWISE Trial, Women and Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation: Diagnosis and Pathophysiology of Ischemic Heart Diseases, WISE Trial-Women and Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  79. 1999 - 2000
    Chair and OrganizerAHRQ/Jacobs Institute Steering Committee "Women and Heart Disease"
  80. 1999 - 2015
    Reviewer, consultantWomen's Health Advisory Council, National Women's Health Resource Center
  81. 1999 - 2008
    ChairScientific Advisory Council, Womenheart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
  82. 1999 - 2003
    MemberNational Association of Women's Health
  83. 1999
    MemberWomen's Health Care Grand Rounds Planning Committee, Department of Internal Medicine
  84. 1999 - present
    MemberScientific Advisory Council, Womenheart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
  85. 1998 - 2011
    Director and FounderWomen's Heart Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
  86. 1998 - present
    MemberWomen's Heart Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
  87. 1998 - 2003
    MemberAmerican College of Women's Health Physicians
  88. 1998 - 2001
    Northland Affiliate, Olmsted Division PresidentAmerican Heart Association
  89. 1997 - 1998
    MemberMayo Clinic Child Care Task Force
  90. 1997
    MemberMayo Clinic HealthQuest, Office of Intellectual Property (formerly Mayo Medical Ventures)
  91. 1997
    MemberMayo Clinic Guide to Self-Care, Office of Intellectual Property (formerly Mayo Medical Ventures)
  92. 1995 - 1998
    MemberMayo Clinic Women's Healthcare Council
  93. 1995 - 1998
    MemberMayo Women Advisory Committee
  94. 1995 - 1997
    MemberMayo Clinic Facilities Committee
  95. 1991 - present
    FellowAmerican College of Cardiology
  96. 1991 - present
    FellowAmerican Heart Association
  97. 1990 - 2014
    MemberEchocardiography Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
  98. 1990 - present
    Council on Clinical Cardiology MemberAmerican Heart Association
  99. 1989 - 2012
    MemberAmerican Society of Echocardiography
  100. 1988 - 2007
    MemberAmerican Medical Association
  101. 1988 - 2007
    MemberMinnesota Medical Association
  102. 1988 - 2007
    MemberZumbro Valley Medical Society, Minnesota Medical Association
  103. 1988 - present
    MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  104. 1986 - present
    MemberAmerican Heart Association
  105. 1982 - present
    MemberAlpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

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Research activities

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