Ross M. Hays, MD

Professor
Rehabilitation Physician
Associate Director, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Patient Care
Dr. Hays' clinical interests are pediatric rehabilitation, chronic pain, and palliative care.

Research
His research interests include pediatric disability, medical ethics, and palliative care.

Teaching
Dr. Hays is the director of Undergraduate Medical Education in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Training
Dr. Hays earned his Bachelor of Science degree and his medical degree at the University of Washington. He completed his pediatric internship at Boston University and his pediatric residency at Brown University. He conducted his clinical fellowship in birth defects and performed his residency in PM&R at Tufts University. He completed a certificate program in health care ethics at the University of Washington.

Selected Publications:

Hays RM. Health care ethics and pediatric rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2:4;1-21, 1991.

Hays RM, Hackworth SR, Speltz ML, Weinstein P. Physicians' practice patterns in pediatric electrodiagnosis, Arch Phys Med & Rehabil, 74:544-45, 1993.

Hays RM, McLaughlin JF, Geiduschek JM, Bjornson KF, Graubert CS. Evaluation of effects of selective dorsal rhizotomy. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 1997;3:168-174.

Hays RM, McLaughlin JF, Bjornson KB, Stephens K, Roberts R, Price R. The relationship between electrophysiological monitoring abnormalities at selective dorsal rhizotomy, spasticity, and GMFM performance in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 1998;40:250-258.

Hays RM, Kraft G, Stolov WC, eds. Chronic Disease and Disability: A Contemporary Rehabilitation Approach to Medical Practice. Demos, New York, 1994.