Joseph W. May

MD, MPH

Colonel, Army

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Title
Department Chief, Pediatrics
Location: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
Decision-support technology for cardiology
Murmur management in children
Office Phone

Education

Graduate Medical Education:
Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA (2009-2012)
Residency: Pediatrics, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (2005-2007)
Internship: Pediatrics, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (2004-2005)

Medical Education:
MD: Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA (2000-2004)

Graduate Education:
MPH: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (2010-2012)

Undergraduate Education:
BA: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (1996-2000)

Biography

Joseph May, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACC is a Colonel in the US Army with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Science (Public Health) from the Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and his medical degree from Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. He completed a residency in Pediatrics at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Stanford University Medical Center. He currently serves as Department Chief of Pediatrics at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and previously served as the Army Assistant Chief of Graduate Medical Education & Graduate Dental Education at Walter Reed. He has served in prior operational assignments in Germany, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Walter Reed Master Clinician Recognition

Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society

The Cosmos Club

Army Assistant Chief, Graduate Medical and Dental Education, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2018-2020)

Assistant Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2018-2020)

Chief, Pediatric Cardiology Division, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2014-2018)

Staff Pediatric Cardiologist, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2012-2014)

Field Surgeon (PROFIS), 3rd Squadron, 71st Infantry Regiment, Paktika Province, Afghanistan (2013-2014)

Brigade Surgeon, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baghdad, Iraq (2008-2009)

Brigade Surgeon, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany (2007-2008)

Representative Bibliography

May JW, Cardiology, In: Pediatric Surgery and Medicine for Hostile Environments, Second Edition, Creamer KM and Fuenfer MM, eds., Borden Institute, 431-443, 2016.

Arjoune Y, Trong NN, Salvador T, Telluri A, Schroder JC, Geggel RL, May JW, Pillai DK, Teach SJ, Patel SJ, Doroshow RW, Shekhar R. StethAid: a digital auscultation platform for pediatrics. Sensors, 2023, 23,5750.

Hitt JR, Carter EL, and May JW. Patch versus traditional ambulatory ECG monitoring in children. Prog Pediatr Cardiol, 2021 Dec 8; 63; 101408. DDOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2021.101408.

May JW, Carter EL, Hitt JR, Burklow TR. Clinical impact of a novel ambulatory rhythm monitor in children. Cardiol Young. 2018 Oct;10:1134-40. [Epub 10 July 2018].

May JW, Congenital heart disease in the military: what we need to know. American College of Cardiology’s congenital heart disease and pediatric cardiology clinical topic collection (August 29, 2018) https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/articles/2018/08/29/06/54/congenital-heart-disease-in-the-military

Folker C and May J. Index of suspicion: an 11-month-old boy with new bradycardia. Pediatr Review. 2019 Jan;40(1):42-45.

Pasman EA, Needleman M, May JW. Late recovery of sinus rhythm following perioperative complete atrioventricular block in a child with congenitally corrected transposition. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Sep-Dec;11:297-9.

Weber L, May J, Needleman M. Pre-operative voltage mapping in Ebstein’s anomaly: can we make the late arrhythmogenic mortality following the cone procedure zero? Cardiol Young. 2017 Mar;27(2):373-374.

Pinches H, Dobbins K, May J, Lopreiato J. Asymptomatic Kawasaki disease in a 3 month old infant. Pediatrics. 2016 Aug;138(2):e20153936. [Epub ahead of print]

Gupta LJ and May JW. Managing a “new” murmur in healthy children and teens. Clinical Pediatrics. 2016 Jun;5(4):357-362.