Keynote Speaker
SHARONNE N. HAYES, M.D., FAHA, FACC
Director, Mayo Clinic Women's Heart Clinic
Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases and founded and directs the Women’s Heart Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN in 1998, one of the first in the nation. Dr. Hayes’ professional and volunteer activities have focused upon working on behalf of women with heart disease. These efforts have included helping develop the NHLBI’s Heart Truth campaign, being a spokesperson for American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women campaign, and co-producing the Emmy-nominated PBS show; Call to Action: Women and Heart Disease. Dr. Hayes serves on the Board of Directors for WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. She is past-president of American Heart Association's, Olmsted Division and has served on numerous association committees at the national level. She helped develop the Second International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke and American Heart Association's Evidence-based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women.
Dr. Hayes received her medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago and pursued fellowships in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research, and Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, joining the Mayo staff in 1990.
