Don Hayes, MD, MBA is an expert in Pulmonology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (United States). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Don Hayes in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Lung Transplantation, Heart Transplantation and Cystic Fibrosis. Don Hayes has authored 488 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 4 clinical trials. SLR score: 1,517 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Don Hayes, MD, MBA Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center United States
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Pulmonology

Subspecialties: Transplantation

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Short Biography

As the medical director of the Lung Transplant Program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, I specialize in treating patients affected by advanced lung disease and end-stage lung failure, especially those requiring extracorporeal life support. I care for children and young adults before and after lung transplant.

Organizations

Career arc: 1998 - 2026

Source: PubMed

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 488

Citations

Citations: 13 037 1st author: 153 Last author: 95 Unique author: 20


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: 2026 Adult Heart Transplantation: A contemporary analysis of trends and outcomes by recipient sex.
PMID 42276265 — registries, mortality, confidence intervals, lung, heart, cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic, sex, heart transplantation, transplants, lung transplantation, transplantation, cardiomyopathies
J Heart Lung Transplant20262
Cytotoxic CD8+ T cells persist and show transcriptional priming in lung transplantation.
PMID 42521129 — cells, lung, biopsy, heart transplantation, transplants, memory, lung transplantation, allografts, transplantation
J Heart Lung Transplant20260
Genomic Advances, Real-World Logistical Barriers, and Health Equity in Infantile chILD.
PMID 42776027 — critical care, child
Am J Respir Crit Care Med20260
Pediatric Repeat Lung Transplantation: A Contemporary Analysis of Trends and Outcomes.
PMID 42757734 — lung, multiple chronic conditions, transplants, lung transplantation, transplantation, child
Pediatr Transplant20260
Lung transplantation for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a retrospective international multicentre analysis.
PMID 42425729 — pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, lung, respiration, therapeutics, lung transplantation, transplantation
Eur Respir J20261

Clinical Studies 4

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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By phase:

Phase 2 3
N/A 1

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Completed 4

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Interventional 3
Observational 1

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 2
multicentric2to4 0
multicentric5to9 1
multicentricup10 1

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 1

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