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Steven Hays

MD

Pulmonologist
Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program

Dr. Steven Hays, a pulmonologist, is medical director of the UCSF Lung Transplant Program, which is known for accepting patients with complex conditions while maintaining superior survival rates. His expertise is in caring for patients with end-stage lung disease who proceed through the lung transplant process. He treats conditions that include cystic fibrosis, emphysema associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and interstitial lung disease.

In research, Hays focuses on studying how airway remodeling occurs in the transplanted lung.

Hays earned his medical degree at the University of Kansas. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he served as chief resident, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCSF. He also completed a lung transplant fellowship at Stanford Health Care.

  • Education

    University of Kansas School of Medicine, 1995

  • Residencies

    University of Kansas Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1998

  • Fellowships

    UCSF Medical Center, Pulmonary Medicine, 2003

    Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Lung Transplant, 2004

  • Board Certifications

    Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

    Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

  • Academic Title

    Professor

  • Languages

    Spanish

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"We have patients who we’ve been following for over twenty years. We’re going to grow old together."

Where I see patients (3)

    My work

    Q&A: Walking patients back from the precipice

    UCSF is known for excellent lung transplant outcomes, despite accepting the most challenging cases. Dr. Hays reveals what's behind the program's success.

    My reviews

    4.9

    Overall Experience
    144 Ratings
    About our process
    Nov 23, 2023
    Dr Hays is consistently kind informative professional and very attentive. His style is truly the best!
    Oct 22, 2023
    First time seeing this provider. We felt comfortable talking with him. He was patient and welcomed our questions made sure we understood what is happening with my health challenge and next steps.
    Sep 28, 2023
    Always excellent care.
    Sep 15, 2023
    I am so thankful that I have UCSF Doctors looking after me.
    Sep 13, 2023
    My experience with Dr Hays is always good fir all the reasons you just asked about. He consistently kind and caring!caring
    Sep 01, 2023
    Dr. Hays is one of the most knowledgable caring and overall stellar MDs I've had the privilege of knowing.
    Aug 24, 2023
    Dr. Steven Hays is an exceptional doctor in my life. I consider him my lifeline! His knowledge and understanding has been so important to me and my family. He has always been nurturing and attentive in helping me to find new ways to manage this ongoing struggle. Lung disease is extremely difficult to navigate and I am forever grateful to have him as my doctor!
    Aug 20, 2023
    Compassionate and caring.
    Aug 18, 2023
    As usual Dr. Hays was very kind empathetic to my concerns.
    Jul 26, 2023
    Doctor Hays is very good I really feel safe and confident with his care with me.
    Jul 26, 2023
    Superior doctor. Made everything easy. Great conversation
    Jul 22, 2023
    Excellent clinic with Dr. Hays as always. Received solid answers about symptoms and a path forward that previous providers had not recognized.
    Jul 20, 2023
    In the 5-1/2 years of post DLT Dr Hays has been the greatest. Always informative up-front be it bad or good and ALWAYS trying to help me improve my health. He's the best
    May 28, 2023
    Dr Hays is amazing
    May 03, 2023
    Dr Stephen Hays is wonderful. This was a 2nd opinion and I feel like he really carefully reviewed all of the reports and findings as well as listened to my recount of symptoms and treatment so far.
    Apr 19, 2023
    Great Dr.
    Mar 17, 2023
    Dr. Hays is very professional knowledgeable and friendly. He is easy to understand and a joy to be with.
    Dec 16, 2022
    Dr. Steve Hays is beyond superb. I count him as one of the absolute top lung transplant pulmonologists in the country. And I have seen many others so my opinion is based on true patient experience. I am a very complex triple-organ patient with a complicated auto-immune disease. There is not one aspect of my overall health that Dr. Hays hasn't addressed researched advised on appropriate MD referrals etc. Clinically professionally and personally he is a gem.
    Nov 04, 2022
    Dr. Hays has been fantastic over the last two years. He has always been very interested in my care and has given me great advice. I will see him again and appreciate what he has done for me.
    Oct 31, 2022
    Dr. Hays is the best doctor I have ever had! He is always attentive and knows so much about Alpha I and the treatments needed! I am very lucky to have him as my doctor!!
    Oct 19, 2022
    Exceptional physician
    Sep 26, 2022
    Good experience
    Sep 14, 2022
    Dr. Hays is tremendous doctor. He so caring and thoughtful of my situation. He tries his best to take into consideration of the distance I live from San Francisco. I consider myself very lucky to have Dr. Hays as my doctor.
    Sep 09, 2022
    Great doctor
    Aug 27, 2022
    Knowledgeable about my health and progress
    Aug 10, 2022
    Dr.Hays took care of my problem and understood the frustrations I had with Kaiser
    Jul 31, 2022
    Dr. Hays was thorough and answered all my questions.
    May 30, 2022
    We always seem to walk away with more questions to ask because we learn more!!
    Apr 28, 2022
    So fortunate to have such fantastic doctors and nurse practitioners. Dr. Hays left me energized and full of determination.
    Mar 30, 2022
    Excellent provider

    Selected research

    Decorative Caduceus

    AlloSure Lung Assessment and Metagenomics Outcomes Study

    Diagnostic performance characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV) of AlloSure Lung to detect acute lung allograft dysfunction (ALAD).

    Recruiting

    Decorative Caduceus

    LAM-001 in Lung Transplant Recipients With Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome.

    Time to Progression Free Survival (PFS) Level 1, defined as the earliest of the following: Absolute decrease in FEV1 from baseline of > 10% Death from respiratory failure

    Recruiting

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