Dr. Michael Mays was born and raised in Kentucky. Growing up with a surgeon father, he experienced the outcomes of disease and their surgical treatment at a young age. He graduated with top honors, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Centre College. He then attended medical school at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, graduating Summa Cum Laude with numerous awards and distinctions. During his medical school, Dr. Mays was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and graduated top five of his class. Dr. Mays completed his surgical training at the University of Louisville Hospitals, graduating at the top 1% of his residency program and serving as chief administrative resident his last year. During this time, he conducted extensive research on melanoma with the SUNBELT melanoma trial, publishing numerous peer-reviewed publications on melanoma treatment.
Dr. Mays is a highly respected board-certified general surgeon who has had a successful career in general surgery for over 10 years. He spent much of his career surgically treating the outcomes of cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, and cancer. From his early surgical career, Dr. Mays always had a unique focus on disease prevention and soon realized how little the medical field focused on it. He recognized that traditional surgical and medical approaches often focus on treating the end-outcomes of disease, rather than addressing the underlying cause and true prevention.
Driven by his desire to help patients live longer and healthier lives, Dr. Mays began his career and extensive clinical research in longevity medicine. He believes education and prevention customized to each unique patient are the key to helping people take control of their health. His innovative and tailored approaches to patient care have helped countless individuals achieve optimal health, lose weight, and prevent long-term disease. He believes in personalized medicine, encompassing an individual’s unique genetic makeup, lifestyle, and environment to develop personalized treatment plans.
Dr. Mays focuses on early prevention, education on optimal lifestyle choices, extensive and customized physical exams, customized objective data (laboratory tests), and identifying and addressing genetic risks early on. During your evaluation, Dr. Mays will perform an in-depth physical examination and history, along with a combination of objective laboratory or genetics data, to determine a customized longevity and weight loss program.
Dr. Mays offers a dual focus on both skin and body aging in conjunction with Dr. Rana Mays, providing a comprehensive approach to patient care, addressing both the medical and cosmetic aspects of anti-aging.
