Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Interests

Dr. Hayes’ clinical and research interests include implementation of successful universal HIV testing programs for adolescents and young adults, STI testing in youth, and acute HIV in youth. In 2008, Dr. Hayes led a team that implemented a universal testing program for youth aged 15 years and up in the Saint Louis Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, the first such program at a children’s hospital in the United States. Dr. Hayes’s other passion is medical education, and she is co-coursemaster of the second year pediatrics course at the School of Medicine and directs the didactic portion of Infectious Diseases education for new fellows. She also serves as Medical Director of both the Pediatric HIV program and Infection Prevention at St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Education

• BS, cum laude, Washington University, 1994
• MD, Washington University School of Medicine, 1998

Training

• Residency, University of California, San Francisco, 1998 - 2001
• Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine, 2001 - 2004
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine, 2004 - 2005
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Training Course in Healthcare Epidemiology, 2011 - 2011

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2000CA, Physician and Surgeon
• 2001 - PresGeneral Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
• 2001 - PresMO, Physician and Surgeon
• 2005 - PresPediatric Infectious Diseases, American Board of Pediatrics

Honors and Awards

• John B. Ervin Scholar, 1990 - 1994
• Alpha Phi Omega, 1991 - 1994
• Procter and Gamble Chemical Engineering Scholar, 1991 - 1994
• Ralph Bunche Award for Academic Achievement, 1991 - 1994
• Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honorary, 1991 - 1994
• Board of Trustees Honorary Degree Committee Student Delegate for the School of Engineering, 1993 - 1994
• Distinguished Student Scholarship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1994 - 1998
• Outstanding Teacher Award, General Pediatric Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 2014
• 2017 Barbara R. Cole, MD Quality Award - Multidisciplinary SSI Prevention Work, 2018
• 2020 Barbara R. Cole, MD Quality Award - NICU MRSA Task Force, 2021

Recent Publications view all (11)

Publication Co-Authors

Thomas Bailey

Mythili Srinivasan, M.D., Ph.D.

Alexis M. Elward, M.D., M.P.H.

Janet Scheel

William Brinson Orr, MD, FAAP, FACC

Sarah Bram M.D.

Reich, Patrick

John C. Lin, M.D.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Ericka V. Hayes, M.D.

1. William B. Orr, Alexis M. Elward, John C. Lin, Patrick J. Reich,Janet N. Scheel, Ericka V. Hayes, and Kenneth E. Remy. Delayed Development of Coronary Artery Dilation in Suspected SARS-CoV-2 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome: More Research Needed Crit Care Explor. 2020;10(2):e0236. doi:10.1097/CCE.0000000000000236  PMID:33063036 
2. Megan Farrell, Sarah Bram, Hongjie Gu, Shakila Mathew, Elizabeth Messer, Ericka Hayes, Mythili Srinivasan. Impact of Contaminated Blood Cultures on Children, Families, and the Health Care System Hosp Pediatr. 2020;10(10):836-843. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2020-0146  PMID:32878937 
3. Tama Thé 1, Alison Curfman 2, Carey-Ann D Burnham 3, Ericka Hayes 4, David Schnadower 2, with the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee (PEM-CRC). Pediatric Anaerobic Blood Culture Practices in Industrialized Countries J Appl Lab Med. 2018;3(4):553-558. doi:10.1373/jalm.2018.027128  PMID:31639724 
4. Ali F, Kaushik GN, Carr ND, Hayes E, Plax KL . Screening for Urethral, Rectal and Pharyngeal Gonorrhea & Chlamydia among Asymptomatic Male Adolescents and Young Men who have Sex with Men. J Fam Med Dis Prev. 2016;2(5):1-4. 
5. Lane MA, Marcos LA, Onen NF, Demertzis LM, Hayes EV, Davila SZ, Nurutdinova DR, Bailey TC, Weil GJ. Paragonimus kellicotti flukes in Missouri, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(8):1263-7. doi:10.3201/eid1808.120335  PMCID:PMC3414046  PMID:22840191 
6. SL Patrick, G Turabelidze, H Marix, A Grim, MA Lane, GJ Weil, TJ Bailey, NF Onen, LM Demertzis, PG Tuteur, EV Hayes, SZ Davila, SM Folk RE Mitchem, E Kammerer, LP Fannon, JL jones, PP Wilkins, YC Lo. Human paragonimiasis after eating raw or undercooked crayfish --- Missouri MMWR. 2010;59(48):1573-6. 
7. Hayes E, Phiri A, Heikens T. Ward round in Moyo House: Management issues in malnourished children with HIV and tuberculosis (TB). Malawi Med J. 2009;21(3):120-2. PMID:20345022 
8. Guiton PS, Hung CS, Kline KA, Roth R, Kau AL, Hayes E, Heuser J, Dodson KW, Caparon MG, Hultgren SJ. Contribution of autolysin and Sortase a during Enterococcus faecalis DNA-dependent biofilm development. Infect Immun. 2009;77(9):3626-38. doi:10.1128/IAI.00219-09  PMCID:PMC2738007  PMID:19528211 
9. Diana Nurutdinova, Nur F Onen, Ericka Hayes, Kristin Mondy, E Turner Overton. Adverse effects of tenofovir use in HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants Ann Pharmacother. 2008;42(11):1581-5. doi:10.1345/aph.1L083  PMID:18957630 
10. Kau AL, Martin SM, Lyon W, Hayes E, Caparon MG, Hultgren SJ. Enterococcus faecalis tropism for the kidneys in the urinary tract of C57BL/6J mice. Infect Immun. 2005;73(4):2461-8. doi:10.1128/IAI.73.4.2461-2468.2005  PMCID:PMC1087416  PMID:15784592 
11. Hayes EV, McGann KA. Complications of human immunodeficiency virus therapy. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004;23(9):873-4. PMID:15361730