Adam Mays PA-C

Board-certified physician assistant and associate

Physician Associate Adam Mays provides orthopedic and sports medicine consultation to treat athletes and non-athletes alike. He will help maximize function and minimize disability. With training and experience that includes orthopedic trauma and fracture management, spine, and sports medicine, PA Mays will improve your time away from sports, work or school because of arthritis or injury. He began his career in healthcare in 1989 as a US Navy Corpsman, and during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. Since then, his career focus has been to acquire broad-based medical and surgical knowledge to ensure the best possible outcomes in his patient care. With an emphasis on minimal invasive techniques, he can provide diagnostic, therapeutic and minor surgical treatment for many acute and chronic conditions.

PA Mays assists in surgical procedures across all areas of orthopedic surgery with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Vincent Santoro. He has license to practice medicine and surgery in the state of Washington within his scope of practice, training and experience.

I consider it a privilege to play the role of adviser and healer to advance the health of my patients. My unique in-depth exposure to clinical, procedural and surgical medicine enables me to proficiently determine the limits of non-invasive treatment options, and when a surgeon consultation is indicated. After careful review of the facts and available data I will help you to find success in your recovery from any injury. I will also strive to ensure you are comfortable with the treatment choices you make. Together with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Vincent Santoro, we are a comprehensive orthopedic sports medicine team and surgery practice, offering the highest quality of orthopedic care.

Specializations

• Non-Surgical orthopedic treatment and surgical-indication consultation
• Advanced MRI, CT, and other specialized studies, and interpretation of diagnostics and pathology.
• FAST TRACK to surgeon consultation and surgical treatment when applicable.
• Acute injury and fracture care management:
  • Fracture reductions under local anesthesia, and dislocation reduction procedures
  • Injury stabilization, casting, splinting, functional bracing
  • Diagnosis for surgical treatment indications
• Arthritis and Sports Injury treatment of acute and chronic musculoskeletal injury in the athlete and non-athlete
  • Upper extremity surgical treatment indications
  • Lower extremity surgical treatment indications
  • Therapeutic sports medicine injection: procedures for all upper and lower extremities
  • Osteoarthritis treatment: Therapeutic orthopedic injection procedures for upper and lower extremity joints, determining surgical treatment indications for joint reconstruction or replacement
• Fluoroscopic guided injections and surgical procedures***:
  • Special Interest: Intra-articular injection study of the hip joint, and areas of pelvis for diagnostic and therapeutic treatment indications.
    • Ruling out hip disease in lumbar radiculopathy
    • Managing hip pain in Osteoarthritis of poor surgical candidate
    • Aspiration of hip replacement for culture analysis
    • Acute on Chronic iliopsoas tendonitis and bursitis in the runner
    • Enthesopathy injection treatment
    • FAI- hip impingement and labrum injury and pain management
    • Minor surgical procedures under local anesthesia with sedation:
      • As indicated for removal of simple hardware, foreign body wound I&D, laceration repair, cosmetic scar revision, etc.
  • Performed at: ***Outpatient Surgery Center

 Surgical Assisting-Operating Room Setting:

• Trained and experienced hands for proficient surgical assistance in all areas of orthopedic surgery, including spine.
• Broad-based technical training and experience surgical assisting in most surgical specialties
• Bone graft harvesting, allograft and autograft preparation for implantation.
• Incision and approach experience in general orthopedics and spine. 
• Diverse suturing and tying technique, including deep cavity, deep tissue, capsule closure, and cosmetic finish.
• Special surgical assisting interest: sports and trauma reconstruction, joint replacement and joint revision surgery, scoliosis-spine.

Education & Qualifications

• Board Certification
• National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants/Associates
• Physician Assistant Medical Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program, Seattle WA Undergraduate, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 
• Clinically and surgically trained, and practice experienced in areas of: orthopedic surgery, orthopedic and sports medicine, UC/ER medicine ortho/neuro-spine, and primary care medicine.

Continuing Medical Education:

Medical Staff Associate Program: Seattle WA; Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound.  Special Interest: Six-series business model and corporate associate training, acquiring full shareholder status.

The IRONMAN championship sports medicine conference: Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii; American Academy of Family Physicians.  Special Interest: Ironman distance training, nutrition physiology, endurance athlete injury prevention.

Meeting the Challenges of the new decade: Las Vegas, Nevada; American Society for Surgery of the Hand; Special interest: newest surgical techniques and research, and surgical indications for hand surgery.

Orthopedics Today Annual Surgery Conference: Kauai, Hawaii; ACCME.  Special Interest: Hip Impingement diagnosis and treatment, advancing surgical indication knowledge in orthopedics and sports medicine, and acute, traumatic and chronic injury.

MRI of the Musculoskeletal System Essentials for the Orthopedic Surgeon: Barcelona, Spain; ACCME, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Special Interest: Interpretation of musculoskeletal pathology for surgical treatment indications.

Wilderness and Travel Medicine: Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound; Whistler Resort, British Columbia, Canada.

Chronic Pain for Primary Care: Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound; Seattle, Washington

Current Solutions in Orthopedic Trauma: University of Florida Health Sciences Center; Orlando, Florida.  Special Interest: Surgical Indications for orthopedic, sports, and traumatic surgery

Managing patients taking Warfarin: University of Tennessee College of Medicine; Portland, Oregon.  Special Interest: Safe practical use of warfarin and anti-coagulants in the surgical and non-surgical patient.

International Medical Missions x2: each visit included 40-50 clinical hours of primary care, urgent medicine, independently performed cosmetic and minor surgery in this impoverished community.  Sponsored by the United Methodists USA; Falmouth, Jamaica

ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support – Medical Provider, and recertification

PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support – Medical Provider, and recertification

Many more…

Additional Education, Training, and Experience:

• PA-C Medical and Surgical clinician practitioner: Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, ER/Urgent Care medicine, Ortho/Neuro spine, Primary Care Medicine
• Physician Associate Training: Group Health Permanente/Cooperative: Medical Staff Associate Program, full shareholder status
• Surgical Setting: Broad-based technical training and experience surgical assisting in most surgical specialties
• United States Navy Active Duty, Wartime Operations: Operation Desert Shield/Storm: 
  • Hospital Corpsman and FMSS Specialist:  USNS Hospital Ship Mercy; Persian Gulf, Middle East- Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Training in Mass Casualty, Triage, Biological warfare treatment.
  • US Naval Surgical Technologist, FMSS, HMN- Bethesda Naval Medical Center School of Health Sciences:
    • Training and surgical assisting in all surgical specialties including: cardiac, vascular, general, transplant, orthopedics, trauma, neurosurgery and scoliosis spine.
    • Field Medical Service School (FMSS):
      • Independent training in field medicine, combat and triage medicine in the field of war, Oceanside CA; Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Training Command
      • US Naval Hospital Corpsman: Bethesda Naval School of Health Sciences- Bethesda, MD; US Naval Hospital Oakland CA; US Naval School of Health Sciences Balboa, San Diego, CA:
        • Clinical Specialist Technician Training and experience in Surgery, PACU, Obstetrics, NICU, Pediatrics, Post-Partum and Maternal Child Health, Sick-Call services in primary/urgent care, including performing minor surgical and acute injury procedures.