Dr. Hayes attended college at Johns Hopkins University, and medical school at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. He completed training in Adult psychiatry at George Washington University and the University of Maryland before relocating to California in the mid-1990s, for additional training in a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at UCLA. Dr. Hayes later received an MBA in 2002 at the University of California, Irvine where his classmates awarded him the Best Team Player award. In 2010, he became a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association at their annual meeting in New Orleans, La. Dr. Hayes is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology where he was certified in Adult Psychiatry in 1999, and re-certified in 2009 and 2019. He has previously held an academic position at UCLA as a Clinical Instructor. Dr. Hayes is a member of AAPL-The American Academy of Psychiatry & Law and The American Psychiatric Association-where he has presented at their annual meetings across the country and abroad. He has also been a frequent presenter at the annual Western Claims Conference in Palm Springs, California. He is a 4th generation Washingtonian (DC) but has lived in southern California since 1994. He is an advocate for the homeless and LGBTQ communities. His main hobby is travel, and he has visited over 40 countries on 6 continents.



Experience- BS with Honors 1981 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences- part of Rutgers University

MS 1983 Virginia Tech- Full Tuition Scholarship through Graduate Research Assistantship

MD- 1988 Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Psychiatry Residency 1992- Institute of Living

Center for Psychiatry 1992-2018- CEO and Medical Director

Neuropsychiatric Hospitals- Psychiatrist in Chief 2013-2016

Sacramento Native American Health Center 2018-2023- Psychiatrist-in-Charge

Advanced Psychiatry Associates 2018-present - Psychiatrist

Behavioral Care Solutions 2012-present - Assistant Psychiatry Director

 

Current Active Licenses

California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Title: MD Psychiatrist- focus Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry