Senior Vice President, Chief Physician Executive
As Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive, David P. May, MD, MBA, FACS, serves as a member of Bayhealth’s executive leadership team and provides system-wide leadership for Medical Education, including undergraduate and graduate medical education; Quality & Medical Affairs; Bayhealth Medical Group; and the Chief Medical Information Officer.
His responsibilities span the continuum of care and include physician recruitment and management, medical staff affairs, credentialing and peer review, operating room operations, utilization management, population health, emergency management, patient safety, high reliability and performance improvement. He partners with physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, leaders and team members to improve quality, access, clinical operations and the experience of patients and care teams.
Before joining Bayhealth, Dr. May served as Chief Clinical Officer for Jefferson Health’s eastern region, providing physician executive leadership for a 675-bed, three-hospital division with more than 1,600 clinicians. His experience includes medical staff affairs, regulatory affairs, quality improvement, graduate medical education, patient safety, infection prevention, utilization management, clinical risk, patient experience, population health and Lean and Six Sigma performance improvement.
Throughout his career, Dr. May has led measurable improvements in sepsis mortality, healthcare-associated infections, length of stay, patient experience, safety reporting, physician wellness and utilization management. He has also strengthened hospitalist operations, professional practice evaluation, clinical transfer processes and physician leadership structures.
Dr. May earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Boston College, his medical degree from Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine and a Master of Business Administration from Temple University’s Fox School of Business. He is board certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
He serves on the board of the Camden Coalition and mentors matriculating MBA students through Temple University’s Fox School of Business. Dr. May is passionate about preserving the joy and meaning of healthcare by building personal connections with patients and colleagues and improving the systems that support their work.
Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family and their large Goldendoodle, Sully. He also enjoys surfing, sailing and spending time at the beach.
Connect with Dr. May on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/david-may-md-mba