Appointments and affiliations
Director
Regional STEMI Program
Interventional Cardiologist
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Professor of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Dr. Le May is the Director of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Regional STEMI Program and an Interventional Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine.
Background
Dr. Le May received his Medical Degree in 1978 from the University of Ottawa and completed his training in Internal Medicine at the University of Southern California Medical Centre, followed by a fellowship in Cardiology at Emory University.
Currently the Director of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Regional STEMI Program, Dr. Le May pioneered the concept of a dedicated STEMI room, which has enabled paramedics to triage STEMI patients directly to the UOHI for primary PCI, and has resulted in a 50% reduction in mortality in STEMI patients in the Ottawa region.
As a recognized clinical researcher, Dr. Le May has over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 200 presentations at national and international meetings. Furthermore, he is the recipient of multiple awards, including the UOHI's Inaugural Global Achievement Award in Clinical Leadership in 2015 and the President's Team Spirit Award in 2016.
Dr. Le May has served as Chief Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Grant Reviewer for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and CIHR Clinical Trials, Reviewer for Circulation and the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, and more. His professional associations include the American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology (FACC), Canadian Medical Association, Ontario Medical Association, and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.
Research and clinical interests
Dr. Le May's clinical interests include interventional cardiology and the management of acute coronary syndromes. His primary research focus is on developing novel strategies for the management of acute myocardial infarction.
Publications
See current publications list at PubMed.
Selected publications
- Russo, J. J., Boland, P., Bernick, J., Di Santo, P., So, D. Y. F., Hibbert, B., Fordyce, C. B., van Diepen, S., Hassager, C., & Le May, M. R. Cardiac Index in Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Aug 20;84(8):764-765.
- Sean van Diepen, Michel R. Le May, Patricia Alfaro, Michael J. Goldfarb, Adriana Luk, Rebecca Mathew, Maude Peretz-Larochelle, Erin Rayner-Hartley, Juan J. Russo, Janek M. Senaratne, Craig Ainsworth, Emilie Belley-Côte, Christopher B. Fordyce, Julie Kromm, Christopher B. Overgaard, Gregory Schnell, Graham C. Wong. Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Cardiovascular Critical Care Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology Clinical Practice Update on Optimal Post Cardiac Arrest and Refractory Cardiac Arrest Patient Care. Can J Cardiol. 2024 Apr;40(4)524-539.
- Fordyce CB, Kramer AH, Ainsworth C, Christenson J, Hunter G, Kromm J, Lopez Soto C, Scales DC, Sekhon M, van Diepen S, Dragoi L, Josephson C, Kutsogiannis J, Le May MR, Overgaard CB, Savard M, Schnell G, Wong GC, Belley-Côté E, Fantaneanu TA, Granger CB, Luk A, Mathew R, McCredie V, Murphy L, Teitelbaum J. Neuroprognostication in the Post Cardiac Arrest Patient: A Canadian Cardiovascular Society Position Statement. Can J Cardiol. 2023 Apr;39(4):366-380.
- Viviany R. Taqueti, Amil M. Shah, Brendan M. Everett, Aruna D.Pradhan, Gregory Piazza, Courtney Bibbo, Jon Hainer, Victoria Morgan, Ana Carolina do A. H. de Souza, Hicham Skali, Ron Blankstein, Sharmila Dorbala, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Michel R. Le May, Benjamin J.W. Chow, Robert A. deKemp, Fadi G.Hage, Rob S. Beanlands, Peter Libby, Robert J. Glynn, Marcelo F. Di Carli. Coronary Flow Reserve, Inflammation, and Myocardial Strain: The CIRT-CFR Trial. JACC: Basic to Translational Science. 8(2), 141-151. February 2023.
- Gargiulo, G., Giacoppo, D., Jolly, S. S., Cairns, J., Le May, M., Bernat, I., Romagnoli, E., Rao, S. V, van Leeuwen, M. A. H., Mehta, S. R., Bertand, O. F., Wells, G. A., Meijers, T. A., Siontis, G. C. M., Esposito, G., Windecker, S., Jüni, P., & Valgimigli, M. (2022). Impact on Mortality and Major Bleeding of Radial Versus Femoral Artery Access for Coronary Angiography or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: a Meta analysis of Individual Patient Data from Seven Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trials. Circulation. 146(18):1329-1343. November 2022.
- Hannan, E. L., Zhong, Y., Ling, F. S. K., LeMay, M., Jacobs, A. K., King, S. B., Berger, P. B., Venditti, F. J., Walford, G., & Tamis-Holland, J. (2022). Relation of Operator Volume and Access Site to Short-Term Mortality in Radial Versus Femoral Access for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The American Journal of Cardiology. 2022 Aug 1;176:30-36.
- Le May, M., & Wells, G. (2021). Radial first, but not radial only. EuroIntervention: Journal of EuroPCR in Collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 17(12), e953–e954. doi.org/10.4244/EIJV17I12A158
- Le May M, Osborne C, Russo J, So D, Chong AY, Dick A, Froeschl M, Glover C, Hibbert B, Marquis JF, De Roock S, Labinaz M, Bernick J, Marshall S, Maze R, Wells G. Effect of Moderate vs Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia on Mortality and Neurologic Outcomes in Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The CAPITAL CHILL Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 Oct 19;326(15):1494-1503. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.15703.
- Rebecca Mathew, M.D., Pietro Di Santo, M.D., Richard G. Jung, Ph.D., Jeffrey A. Marbach, M.B., B.S., Jordan Hutson, M.D., Trevor Simard, M.D., F. Daniel Ramirez, M.D., David T. Harnett, M.D., Anas Merdad, M.B., B.S., Aws Almufleh, M.B., B.S., Willy Weng, M.D., Omar Abdel‑Razek, M.D., Shannon M. Fernando, M.D., Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, M.D., M.H.A., Jordan Bernick, M.Sc., George A. Wells, Ph.D., Vincent Chan, M.D., Michael Froeschl, M.D., C.M., Marino Labinaz, M.D., Michel R. Le May, M.D., Juan J. Russo, M.D., and Benjamin Hibbert, M.D., Ph.D. Milrinone as Compared with Dobutamine in the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. NEJM. 385(6):516-525. August 5, 2021.
- Le May, M, Wells G, Chong AY. Residual Challenges in Radial Approach for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions-Reply.JAMA Cardiol. 1;5(12):1451-1452. December 2020.