The Department of Anesthesiology

Keith May, MD, MBA, FASA

Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director
Division of General Anesthesiology

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-5873

Clinical Focus

Regional Anesthesia and Point of Care Ultrasound

Education

Medical School
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 2003

Internship
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2004

Residency
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 2007

Fellowship
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2022
Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine

Other Education
Physician Executive Master of Business Administration (PEMBA) - University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Haslam College of Business, 2025

Certifications

The American Board of Anesthesiology
National Board of Echocardiography, Basic Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Honors and Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology. 2023, 2024
The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society - Beta Tennessee Chapter
2025 Excellence in Education Award, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)
Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (FASA)

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Anesthesiologists
American Society of Regional Anesthesia
Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists

Current Presentations

Cato Phillip, Patton Samuel, May Keith. Intrarticular local anesthetic for arthroscopic knee surgery: The “knee block” Presented at 48th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting; 2023 April - 20; Hollywood.