Kayla Mays

Kayla Mays is a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner currently serving as the APP Manager for the Behavioral and Mental Health Center and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta since October 2018. In addition to this role, Kayla has been an Adjunct Faculty member at Emory University's School of Nursing since August 2023, contributing as a guest lecturer and volunteer clinical preceptor in the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Post-Masters and Doctor of Nursing Practice Program. Kayla also holds a position as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Masters PMHNP program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham since July 2020, and previously worked as Clinical Faculty in Psychiatric Nursing at the University of North Georgia from April 2017 to December 2018. Prior professional experience includes serving as a Registered Nurse at Peachford Behavioral Health from July 2014 to October 2018. Educational achievements include a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a Master of Science in Nursing, both from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and earlier degrees in nursing from the University of North Georgia.