After receiving his medical degree from Saint Louis University in 2001, Dr. Matt Bayes performed his pediatric internship and residency at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. He then moved across the country to Beaufort, South Carolina, where he spent four years as a staff pediatrician and was named chief of pediatrics of Naval Hospital, Beaufort. In 2008, Dr. Bayes returned to Saint Louis University, where he completed his fellowship in primary care sports medicine and became board certified.

Prior to joining BlueTail Medical Group in 2011, Dr. Bayes practiced at the Sports Medicine Institute at the Orthopedic Center of Saint Louis. He specializes in the treatment of all sports medicine injuries and non-operative orthopedics, with a special interest in treating sports concussions and post-concussive syndrome.