Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Professor
Primary Appointment:
Surgery
Administrative Title:
Division Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Additional Title:
Dr. Joseph S. and Irene P. McLaughlin Professorship in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Director, System Integration University of Maryland School of Medicine Co-Director, Aortic Center University of Maryland Medical Center
Location:
110 S Paca St. 7th Floor
Phone (Primary):
410-328-5842
Fax:
410-328-2750
Education and Training
Education
1981-1983 A.A. Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford GA
1983-1985 B.S., Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1985-1988 M.P.H., Health Administration, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
1989-1993 M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Post Graduate Education and Training
1990-1991 Medical Student Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Laboratory of Alan B. Lumsden, M.D
1993-1994 Internship, Surgery, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1994-1996 Residency, Surgery, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1996-1998 Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, Laboratory of David A. Geller, M.D.
1998-2000 Residency, Surgery, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2000-2002 Residency, Cardiothoracic, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Advanced Training in Catheter Based Diagnostic Aortic and Cerebral Angiography, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (3 months)
2006 Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ziekenhuis, Alast, Belgium (6 months)
2007 Minimally Invasive Surgery, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw, Ziekenhuis Alast, Belgium (1 month)
2007 Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, UPMC-PSD Physician Leadership and Management Certificate Program, Pittsburgh, PA (3 months)
2010 Practical Training in Vascular Interventions, University of Michigan School of Medicine (1 month)
Clinical Specialty Details
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
Aortic Dissection
Arch Resection
Awards and Affiliations
Honors and Awards
1996-1998 Association for Academic Surgery/David & Geck Surgical Research Fellowship Award
1997 Surgical Infection Society Resident Research Award
1997 Southwestern PA Chapter, American College of Surgeons Resident Research Award
1998 Surgical Infection Society Joseph Susman Memorial Award
2000 Alpha Omega Alpha
2000 Charles C. Moore Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
2000 Doris B. Maxwell Basic Science Research Award, Department of Surgery
2001 Best Paper Presentation, Emerging Issues in Solid Organ Transplantation
2012 Nursing MD Collaboration and Respect Award York Hospital
2012 MD Educator Award York Hospital
2015 Golden Apple Resident Teaching Award, UMMC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
2016 Baltimore Magazine ‘Top Doctors’
2017 Baltimore Magazine ‘Top Doctors’
2019 Baltimore Magazine ‘Top Doctors’
2020 AATS Leadership Academy
2021 Baltimore Magazine ‘Top Doctors’
2022 Golden Apple Resident Teaching Award, UMMC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Grants and Contracts
Active Grants
12/14/14-12/14/18
(PI, Taylor 1%)
“Neuroprotection in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement”
Mt. Sinai/NHLBI - 00192 10016975
$1,388,754.00
1/20/15-1/19/25
(PI, Taylor, 2%)
“Gore GREAT Registry W.L. Gore and Assoc.”
00192 10015131
$198,711.00
11/7/16-11/6/23
(PI, Taylor 2%)
“Evaluation of the GORE TAG TBE device”
WL Gore
00192 10019166
$273,900.00
7/1/2019-6/30/24 (
PI, Taylor 2%)
“ARISE: Evaluation of the GORE Ascending Stent Graft Early Feasibility Trial”
7/1/2019-6/30/24
(PI, Taylor 2%)
“Evaluation of Terumo Aortic Dual Branch Endograft Early Feasibility Trial”
Completed Grant
1/1/17-6/30/18
(PI, Taylor 2%)
“Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Trial”
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/ MHLBI
$1,692,644.00