Dr. Taylor earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md., after earning his bachelor of science degree from the University of Alabama. He completed his residency in general surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Dr. Taylor received the Society of Thoracic Surgeons “Looking to the Future Scholarship” in 2011 as a post-graduate and the William Stewart Halsted Award in Surgery from John Hopkins University School of Medicine.