Bradley S. Taylor, MD, MPH

Dr. Taylor has many years of experience in all areas of adult heart surgery. He specializes in minimally invasive cardiac surgery and endovascular surgery.

Dr. Taylor strives to provide compassionate, superior-quality patient care; further clinical excellence; promote clinical and basic science research; and maintain a care environment that prioritizes patient safety. He is also very committed to helping develop future physicians through resident and fellowship training.

Dr. Taylor is well-versed in the latest techniques in complex aortic surgery. He performs robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting and hybrid revascularization of multi-vessel coronary artery disease. His clinical and research interests include robotic cardiac surgery, hybrid revascularization of coronary arteries, valvular heart disease, and endovascular and open repair of aortic pathology (including aneurysms and dissections). He is involved in the transcatheter aortic valve repair program.

Dr. Taylor is chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of coronary revascularization at University of Maryland Medical Center. He joined the University of Maryland faculty after leaving a busy private practice in York, Pennsylvania, where he performed the full array of cardiac surgery and was instrumental in developing and implementing an advanced endovascular aortic repair program.

In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Taylor received a degree in health administration from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. After completing his general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he stayed on to serve as an assistant professor of cardiac surgery. He completed a minimally invasive cardiac surgery fellowship in Aalst, Belgium, in 2006.

Dr. Taylor was previously named a "Top Doctor" in the specialty of cardiac surgery by Baltimore magazine.