Bradley Scott Taylor MD MPH

Thoracic Surgery•Boca Raton, FL

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Board-certified Cardiac Surgeon, Chief of Cardiac Surgery for the North Region, and Chief of Quality and Outcomes at Baptist Health Heart & Vascular Care.

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Overview of Dr. Taylor

Bradley S. Taylor, M.D., MPH, is a board-certified cardiac surgeon, chief of cardiac surgery for the North Region, and chief of quality and outcomes at Baptist Health Heart & Vascular Care. He has more than 23 years of experience in all areas of adult cardiac surgery and treats more than 450 complex cardiac cases per year.

Prior to joining Baptist Health, Dr. Taylor was an endowed professor and chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He also served as the director of quality, director of coronary revascularization and co-director of the Center of Aortic Disease at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Dr. Taylor’s clinical and research efforts have focused on such areas as robotic cardiac surgery, hybrid revascularization of coronary arteries, valvular heart disease and endovascular and open repair of aortic dissections and aneurysms. He has over 125 peer-reviewed articles in numerous medical journals and is considered an expert in the field of cardiac surgery.

As a clinical educator and member of several professional organizations, Dr. Taylor strives to further clinical excellence in cardiac surgery, promote clinical and basic science research efforts and develop the next generation of physicians through resident and fellowship training. He has received many awards for his clinical, teaching and research expertise, including being named a Top Doctor in the specialty of cardiac surgery by Baltimore magazine.

Dr. Taylor earned his medical degree and a master’s degree in public health at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. He completed a general surgery residency and a cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as well as a minimally invasive cardiac surgery fellowship at OLV Hospital in Aalst, Belgium.

Dr. Taylor is committed to providing patients with compassionate, high-quality care and maintaining a care environment that prioritizes excellence and patie

Education & Training

UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Advanced Training In Catheter Based Diagnostic Aortic and Cerebral Angiography , 2006 - 2006
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ZiekenhuisFellowship, Cardiac Surgery , 2006
UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2000 - 2002
UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Residency, Surgery, 1998 - 2000
UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Fellowship, Surgery, 1996 - 1998

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Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2025 - 2027
MD State Medical License 2012 - 2027
PA State Medical License 1995 - 2026
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification WellSpan Patient Portal, Wellspan Health, 2012
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR (Modular), Allscripts, 2012
Nursing MD Collaboration and Respect Award York Hospital, 2012

Clinical Trials

Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Trial Start of enrollment: 2017 Oct 09
COMPLETED
NA
Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal - Ticagrelor (STAR-T) Start of enrollment: 2021 Aug 31
COMPLETED
NA

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Randomized, sham-controlled trial of intraoperative ticagrelor removal to reduce perioperative bleeding.
Michael J Mack, Richard Whitlock, Michael W A Chu, Bradley Taylor, Elias A Zias
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2026-07-01
2 citations
ECMO patient energy requirements: A descriptive, retrospective cohort study.
Stacy L Pelekhaty, Raymond P Rector, Zhongjun J Wu, Alison Grazioli, Michael E Plazak
Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2026-02-01
1 citations
Determining VOin the ECMO Patient: Authors' reply.
Stacy L Pelekhaty, Raymond P Rector, Zhongjun J Wu, Alison Grazioli, Michael E Plazak
Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2026-02-01

Journal Articles

The surgical anatomy of the popliteal artery.
Colburn GL, Lumsden AB, Taylor BS, Skandalakis JE, Am Surgeon 60:238-246
Reaction to injury following balloon angioplasty and intravascular stent placement in the canine femoral artery.
Salam TA, Taylor BS, Suggs WD, Hanson SR, Lumsden AB, Am Surgeon 60:353-357
The surgical anatomy of the deep femoral artery.
Colburn GL, Mattar SG, Taylor BS, Skandalakis JE, Lumsden AB, Am Surgeon 61:336-346

Books/Book Chapters

Progress In Liver Disease.
Chapter: The role of nitric oxide in liver pathophysiology
Page 85 - 108Alarcon LH, Taylor BS, Billiar TREditors: Boyer JL, Ockner RK.WB Saunders, Philadelphia
Inducible nitric oxide synthase in the liver: regulation and function.
Taylor BS, Alarcon LH, Billiar TRBiochemistry
Sapporo International Symposium: Recent Advances in Nitric Oxide Research.
Chapter: Regulation and function of nitric oxide in the liver
Taylor BS, Billiar TR, Geller DAEditors: Kitabatake A, Sakuma I.Springer-Verlag, Tokyo

Abstracts/Posters

Stat3 is rapidly activated in the liver during hemorrhagic shock and demonstrates an isoform profile characteristic of G-CSF and IL-6.
Hierholzer C, Kalff JC, Taylor BS, Stadler J, Ungeheuer A, Billiar TR, Tweardy DJ, Hepatology
Endoscopic Conduit Harvesting.
Casselman F, Taylor BS Wellens F, DeGeest R, Degrieck I, Van Praet F, Vanermen H, 30th Annual European Association of CardioThoracic Surgery
Cytokine-stimulated human inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene expression is mediated by activity of transcription factore NF-kB and STAT1alpha.
Ganster RW, Taylor BS, Shao L, Fung JJ, Geller DA, The 25th annual meeting of The American Society of Transplant Surgeons., Chicago IL

Lectures

Robotics in Cardiac Surgery.
1st Annual Innovations Conference. York PA
Cardiothoracic Surgery: What Every Nurse Anesthetist Should Know.
2nd year students enrolled in the Nurse Anesthesia Program at the University of Pittsburgh
Mitral Valve Repair.
The Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Press Mentions

15 Recent Cardiology Leadership MovesSeptember 11th, 2025
Bradley S. Taylor, M.D., MPH, Joins Baptist Health Heart & Vascular CareJune 5th, 2025
First Patient Enrolled in U.S. STAR-T Pivotal Trial Evaluating the DrugSorb-ATR™ Antithrombotic Removal System to Remove Ticagrelor During Cardiothoracic SurgeryOctober 14th, 2021

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