CURRICULUM VITAE
, MD, UPRS
BIOGRAPHICAL
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
UNDERGRADUATE
8/1997 – 5/2001 Spelman College B.S. Biology, summa cum laude
Atlanta, GA
GRADUATE
8/2001 – 6/2006 Harvard Medical School M.D., Doctor of Medicine
Boston, MA
POSTGRADUATE
7/2006 – 9/2012 McGaw Northwestern Memorial Hospital General Urology Residency
Chicago, IL
9/2012 – 9/2014 Case Western Reserve Female Pelvic Medicine University Hospitals Reconstructive Surgery
Cleveland, OH Fellowship
APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
December 2022 – Current Memorial Hospital Gulfport (MHG), Gulfport, MS
Independent Physician Contractor
Providing general urology call coverage for outpatients of the MHG Coast Urology Clinic, inpatient hospital consults, inpatient emergent intra-operative consults, and emergency room consults for those patients in need of emergent and urgent urologic care. MHG provides care to large catchment area of surrounding indigent communities with a largely underserved medical population providing urologic care services for 5 surrounding hospitals without a local urologist. I manage conditions including but not limited to: testicular torsion, acute ureteral stone emergencies including indwelling ureteral stent placements, semi-rigid ureteroscopy and distal stone removal in female patients, male and female voiding dysfunction, acute urinary retention, Fournier’s gangrene, scrotal abscess I&D, repair of iatrogenic genitourinary trauma (bladder and ureteral injury repair), gross hematuria with acute blood loss, gross hematuria with clot retention, diagnostic evaluations for gross hematuria, cystoscopy with bladder biopsies, retrograde pyelograms, difficult male Foley catheter placements, suprapubic tube placements, phimosis reduction with dorsal slit, paraphimosis reduction, priapism treatment (medical and surgical), penile fracture repair, testicular trauma repair, testicular torsion, evaluation and work up of renal, ureteral, bladder, urethral, prostate and penile masses and the treatment of inflammatory and infectious diseases of the male and female genitourinary tracts.
August 2022 – October 2022 Juan F Luis Hospital, St, Croix USVI
Locum Contract Physician.
Covered general urology call in a significantly medically underserved developing US island. Managed conditions including but not limited to: peno-scrotal trauma, priapism, testicular torsion, acute ureteral stone emergencies, ureteral and bladder injury, male and female voiding dysfunction, acute urinary retention, gross hematuria, and inflammatory and infectious disease of the genitourinary tract.
June 2022 – Current Taylored UroGyn Care, LLC, Hanover, MD
CEO/Founder of an independent physician contractor agency offering a variety of patient centered, high quality, up to date Urogynecology an Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery services, genital aesthetic (procedural and surgical) services, and general urologic clinical services to Medical Clients in a variety of clinical settings including outpatient, inpatient hospital, ER, hospital based OR, Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) and telehealth settings. In addition, I offer non-clinical services including expert consulting, patient health advocacy, provider, patient and community education, partnerships, and collaborations with those advancing the cause of increasing access to care to medically underserved communities, collaboration with industry offering innovative high quality medical or surgical therapies, and professional mentorship.
I specialize in minimally invasive native tissue major vaginal reconstructive surgeries for pelvic organ prolapse without synthetic mesh, the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence (conservative therapies such has pessary, mid urethral mesh slings (traditional and single incision), Bulkamid periurethral injections), overactive bladder (medical therapy with a strict OAB pathway to keep patients on track and moved forward to more efficacious treatment options when conservative therapies fail, including bladder Botox, PTNS, Sacral Neuromodulation and eCoin) urge urinary incontinence, mixed urinary incontinence, non-obstructive urinary retention, fecal incontinence, urethral diverticula, Skene’s gland abscess, Bartholin cyst, female urethral prolapse, surgical treatment of vaginal mesh complications, female urethral stricture disease, urethrovaginal fistula repair, vesicovaginal fistula repair, IC/BPS, Recurrent UTI, Myofascial Pelvic Pain, and other female pelvic floor disorders. I offer a range of up to date surgical and non-surgical treatment options tailored to each individual patient’s lifestyles, expectations, and treatment goals that maximize safety, reduce recovery time, and help patients achieve the outcomes they desire.
In addition, I offer a variety of surgical and non-surgical options for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction, and female genital aesthetic procedures including labial puffing, labiaplasty, clitoral hood reduction, hymenoplasty, surgical vaginal rejuvenation and O-shots. My focus is addressing women’s cosmetic genital concerns and helping women to restore a more youthful appearance of their vagina and to improve its function. All treatment offerings are designed to help women feel more comfortable and confident about the appearance and function of their genitalia again.
My general urologic services include a range of inpatient hospital, ER consults, outpatient and telehealth services including: evaluation and management of inflammatory and infectious diseases of the genitourinary tract, work up of hydronephrosis or other obstructive uropathy, evaluation of acute urinary retention, neurourology, video urodynamics (in male and female patients),treatment of solitary distal ureteral stones in women, gross hematuria evaluations, cystoscopy with bladder biopsies, diagnostic cystoscopies, urothelial cancer screening, retrograde pyelograms, male urethral stricture disease, difficult male Foley catheter placements, suprapubic tube placements, testicular torsion treatment with orchiopexy vs. orchiectomy, acute ureteral stone emergencies, bladder stone removal, phimosis reduction with dorsal slit, paraphimosis reduction, priapism treatment, testicular trauma surgical management, Fournier’s gangrene surgical management, open repair of iatrogenic genitourinary trauma (bladder and ureteral injury repair), conservative management of stones in pregnant patients, gross hematuria with clot retention, management of radiation cystitis, pre-operative open ended or lighted ureteral stent placements for those providers performing robotic or laparoscopic procedures who desire these for intra-operative ureteral identification to minimize risk of ureteral injury.
March 2019 – May 2022 Chesapeake Urology Associates, Hanover, MD
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Specialist, Female Genital Cosmetic and Aesthetics Specialist, Physician Lead of Quality for the Clinical Urodynamics Program, Service Line developer for Comprehensive Women health services in the Anne Arundel region including Hanover, Glen Burnie, Pasadena, Odenton, Severna Park, as well as Columbia of Howard County,, Service Line Developer for major vaginal reconstructive surgery performed exclusively in the Summit Ambulatory Surgery Center in Hanover, MD C
I developed a completely new service line in the aforementioned regions for women with conditions including but not limited to: pelvic floor disorders, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, female urethral stricture disease, voiding dysfunction, female GU tract fistula, pelvic organ prolapse, vaginal mesh complications, IC/BPS, and urethral diverticular disease. I developed an exclusive complex outpatient ASC vaginal reconstructive surgery program and was the first provider in the practice to perform high volume outpatient complex reconstructive native tissue minimally invasive major vaginal prolapse surgical repairs in the practice’s affiliated ASCs. I developed standardized pathways for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse, female SUI, OAB, fecal incontinence, non-obstructive urinary retention and recurrent UTIs. I trained surgical techs, and nursing staff on how to assist in these major complex vaginal outpatient surgical procedures facilitating the growth and expansion of the Women’s Health program to other ASCs in the practice including on the Eastern Shore and Annapolis, MD. I developed a standardized high quality Urodynamics program with bi-annual didactic and hands on training and education of UDS technicians in addition to monthly CME. I had the second highest volume of UDS studies in the practice.
I was named a center of excellence provider for Axonics sacral neuromodulation in 2020, and was named the top Axonic sacral neuromodulation implanter in 2021 secondary to my high volume of implant cases, high volume of successful post implant outcomes and dedication to ensuring that all patients with OAB/UUI/non obstructive urinary retention and fecal incontinence were moved efficiently through the clinical care pathways I developed, with the goal of transitioning patients quickly from failed conservative treatments to more efficacious procedural options. In 2021 and 2022 I was the top enroller for the Axonics Artistry study.
December 2014 –February 2019 Assistant Professor, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery/Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgeon (UPRS), Division of Female Urology, Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Magee Women’s Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
I was recruited as an FPMRS/Urogynecologist PRS specialist to UPMC Magee Women’s hospital in 2014 to build a new Female Urology/FPMRS service line within the department of Urology secondary to the urology residency program being placed on academic probation with the ACGME for insufficient female urologic case volume required to satisfy the ACGME requirements for urologic residency graduation. Prior to my arrival there were no urology trained FPMRS/Urogynecology specialists in the department of Urology but instead a large well established (with 30 years of practice offerings) Urogynecology division which did not permit urology residents to attend cases or educational conferences. In addition, the urology residents of UPMC had so little exposure to UPRS and neurourology that they frequently scored in the 10-20th percentile on their annual Inservice examinations and written qualifying ABU exam in the subject areas encompassing female urology and neurourology. Multiple UPMC residents in the past also failed questions in these same subject areas during their oral boards for ABU certification.
Within the first two months of my tenure at UPMC Magee I developed a novel UPRS Urology resident educational program focused on exposing residents to biweekly didactic conferences focused on common UPRS conditions, assessments, and treatment approaches. I then created a new division of Female urology/UPRS and service line within the department of Urology at Magee Women’s hospital that provided urology residents with direct surgical exposure to complex major vaginal prolapse repair procedures, stress urinary incontinence treatments, mixed urinary incontinence therapies, female genitourinary fistula disease (urethrovaginal fistula repair, vesicovaginal fistula repair), sacral neuromodulation, repair of vaginal mesh complications, female urethral diverticulectomy, and the management of IC/BPS syndrome. In addition, I provided intensive resident outpatient UPRS outpatient clinic educational exposure and training in fluoroscopic urodynamic techniques and interpretation for patients with pelvic floor disorders, incontinence, and neurogenic bladder conditions. Within the 1st year of my assistant professorship the residents had doubled their female urologic case volume and the residency was taken off academic probation after reassessment by the ACGME.
I subsequently developed a strong collaborative educational program between the Urology department and the division of Urogynecology through which I provided surgical training to Urogynecology fellows and Gynecology residents which further increased the urology resident exposure to the field of UPRS whom historically had minimal exposure to this subspecialty. This newly formed bi-departmental partnership was very important to me as collaboration between Urologic trained pelvic floor specialists and Gynecologic trained pelvic floor specialists is critical to improving the quality of care of all patients with pelvic floor disorders as each of our unique perspectives based on slight differences in our training facilitated the development of innovative treatment strategies to provide the most up to date, comprehensive, safe, outcome driven care to our combined patient populations. I was the first provider at Magee Women’s Hospital to introduce sacral neuromodulation implant procedural techniques and training to the Urogynecology fellows who previously were only exposed to bladder Botox and PTNS as treatment options for OAB and urge urinary incontinence.
At the end of my tenure at UPMC two urology residents for the first time in the history of the UPMC urology residency program pursued fellowships in UPRS. At the time of my transition from this department Urology resident were graduating with 3x times the minimal case requirements for female urologic procedures necessary for graduation to stay in compliance with the ACGME. I also participated in the development of a collaborative comprehensive program with the obstetrics division, and gynecology oncology division for the management of patients with placenta percreta. We identified those patients early and created dedicated surgical block time for planned Cesarean-hysterectomies and genitourinary injury repair (in cases of extensive bladder and ureteral involvement). I performed the genitourinary reconstructions post C-hyst in the setting of significant GU tract injury associated with this complex obstetric condition. This was a very rewarding collaboration as we significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality of the women and their infants, who under unplanned circumstances could have otherwise experienced serious adverse outcomes.
AWARDS
2006 – 2009 Northwestern McGaw Award for Excellence in Teaching
2011 AUA Best Poster in Session Award
Bipin Bhayani Award for exceptional basic science research
2012 Bipin Bhayani Award for exceptional clinical science research
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Susan B. Pearlman Award for Humanism in Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Department of Urology Dr. Leander Riba Award for Humanism in Medicine
2020 Axonics Center of Excellence Sacral neuromodulation implanter
2021 Axonics Top Maryland Sacral Neuromodulation Implanter
Top Enroller for the Axonics Artistry study
2022 Top Enroller for the Axonics Artistry study
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSURE
Medical Licensure: State of MD D0086139
State of GA 93604
State of ND 19464
State of MS 30900
Certification: ABU 185222
Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery 18522
PUBLICATIONS
Murphy AB, Macejko A, Taylor A, Nadler RB. Chronic prostatitis: management strategies. Drugs. 69(1):71-84, 2009.
Bjurlin MA, Carlsen J, Grevious M, Jordan MD, Taylor A, Divakaruni N, Hollowell CM. Mineral Oil-induced Sclerosing Lipogranuloma of the Penis. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 3(9):41-4, 2010. PMCID: 2945848.
Murphy AB, Taylor AK, Nadler RB. Prostatitis: predictive value of post-massage urine leukocyte count for AIP. Nat Rev Urol. 7(2):65-6, 2010.
Taylor AK, Zembower TR, Nadler RB, Scheetz MH, Cashy JP, Bowen D, Murphy AB, Dielubanza E, Schaeffer AJ. Targeted antimicrobial prophylaxis using rectal swab cultures in men undergoing transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy is associated with reduced incidence of postoperative infectious complications and cost of care. J Urol. 187(4):1275-9, 2012.
Rudick CN, Taylor AK, Yaggie RE, Schaeffer AJ, Klumpp DJ. Asymptomatic bacteriuria Escherichia coli are live biotherapeutics for UTI. PLoS One. 9(11):e109321, 2014. PMCID: 4236008.
Ferroni M, Taylor AK. Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Noncatheterized Adults. Urol Clin North Am. 42(4):537-45, 2015.
Sheyn D, James RL, Taylor AK, Sammarco AG, Benchek P, Mahajan ST. Tobacco use as a risk factor for reoperation in patients with stress urinary incontinence: a multi-institutional electronic medical record database analysis. Int Urogynecol J. 26(9):1379-84, 2015.
Taylor AK, Murphy AB. Preprostate Biopsy Rectal Culture and Postbiopsy Sepsis. Urol Clin North Am. 42(4):449-58, 2015.
Sanses T, McCabe P, Zhong L, Taylor A, Chelimsky G, Mahajan S, Buffington T, Hijaz A, Ialacci S, Janata, Chelimsky T. Sensory mapping of pelvic dermatomes in women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Neurourol Urodyn. 2017 Jun 19. PMID: 28628232
Reviews
Murphy A, Taylor A, Nadler RB. Commentary on Tekin et al ‘Post-prostatic massage examination for prediction of asymptomatic prostatitis in needle biopsies: A Prospective Study. J of Urol. June 2009.
Abstracts
Taylor A, Schaeffer AJ, Klumpp D, Rudick C. Rapid attenuation of acute urinary tract infection pain and colonization using an asymptomatic bacteriuria strain. AUA 2011.
Taylor A, Murphy A B, Cashy J, Zembower T, Nadler RB, Dielubanza E, Schaeffer AJ. Targeted antimicrobial prophylaxis using rectal swab (RS) cultures in men undergoing transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy (TRUSP) significantly reduces the incidence of post procedure infectious complications and cost of care. AUA 2011
Taylor A, Orasanu B, Sanses T, Mahajan S, Janatta J, McCabe P, Chlemisky T. Neurogenic Phenotyping of Women with Chronic Pain Syndromes: Preliminary results from the ICEPAC trial. AUGS 2013
Book Chapters
Taylor A, Schaeffer AJ. Prostatitis, chronic bacterial, non-inflammatory (NIH CP/CPPS
III). 5- Minute Urology Consult. 2°ct Edition, 2010.
Taylor A, Schaeffer AJ. Prostatitis, acute, bacterial (NIH I).5-Minute Urology Consult.
2°<l Edition, 2010.
Presentations
Taylor A. Urinary Tract Infection in Women. Primary Care Medicine Continuing Education Lecture Series. October 2011.
Taylor A, Schaeffer AJ, Klumpp D, Rudick C. Rapid attenuation of acute urinary tract infection pain and colonization using an asymptomatic bacteriuria strain. AUA 2011.
Taylor A, Murphy A B, Cashy J, Zembower T, Nadler RB, Dielubanza E, Schaeffer AJ. Targeted antimicrobial prophylaxis using rectal swab (RS) cultures in men undergoing transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy (TRUSP) significantly reduces the incidence of post procedure infectious complications and cost of care. AUA 2011
Taylor A, Orasanu B, Sanses T, Mahajan S, Hijaz A, Janata J, McCabe P, T. Chelimsky T. Neurologic Phenotyping of Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes: Preliminary Analysis. AUA 2013.
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