W. Robert Taylor MD, PhD, named interim chair of the Department of Medicine

The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that W. Robert Taylor MD, PhD, will serve as interim chair of the Department of Medicine, effective September 1, 2022 as David Stephens, MD, moves into the role of Interim Executive Vice President of Health Affairs. Taylor is a Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Emory University School of Medicine. He previously served as interim chair in 2016-2017.

Taylor has an extensive list of academic appointments, including Marcus Chair in Vascular Medicine, executive vice chair of the Department of Medicine, director of the Division of Cardiology, and member of the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences and the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Taylor’s research is focused on vascular biology with an emphasis on vascular biomechanics, inflammation, and regenerative medicine. He is also the Emory PI for the NIH-funded Georgia CTSA, an inter-institutional magnet that concentrates basic, translational, and clinical research investigators, community clinicians, professional societies, and industry collaborators in dynamic clinical and translational research projects

Taylor completed his MD at Harvard Medical School and his PhD in Physiology at The John Hopkins University. He received his internal medicine training at Harvard Medical School and Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital. After completing his training in 1988, he joined Emory University’s School of Medicine for subspecialty training in cardiovascular disease.

Please join the department in congratulating Taylor on this appointment. We look forward to seeing how his leadership will guide the department’s mission to promote excellence in clinical care, education, and research.