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Phillip H. Taylor is a cum laude graduate of the Harvard Medical School, and has had the privilege of working as a General Surgeon in some of the best Hospitals and emergency rooms in North America.

Combine his extensive training in emergency medicine with his surgical knowledge and you’ll find that Dr. Taylor is more than capable of handling patients, and victims of injury.

Dr. Taylor has accomplished many feats in his professional life. Firstly, is his background in Commercial Real Estate Development. In 1980, Dr. Taylor developed the first free-standing Surgi-Center, and Diagnostic Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Taylor’s accomplishments did not end with the Medical Center, he went on to develop a multi-million dollar condominium and town home project in Vail, Colorado, still known today as the Valley at Vail. After receiving his certification and private pilot’s license, he launched a private airline company dedicated to tours of the Grand Canyon and beyond. He continued his private practice of General Surgery and Emergency Medicine.

In 1985, Dr. Taylor made the decision to attend Law School. He enrolled and graduated less than three years later from the University of Miami Law School. Although Dr. Taylor continued to work as a full-time physician in a Miami emergency room, he began work as a Medical-Legal consultant for a number of successful law firms.

His journey into the complex and challenging world of medical malpractice began in 1988. His role then, as it is now, remains the same. His sole priority is the patient. Now, with more than 22 years of legal expertise, and over 40 years of medical knowledge, it’s easy to see why his law firm has been hired by so many. Phillip H. Taylor, M.D., J.D. has brought his professional medical training and knowledge to the courtroom in the prosecution of several major medical malpractice and personal injury actions. His negotiating skills, developed in the real estate and construction industry, are now used in settlement negotiations and mediations.

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CURRICULUM VITAE of PHILLIP H. TAYLOR, M.D., J.D.

EDUCATION
University of Miami Law School, J.D., 1988
Harvard Medical School, M.D., Cum Laude, 1966
Dartmouth College, B.A., 1963
U.S. Naval Academy, 1958-1961

HONORS
M.D. degree Cum Laude from Harvard Medical School
Diplomate, American Board of Surgery

EXPERIENCE
Present
Phillip H. Taylor, M.D., J.D., P.A.
One Progress Plaza, Suite 710
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701

1998-2000
Cohen, Jayson, Skafidas, Gordan & Taylor, P.A.
Tampa, Florida

1995-1998
Taylor & Swope, P.A.
Tampa, Florida

1993-1995
Taylor & Robinson, P.A.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

1992-1993
Montgomery & Larmoyeux, P.A.
West Palm Beach, Florida

1991-1992
Gary, Williams, Paranti & Taylor, P.A.
Stuart/Ft. Pierce, Florida

1989-1991
Searcy, Denny, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A.
West Palm Beach, Florida

1985-1989
Medical Legal Consultation For:
*MONTGOMERY SEARCY DENNY, West Palm Beach
*COLSON HICKS & EDISON, Miami, Florida
*HOPE & BACKMEYER, Miami, Florida
*LEESFIELD & BLACKBURN, Miami, Florida
*GOLDFARB & GOLD, Miami, Florida

1985-1988
Full-time Practice of Emergency Medicine, Miami, Florida

1977-1984
Private Practice of General Surgery, Las Vegas, Nevada

1979-1982
Developed Commercial Real Estate, Free Standing Surgi-Center,
Diagnostic Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

1976-1977
Chief Surgical Resident, Huron Road Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio

1974-1976
Family Practice, Including Obstetrics, Gynecology and Surgery in
Rural Nebraska

1973-1974
Ski Patrol, Vail, Colorado

1970-1972
Practice of Emergency Medicine in Chicago, Illinois

1966-1970
Surgical Intern and Resident, Peter Bent Brigham and
Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard), Boston, Massachusetts

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
Phillip Taylor, M.D., J.D. has brought his professional medical training and expertise to the courtroom in the prosecution of several major medical malpractice and personal injury actions.

His negotiating skills, developed in the real estate and construction industry, have proven to be an asset in settlement negotiations and mediations. He limits his practice to civil cases on behalf of injured medical malpractice plaintiffs.

*MEMBER of AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
*MEMBER of FLORIDA BAR ASSOCIATION
*MEMBER of HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
*MEMBER of ASSOCIATION of TRIAL LAWYERS of AMERICA
*MEMBER of ACADEMY of FLORIDA TRIAL LAWYERS
*MEMBER of AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
*MEMBER of AMERICAN SOCIETY for LAW and MEDICINE
*CERTIFIED by the AMERICAN BOARD of SURGEONS
*RECIPIENT, AMA PHYSICIANS RECOGNITION AWARD
*FELLOW, AMERICAN SOCIETY of ABDOMINAL SURGEONS
*LICENSED by the STATE BOARD of MEDICAL EXAMINERS: California, Colorado, Nevada, Nebraska, Vermont and Florida

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Lecturer for ATLA seminar in New Orleans, Louisiana
Lecturer for statewide continuing legal education seminars involving medical-legal issues for the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Florida Bar Association.
Lecturer for statewide continuing legal education seminars involving medical-legal issues for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
National Speaker to nurses, physicians and attorneys involving medical-legal issues that relate to neurologically injured neonates, particularly as this relates to electronic fetal monitoring.
Visiting lecturer in medical jurisprudence at Stetson University College of Law.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS (LEGAL)
Since beginning the practice of law, Phillip H. Taylor has been instrumental in resolving, through trial or settlement, a number of complex medical malpractice cases.

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