Clinical Professors
Spence M. Taylor, M.D.
President
Prisma Health Upstate
staylor@ghs.org
Who is Dr. Taylor?
Spence Taylor, M.D., is the president of Prisma Health—Upstate. He earned a medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He completed his internship and general surgery residency at the Medical University of South Carolina and a residency in peripheral vascular surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Currently, he serves as chair of the American Board of Surgery.
How Dr. Taylor’s research is transforming health care
Dr. Taylor has led the creation of a new, innovative academic health center model, the first of its kind in the country. In partnership with three of South Carolina’s most prominent universities, Prisma Health—Upstate is becoming a nucleus of innovative research and expert healthcare methods at his direction.