Harvard Health Rounds
A monthly meetup on challenging health issues and solutions.
Dr. Stephen Taylor (a Harvard alumnus and quadruple-board certified general, child/adolescent and addiction psychiatrist) will be presenting on the topic of addiction as well as the opportunities for innovation in this area.
Healthcare is a powerhouse in Birmingham, yet the city and state also have some of the toughest healthcare challenges in the nation. That is why, as part of the overall educational mission of the Harvard Club, we are launching Health Rounds to explore and discuss health and health management challenges that demand innovation solutions.
This free, monthly event provides a forum for learning about key health-related problems that require innovative solutions, and for encouraging such solutions. The target group is Harvard alumni and students interested in health problems and finding solutions; invited guests, including students, faculty, administrators, entrepreneurs, investors, and health care practitioners. Special interest groups around specific health areas could emerge. A speaker opens the discussion, followed by networking. Check-in begins at 5:15 PM; Speaker at 5:30. Unless otherwise scheduled, Health Rounds will be held on the third Tuesday of each month. Please reserve your seat by signing up at Eventbrite for a free ticket.
Dr. Stephen Taylor
Dr. Stephen Taylor is board-certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and addiction medicine. In his nearly 25 years of practice experience, and as an educator and presenter, Dr. Taylor’s life’s work and greatest passion has been to help teenagers and adults avoid or overcome the devastating disease of addiction and co-occurring general psychiatric disorders
Dr. Taylor is currently completing his 12th season as the Medical Director of the Player Assistance and Anti-Drug Program of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). Dr. Taylor also serves as the Chief Medical Officer of the Behavioral Health Division of Pathway Healthcare, where he is an integral part of Pathway’s mission to open and operate outpatient addiction treatment offices in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Dr. Taylor is a certified Medical Review Officer (MRO) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Medical Review Officer Certification Council (MROCC). He has recently joined the Drug Testing Advisory Board (DTAB) of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). He has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and is currently the President of the Alabama Society of Addiction Medicine (ALSAM), the Alabama state chapter of ASAM. Dr. Taylor is also a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP), and the International Society of Sports Psychiatry.
An honors graduate of Harvard College, with a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health and a medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine, Dr. Taylor completed residency training in pediatrics, psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, and then completed a fellowship in addiction psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan.
Dr. Taylor and his wife of 30 years, Dr. Angela Taylor, live in Vestavia Hills, AL, and have two adult children.