Dean C. Taylor, MD 

Dean C. Taylor for Sports

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Dr. Taylor is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and a Team Physician for Duke Athletics. His specific clinical and research interests include shoulder instability and labral tears, knee instability and ligament tears, knee articular cartilage, meniscal injuries, and ACL injuries in children.

Dr. Taylor does surgery at the Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center. He sees patients and performs research at the Urbaniak Sports Sciences Institute.

Dr. Taylor is also the chair of the Feagin Leadership Program and is keenly interested in research related to physician leadership education and development.

Publications from the 2023-2022 Academic Year

  • Return to Play After Medial Collateral Ligament Injury. Kim C, Chasse PM, Taylor DC.Clin Sports Med. 2016 Oct;35(4):679-96. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2016.05.011. Epub 2016 Jun 11.PMID: 27543407 
     
  • Return to Sport After Shoulder Stabilization Procedures: A Criteria-Based Testing Continuum to Guide Rehabilitation and Inform Return-to-Play Decision Making. Otley T, Myers H, Lau BC, Taylor DC.Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2022 Jan 28;4(1):e237-e246. doi: 10.1016/j.asmr.2021.09.039. eCollection 2022 Jan.PMID: 35141557 
     
  • Leadership for the Team Physician. Tayne S, Hutchinson MR, O'Connor FG, Taylor DC, Musahl V, Indelicato P.Curr Sports Med Rep. 2020 Mar;19(3):119-123. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000696.PMID: 32141907
     
  • Coaching, Mentorship, and Leadership in Medicine: Empowering the Development of Patient-Centered Care.Taylor DC, Hettrich CM, Dickens JF, Doty J.Clin Sports Med. 2023 Apr;42(2):xv-xviii. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2023.01.001.PMID: 36907632 
     
  • Tayne S, Hutchinson MR, OʼConnor FG, Taylor DC, Musahl V, Indelicato P. Leadership for the Team Physician. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2020 Mar;19(3):119-123
     
  • Taylor DC, Andolsek KM. What's Important: Physician Leadership: Now Is the Time. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 Jul 15;102(14):1219-1220.
     
  • Lau BC, Hutyra CA, Streufert B, Reed SD, Orlando LA, Huber JC, Taylor DC, Mather RC 3rd. Surgeon Applications of Patient Preferences in Treatment Decision Making for First-Time Anterior Shoulder Dislocation. Orthop J Sports Med. 2020 Dec 4;8(12):2325967120966145.
     
  • Nosé B, Sankey E, Moris D, Doty J, Taylor D. Leadership Training in Medicine-12 Years of Experience From the Feagin Leadership ProgramMil Med. 2021 Jul 17:usab293.
     
  • Bonazza NA, Cabell GH, Cheah JW, Taylor DC. Effect of a novel healthcare leadership program on leadership and emotional intelligence. Healthc Manage Forum 2021 Sep;34(5):272-277