Dr. Brentley Taylor is a highly skilled plastic surgeon with extensive expertise in various fields. He has received training in aesthetic and cosmetic surgery, complex reconstructive surgery, microsurgery, hand surgery, and craniomaxillofacial surgery. Dr. Taylor offers a comprehensive array of procedures tailored to enhance the face, body, breasts, and extremities. He serves patients of all ages, including infants, children, women, and men, addressing their unique reconstructive and cosmetic goals and requirements.
Early Years
& Inspiration
Dr. Taylor grew up in a small town outside of Birmingham, Alabama, where he and his siblings were raised by his mother and grandparents. He attributes his initial interest in medicine to his pediatrician, whom he observed with great intrigue each time the physician repaired one of the dozens of lacerations that Dr. Taylor and his brothers sustained from running through the woods, engaging in various sports, and occasionally roughhousing with one another.
Education & Training
High School
On his way to becoming the valedictorian of his high school class, Dr. Taylor earned an academic scholarship to attend Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. He was attracted to the Jesuit school’s mission of nurturing the mind, body, and spirit and strived to follow suit. Despite experiencing a couple of concussions while participating on the club rugby team, he graduated summa cum laude, becoming the first in his family to achieve a bachelor’s degree.
Medical School
Subsequently, he enrolled at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, where Dr. Taylor was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society due to his outstanding academic performance, professionalism, leadership, research involvement, and community service. He also received the UAB Clinical Excellence Award for patient care and graduated Magna Cum Laude with his medical doctorate degree.
Residency Program
Dr. Taylor was chosen among the nation’s top medical students to join the integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery program at the University of Texas Medical Branch. An integrated 6-year program exclusively dedicated to specialized training in plastic surgery, it is regarded as one of the most competitive and highly sought-after residency programs.
Dr. Taylor also had the privilege of completing rotations at several renowned institutions, where he acquired the complex and intricate operative skills and techniques essential for success in plastic and reconstructive surgery: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The Cronin-Brauer Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic, Shriners Burn Hospital for Children, the Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery, The Houston Plastic & Reconstructive Center, and the Plastic Surgery Institute of Texas.
Fellowship Training
Dr. Taylor pursued further sub-specialty training, which included a hand surgery fellowship at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute, specializing in congenital hand differences. His surgical education reached its pinnacle with a craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, which also involved a sabbatical study at the Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades Center for Craniofacial Dysostosis in Paris, France.
Passion & Philosophy
Dr. Taylor has a genuine passion for the practice of plastic surgery, viewing it as a privilege to collaborate with his patients in restoring and rejuvenating their form and function. He finds the tremendous positive impact on people’s lives following their physical transformations incredibly rewarding and gratifying in his life’s work.
Dr. Taylor recognizes that plastic surgery is a unique personal journey, and no two patients are alike in their thoughts, needs, desires, and circumstances. His comprehensive training equips him with the knowledge and skills necessary to customize treatment plans to meet these individual objectives. Dr. Taylor is dedicated to providing every patient with the same level of respect, confidentiality, and safety that he would expect for his own family.
Beyond Practice Life
Dr. Taylor has been fortunate to embark on this journey alongside his lovely wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, McCulley. They are enthusiastic about returning to the Alabama Gulf Coast and establishing it as their home. Dr. Taylor takes pleasure in quality time with his family, assisting Lindsey as her sous chef at home and joyfully chasing his little girl around the beach.