Jodie Herk Taylor, MD, FACS
General, Surgical Critical Care
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Jodie Herk Taylor, MD, FACS
General, Surgical Critical Care
Biography
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Dr. Taylor is the Trauma Medical Director at Highlands Ranch Hospital. She is board-certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and has been a General Surgeon in Colorado for 16 years. She grew up in Littleton, Colorado, and graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1998.
1998-1999
Resident Physician – Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, Colorado. Department of Surgery
1999-2001 and 2004 – 2006
Resident Physician – Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. Department of Surgery
2001-2004
Surgical Critical Care Fellow – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Department of Surgery
2006-2015
Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon – The Medical Center of Aurora, Aurora, CO
Director Trauma Critical Care – The Medical Center of Aurora, Aurora, CO
2007-2015
Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon – Parker Adventist Hospital, Parker, CO
2011-present
Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon – St. Anthony Summit Medical Center, Frisco, CO
2014-present
Trauma Medical Director – St. Anthony Summit Medical Center, Frisco, CO
College: University of Colorado (1994) Bachelor of Science in Biology
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine (1998) Doctor of Medicine
- American College of Surgeons – Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT): 1st place, resident research paper competition – basic science paper, state of Minnesota (2004).
- American College of Surgeons – Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT): 2nd place, resident research paper competition – basic science paper, Region V (2004).
- The Medical Center of Aurora: 2010 Physician Clinical Colleague Award
- Mission Award; St. Anthony Summit Medical Center; 2016
- Society for Critical Care Medicine (since 2001)
Undergraduate Education Committee Member (2004-2007) - American College of Surgeons (since 2000); Fellow American College of Surgeons
Chest Wall Injury Society (since 2018)