BrettATaylorMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Ballwin, MO

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Owner Town and Country Crossing Orthopedics

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Office
884 Woods Mill Rd
Suite 201
Ballwin, MO 63011
Phone+1 636-227-8226

Summary

Dr. Brett Taylor is an orthopaedic surgeon based in Ballwin, MO, specializing in orthopedic spine surgery. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1992 and completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He holds a B.S. in Biology from Yale University. Dr. Taylor is currently an Adult Spine Specialist at Town and Country Crossing Orthopedics and holds clinical positions at several hospitals, including Progress West Hospital, SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton, St Louis Spine Surgery Center, and Missouri Baptist Medical Center. He has been an Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine since 2002. His research interests include outcomes of cervical disc arthroplasty, with multiple publications in related areas. Dr. Taylor's honors include the Excellence in Health Care Award from The St. Louis American Foundation in 2009 and participation in the Leadership Fellows Program from the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons in 2005.

Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1992 - 1998
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1992
Yale UniversityB.S., Biology, 1984 - 1988

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2020 - 2026
MO State Medical License 2002 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1998 - 2002
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Excellence in Health Care Award The St. Louis American Foundation, 2009
Leadership Fellows Program American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons, 2005
National Merit Medical Fellowship Research Award Harvard University Medical School, 1991
Howard Hughes Research Stipend in Neurobiology Yale University
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

61 citations
Biomechanical Assessment of a PEEK Rod System for Semi-Rigid Fixation of Lumbar Fusion Constructs
Matthew F. Gornet, Frank W. Chan, John C. Coleman, Brian Murrell, Russ P. Nockels
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2011-08-01
1 citations
Evaluation of total disc arthroplasty: a canine model.
Brett A. Taylor, Gbolahan O. Okubadejo, Alpesh A. Patel, Micael R. Talcott, Toshii Imamura
American Journal of Orthopedics. 2008-04-01
70 citations
Correlation between low triggered electromyographic thresholds and lumbar pedicle screw malposition: analysis of 4857 screws.
Barry L. Raynor, Lawrence G. Lenke, Keith H. Bridwell, Brett A. Taylor, Anne M. Padberg
Spine. 2007-11-15

Journal Articles

Biomechanical Assessment of a PEEK Rod System for Semi-Rigid Fixation of Lumbar Fusion Constructs
Gornet MF, Chan FC, Coleman J, Murrell B, Nockels RP, Taylor BA, Lanman TH, Ochoa JA, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 8/1/2011
Evaluation of Total Disc Arthroplasty: A Canine Model
Taylor BA, Okubadejo GO, Patel AA, Talcott MR, Imamura T, Hu N, Cunningham BW, American Journal of Orthopaedics, 4/1/2008
Surgical Techniques: Cervical Laminoplasty
Lehman RA, Taylor BA, Rhee JM, Riew KD, Journal of AAOS, 1/1/2008
Laminaplasty
Lehman RA, Rhee JM, Taylor BA, Riew KD, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 12/1/2006
Racial Variation in Treatment Preferences and Willingness to Randomize in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)
Arega A, Birkmeyer NJ, Lurie JD, Tosteson T, Gibson J, Taylor BA, Morgan TS, Weinstein JN, Spine, 9/1/2006
Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery for Radiculopathy
Riew KD, Cheng I, Pimenta L, Taylor BA, Operative Neurosurgery, 1/1/2006
Position: Operative Treatment
Taylor BA, Journal of Orthopedic Trauma, 10/1/2005
Increased Risk Postoperative Neurologic Deficit for Spinal Surgery Patients with Unobtainable Intraoperative Evoked Potential Data
Thuet ED, Padberg AM, Raynor BL, Bridwell KH, Riew KD, Taylor BA, Lenke LG, Spine, 9/15/2005
The Effect of Nerve Root Blocks on the Need for Operative Treatment of Lumbar Radicular Pain: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Study with a Minimum ...
Riew KD, Park JB, Taylor BA, Cho YS, Gilula L, Patel A, Yin Y, et al, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1/1/2005
Differences in the Work-Up and Treatment of Conditions Associated with Low Back Pain by Gender and Ethnic Background
Taylor BA, Casa-Ganem J, Vaccaro AR, Hillibrand AS, Hanscom BS, Albert TJ, Spine, 1/1/2004
Cast Immobilization Versus Percutaneous Pin Fixation of Displaced and Distal Radius Fractures in Children: A Prospective, Randomized Study MS# 04-6260
Waters PM, Taylor BA, Widmann R, Bae D, Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 1/1/2004
Transoral Surgery of the Odontoid
Taylor BA, Lee SS, Riew KD, Spine Surgery, 1/1/2004
Microsurgery of the Cervical Spine
Riew KD, Hurford Jr. RK, Taylor BA, Seminars in Spine Surgery, 1/1/2004
Cervical Trauma in Sports
Thuet ED, Padberg AM, Raynor BL, Bridwell KH, Riew KD, Taylor BA, Lenke LG, Seminars in Spine Surgery, 1/1/2004
Transoral surgery of the dens
Taylor BA, Riew KD, Contemporary Spine Surgery., 1/1/2004
Complications of adult thoracolumbar spine surgery
Taylor BA, Albert TJ, Orthopaedic Knowledge Update Spine, 1/1/2002
Forminal Violation and Nerve Root Impingement Following Anterior Placement if Lumbar Interbody Fusion Cages
Taylor BA, Vaccaro AR, Hillibrand AS, Ziotolow DA, Albert, TJ, Spine, 1/1/2001
A Case of Recurrent Trigger Thumb
Taylor BA, Waters PM, American Journal of Orthopaedics, 1/1/2000
Complications of anterior and posterior surgical approaches in the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease
Taylor BA, Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ, Seminars in Spine Surgery, 1/1/1999
Use of an Osteocutaneous Plantar Free Flap for Salvage of a Below the Knee Amputation in a Child
Waters PM, Taylor BA, Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 1/1/1997
Management of pediatric upper extremity fractures
Taylor BA, Waters PM, Current Opinions in Orthopedics, 1/1/1995
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Books/Book Chapters

Advanced Reconstruction Spine.
Chapter: Transoral Odontoid Excision.
Page 31 - 42Riew KD, Wollowick AL, Taylor BAEditors: Wang JC.American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons2011
Spine Surgery: Trick of the Trade.
Chapter: Anterior and Posterior Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting.
Woods, MA, Schmidt, KM, Taylor, BAEditors: Vaccaro, AR, Albert, TJ.Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Edition 2nd,2008
Decision Making in Spinal Care.
Chapter: Cervical Facet Dislocations.
Taylor BA, Patel AThieme2004
The Adult and Pediatric Spine.
Chapter: Surgical Approaches to the subaxial cervical spine.
Page 761 - 769Kuklo TR, Lehman RA, Riew KD, Taylor BAEditors: John Frymoyer and Samuel W.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2004
Techniques in Orthopaedics.
Chapter: Controversies and Perils: Anterior Corpectomy or Multilevel Discectomy.
Page 382 - 390Glattes, RC, Taylor BA, Riew KDLippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Philadelphia, PA2003
Principles and Practice of Spine Surgery.
Chapter: Complication of Anterior and Posterior Cervical Instrument.
Page 711 - 724Brislin, BT, Hilibrand AS, Taylor BAEditors: Vaccaro, Harris, Betz, Zeidman.
Handbook of Fractures.
Chapter: Fractures and Dislocations of the Spine.
Okubadejo GO, Taylor BA, Lenke LG, Bridwell KHMcGraw-Hill
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Abstracts/Posters

Does Mental Health Status Affect Outcomes of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty?
Gornet MF, Schranck FW, Taylor BA, Kopjar B, 14th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, Miami, FL, 4/1/2014
Does Worker's Compensation Status Affect Outcomes of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty? A Comparative Prospective Study.
Gornet MF, Schranck FW, Taylor BA, Kopjar B, 14th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, Miami, FL, 4/1/2014
Two-Year Patient Outcomes After Single Versus Multilevel Cervical Disc Arthroplasty.
Matthew F. Gornet, MD, Francine W. Schranck, RN, BSN, Brett A. Taylor, MD, Branko Kopjar, MD, PhD, North American Spine Society, 1/1/2013
Predictors of Success After Cervical Disc Arthroplasty.
Matthew F. Gornet, MD, Francine W. Schranck, RN, BSN, Brett A. Taylor, MD, Branko Kopjar, MD, PhD, North American Spine Society, 1/1/2013
Clinical Outcomes in Worker's Compensation Patients after Cervical Disc Arthroplasty.
Taylor BA, Gornet MF, Peloza JH, Schranck FW, North American Spine Society, 1/1/2011
Patient Outcomes after Cervical Disc Arthroplasty at One to Four Levels in an Outpatient Surgery Center.
Taylor BA, Gornet MF, Peloza JH, Schranck FW, Cervical Spine Research Society, 1/1/2011
Preliminary Report of Patients Treated with Multi-Level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty in an Outpatient Surgery Center on a 23-Hour Observation Basis.
Taylor BA, Gornet MF, Peloza JH, Dryer RF, Schranck FW, NASS 25th Annual Meeting, 10/5/2010
Clinical Outcomes after Cervical Disc Arthroplasty for Axial Neck Pain vs. Radiculopathy/Myelopathy.
Gornet MF, Taylor BA, Peloza JH, Bertagnoli B, EuroSpine 2009 Annual Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 10/1/2009
Comparison of 24-Month Clinical Outcomes after Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Semi-Rigid, Oval-Shaped PEEK or Rigid Titanium Posterior Instrumentation.
Gornet MF, Taylor BA, Nockels RP, Lanman TH, 16th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Vienna, Austria, 7/1/2009
Impact of Stress Shielding on Interbody Bone Volume after Lumbosacral Fusion with Supplemental Instrumentation Using Oval-Shaped PEEK Rods vs. Titanium Rods.
Gornet MF, Taylor BA, Kuklo TR, Nockels RP, Lanman TH, 16th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Vienna, Austria, 7/1/2009
Clinical Outcomes after Cervical Disc Arthroplasty for Axial Neck Pain vs. Radiculopathy/Myelopathy.
Gornet MF, Taylor BA, Peloza JH, Bertagnoli B, 16th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Vienna, Austria, 7/1/2009
Does Clinical Load Sharing of the Interbody Space Enhance Fusion? A Comparison of Rigid (Titanium) versus Semi-Rigid (PEEK) Posterior Instrumentation on Interbody Bon...
Gornet MF, Taylor BA, Kuklo TR, Nockels RP, Lanman TH, 2009 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, 3/1/2009
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes After Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Semi-Rigid (PEEK) or Rigid (Ti) Posterior Instrumentation.
Taylor B, Gornet M, Nockels R, Lanman T, 15th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Hong Kong, China, 7/1/2008
Detection of Esophageal Perforation Using Intraesophageal Dye Injection.
Taylor BA, Patel AA, Okubadejo GO, Albert T, Riew KD, Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques, 5/1/2006
Canine Model for Artificial Disc Reconstruction.
Taylor BA, AMFDP Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 10/5/2005
BMP-2 for Anterior Cervical Surgery: Does it Increase Early Post-operative Swallowing Difficulties?
Riew KD, Tungsiripat R, Wathanaapisith T, Taylor BA, NASS 20th Annual Meeting, 9/27/2005
Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with rhBMP-2 for Revision Disc Surgery.
Taylor BA, Gornet MF, Burkus JK, Glassman S, Schuler TC, NASS 20th Annual Meeting, 9/27/2005
BMP-2 for Anterior Cervical Surgery: Does It Increase Early Post-operative Swallowing Difficulties?
Riew KD, Tungsiripat R, Wathanaapisith T, Taylor BA, NASS Annual Meeting, 9/27/2005
Does BMP2 Hasten Anterior Cervical Fusion?
Riew KD, Park JB, Cho KJ, Tungsiripat R, Taylor BA, NASS Annual Meeting, 9/27/2005
Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with rhBMP-2 for Revision Disc Surgery Special Interest Group presentation.
Taylor BA, Gornet MF, Burkus JK, Glassman SD, Schuler TC, 20th Annual North American Spine Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 9/1/2005
Cervical myelopathy-Debate: Laminectomy and Fusion.
Taylor, BA, Thomas Jefferson 2005 Fellows Symposium, Cambridge, MD, 8/11/2005
World Spine III: An Interdisciplinary Congress on Spine Care.
Taylor BA, Okubadejo G, Patel A, Talcott MR, Imamura T, Riew K, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7/31/2005
Validation of the canine as a model for the study of total disc arthroplasty.
Taylor BA, Okubadejo GO, Patel AA, Talcott MR, Cunningham BW and Riew KD, 12th IMAST Meeting, 7/7/2005
Anterior plate fixation of the lumbar spine - a canine model.
Taylor BA, Okubadejo GO, Patel AA, Talcott MR, Imamura T, Cunningham BW and Riew KD, 12th IMAST Meeting, 7/7/2005
Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with rhBMP-2 for Revision Disc Surgery.
Gornet MF, Taylor BA, Burkus JK, Glassman SD, Schuler TC, 12th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 7/1/2005
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Lectures

Hands on Anatomy Complex Spine: Anatomy and Instrumentation.
St. Louis, MO - 9/26/2007
Cervical Arthroplasty.
St. Louis, MO - 5/4/2006
Anatomy of the Common Approaches to the Cervical Spine.
St. Louis, MO - 5/4/2006
Anatomy of the Common Approaches to the Lumbar Spine.
St. Louis, MO - 5/4/2006
Bone Grafting Options.
St. Louis, MO - 4/7/2006
Spine Arthroplasty.
St. Louis, MO - 11/5/2005
Anterior Cervical Plating: Tips, Pearls.
St. Louis, MO - 8/5/2005
Disc Replacement Technologies.
Charlottesville, VA - 4/6/2004
Hands-On Anatomy: Cervical and Thoracolumbar Spine for Operative Approaches and Instrumentation.
St. Louis, MO - 4/2/2004
Nerve Root Monitoring.
St. Louis, MO - 1/29/2004
Hands-On Anatomy: The Latest Minimally Invasive Techniques for the Treatment of Thoracolumbar Spine Disorders.
St. Louis, MO - 1/15/2004
Occipitocervical Fusion.
St. Louis, MO - 7/25/2003
Occipitocervical Fixation.
St. Louis, MO - 7/25/2003
Management Degenerative Diseases of Spine.
Creve Couer, MO - 5/22/2003
Disc Replacement: New Spine Technologies.
Houston, TX - 5/14/2003
Resorable Implants and Peek Implants.
Mingus, TX - 3/21/2003
Back Pain.
3/17/2003
Posterior C-Spine Stabilization Techniques.
St. Louis, MO - 2/6/2003
Transarticular Fixation.
St. Louis, MO - 1/10/2003
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