Dr. Michelle Taylor is the Commissioner of Health of the Baltimore City Health Department. In her prior role, Dr. Taylor served as Director-Health Officer of the Shelby County Health Department, in Memphis TN. She is also a Colonel and Residency-Trained Flight Surgeon in the Tennessee Air National Guard and is licensed to practice medicine in Tennessee and the District of Columbia.
Dr. Taylor is a dedicated, enthusiastic public health professional with over 20 years combined experience in private and military health care, public health practice, and health policy expertise. She is committed to continuing to provide excellent leadership in improving the health equity policy environment through policy expertise in population health, pandemic management, population-level health risk identification and management, and emergency preparedness.
Dr. Taylor received her undergraduate degree from Howard University in 1997, her medical degree from East Tennessee State University in 2002, and completed a pediatric residency at East Tennessee State University/Johnson City Medical Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2005. She earned a Master of Science in Epidemiology degree from the University of Tennessee in 2009, a Doctor of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2015, and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2018.
Michelle has two children, Malik (19) and Ella (11), and loves traveling to new places, baking, walking, and reading.
