Board
Daniel Taylor
D.O., FAAP
Daniel R. Taylor is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine and general pediatrician at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children for the past 17 years. Dr. Taylor is also course director of Community Pediatrics and Child Advocacy at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and is the Medical Director of the medical legal partnership at St. Chris. Dr. Taylor is also the co-director of the Reach Out and Read program at St. Chris and directs the homeless healthcare for children initiative at St. Chris’s as well.
Dr. Taylor is the founder of the Children’s Advocacy Project of Philadelphia (Cap4Kids) which is an online on-line resource directory for providers, child advocates and families to find resources in their community to help address various social determinants of health that can affect the health, safety, and long term outcomes of the children we serve. This site gets hundreds of hits daily and has been replicated in a dozen communities nationally.
Dr. Taylor is also a prolific writer and has authored over 60 articles for the Health and Science section of the Philadelphia Inquirer that focuses on the health of the most vulnerable populations we serve, as well as articles in JAMA, Contemporary Pediatrics and several other prominent journals.
Dr. Taylor speaks locally and nationally on issues that affect vulnerable populations especially those that have to do with children affected by poverty and violence. Dr. Taylor also has garnered many local and national awards for his work including several teaching awards; awards from several of the organizations that he works so closely with in the community; the President’s Award for Drexel University; the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatrician of the Yea; rand the Tenet Hero Award.
Dr. Taylor’s passion is children and their families especially those that are underserved, living on the fringes, and those most vulnerable. His impact on this population ripples throughout St. Chris, Philadelphia, and in the pediatric community nationwide.