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Caroline Rix Taylor BSc MD
1611 Great Hill Road, Guilford, Connecticut 06437
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
Medical License:
Citizenship:
July 21, 1952
Bromley, Kent, UK
State of Connecticut #23670
US Citizen
Education and Training
7/1970 - 5/1975
7/1975 – 6/1978
7/1978 – 6/1979
7/1979 – 6/1982
9/1982 – 5/1983
7/1983 – 6/1984
Undergraduate and preclinical training: Guy's Hospital Medical and
Dental Schools, University of London, UK.
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine.
Internship: Waterbury Hospital, Connecticut
Resident, Internal Medicine
Diagnostic Radiology residency: Yale University, Yale New Haven
Hospital Resident, and Diagnostic Radiology
Additional postgraduate training: Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK
Locum Registrar, Department Radiodiagnosis
Subspecialty training: Yale University, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Winchester Fellow, Thoracic Radiology and Body Computed
Tomography
Academic Qualifications
1973
1978
1979
1982
B.Sc. Anatomy (First Class Honors), University of London, UK
M.D. Yale University.
Diplomate of National Board of Medical Examiners, USA.
Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology
Past Appointments
7/1984 – 6/1990
11/1991 -11/1992
11/1992 -11/1993
7/1984 - 6/1996
2003 – 2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Yale University
School of Medicine.
President-Elect, VA Chief Radiologists Association
President, VA Chief Radiologists Association
Chief, Radiology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center,
West Haven, Connecticut
Lead Radiologist, VISN 1
Current Appointments
7/1990 - present
7/1984 - present
7/1984 - present
7/1996 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Imaging
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Attending Radiologist, Yale New Haven Hospital
Attending Radiologist, West Haven VA Medical Center
Chief, Diagnostic Imaging Service, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Medical Society Memberships
Radiological Society of North America
American College of Radiology
American Roentgen Ray Society
Committee Memberships
Member, Medical Executive Board, West Haven VAMC
Chair, Radiology QM Committee, West Haven VAMC
Member, Cancer Committee, West Haven VAMC
Member, Yale Radiology Residency Selection and Review Committee
Member, Yale Radiology Residency Professional Development
Committee
Chair, Resident Curriculum Committee, VA Connecticut Health Care
system
Member, CME Review Subcommittee, GI Section ARRS
Task forces and summit conferences
1990
1991
Participant - Radiology Advisory Group, VACO.
Delegate VACRA - ACR Intersociety Summit Conference, Asheville, NC.
Fostering radiology research.
Delegate VACRA - ACR Intersociety Summit Conference, Jackson, WY,
The role of Government.
Chairperson - West Haven VAMC Task Force: Screening for breast
disease in female veterans.
VA Regional task force - Co-chair: Radiology within the VISN and
evaluation of high technology needs
Participant - VISN 1 Oncology Taskforce
Chair, Subcommittee in evaluation of patients with suspected
pulmonary malignancy for Committee for Clinical Excellence VA CT HCS
1992
1992
1995
2003
2004
Editorial Activities
1986 - 1992
1988 - 1990
1988 - 1993
1993- present
1986 - 1992
1991 - 1993
2001 - 2005
2011
Referee: American Journal of Gastroenterology
Referee: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Referee: Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Referee: American Journal of Roentgenology
Editorial advisory board: American Journal of Gastroenterology
Associate editor: Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Series Editor, Imaging in Gastroenterology, Medscape.
Chief Editor, Clinical Procedures Section, Emedicine
Grants:
2006 Kizer Recognition Award: Improving Patient Safety The VISN 1 Lung CA Tracking System.
Award for this program is $24,000.00. Project period 1/1/2007-12/31/2007
Original Publications
1. Taylor CR. Ultrastructural aspects of rat colon: Morphometric comparison of cell
interfaces in normal and potassium loaded rats. MD Thesis Yale University 1978.
2. Kashgarian M, Taylor CR, Binder HJ, Hayslett JP. Amplification of cell membrane surface in
potassium adaption. Lab. Investigation 42:581, 1980.
3. Taylor CR, Taylor, KJW. An incidental hemangioma of the liver: The dilemma of patient
management. J Clin Gastroenterol 3:93, 1981.
4. Taylor CR, Swett HS. Pulmonary paragonimiasis in Laotian refugees. Radiology 143:411,
1982.
5. Taylor CR, Taylor KJW, Belleza N. Focal fatty changes in the liver: Academic or an epidemic?
J Clin Gastroenterol 4:475, 1982.
6.
Taylor CR, Virapongse C, Davey L. Giant spinal cord angioma diagnosed by digital
subtraction intravenous angiography and CT. Surgical Neurology 18:329, 1982.
7. Taylor CR, Jaffe CC. Problems in clinical radiology research: Pituitary microadenoma
detection as a paradigm. Radiology 147:279, 1983.
8.
Taylor CR, Wilde RPH. An easily constructed model of the coronary arteries. Amer J
Roengenol 142:389, 1984.
9. Taylor CR, Taylor, KJW, Schwartz PE. Malignant ovarian teratomas. In: W Steel and W
Cochran,eds. Clinics in Diagnostic Ultrasound. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 15:61, 1984.
10. Taylor KJW, Taylor CR. Ultrasound in pancreatic imaging: In: J Simeone, editor. Clinics in
Diagnostic Ultrasound 14:299, 1984.
11. Taylor CR, Rosenfield A. Limitations of current screening methods in the recognition of
delayed splenic rupture. J Comp Asst Tomography 8:1205, 1984.
12. Weltin G, Taylor KJW, Carter A, Taylor CR. Duplex Doppler: Identification of cavernous
transformation of the portal vein. Amer J Roentgenol 144:999, 1985.
13. Taylor CR, Lawson JP. Periostitis and osteomyelitis in chronic drug addicts. J. Skeletal
Radiology; 15:209, 1986.
14. Hammers LW, McCarthy S, Williams H, Rigsby CM, Carter A, Rapoport S, Weltin G, Taylor
CR, Richter J, Barwick KW, Rosenfield AT. Computed tomographic guided percutaneous fine
needle aspiration biopsy: The Yale experience. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine,
59:425, 1986.
15. Taylor CR. Carcinoma of the esophagus: current imaging options. Am J Gastroenterol
81:1013, 1986.
16. Taylor CR, Sostman D, Smith GW, Gore J. Proton relaxation times in bleomycin-induced
lung injury. Invest Radiology 22:621, 1987.
17. Taylor KJW, Ramos I, Morse SS, Fortune KL, Hammers L, Taylor CR. Focal liver masses:
Differential diagnosis with pulsed Doppler ultrasound. Radiology 164:643, 1987.
18. Taylor CR, August D, Cambria R, Greenwood L.
Aortic dissection with concurrent
abdominal aneurysm: CT diagnosis. CT: The Journal of Computed Tomography 11:392, 1987.
19. Siskind BN, Malat J, Hammers L, Rigsby C, Taylor CR, Rosenfield AT. CT features of
hemorrhagic malignant liver tumors. Journal Comp Asst Tomography 11:766, 1987.
20. Taylor CR, Taylor KJW. Letter: Prenatal alfa fetal protein testing and Down's syndrome.
New Engl J Med 318: 927, 1988.
21. Taylor CR, Taylor KJW. Diagnostic imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma: Progress in
non-invasive tissue characterization. Clin Gastroenterol 4:452, 1988.
22. Warshauer DM, McCarthy SM, Street L, Bookbinder MJ, Glickman MG, Richter J, Hammers
L, Taylor CR, Rosenfield AT. CT/Urography: Comparison with excretory urography and US for
the diagnosis of renal masses. Radiology 169:367, 1988.
23. Taylor CR. Editorial: Assessment of portal vein patency: pitfalls and problems in diagnostic
comparative studies. Hepatology 10:117, 1989.
24. Taylor CR. Diagnostic imaging techniques in the evaluation of drug-induced pulmonary
disease. Clinics in Chest Medicine 11:87, 1990.
25. Taylor CR, McCauley TR. Magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of the portal
venous system. J Clin Gastroenterol 14: 268, 1992.
26. Taylor CR. Computed tomography in the evaluation of portal hypertension and the portal
venous system. J Clin Gastroenterol 14: 167, 1992.
27. Taylor CR, Elmore J, Sun K, Inouye, S. Technology assessment in diagnostic imaging: A
proposal for a phased approach to evaluating radiology research. Invest Radiology 28: 155,
1993.
28. Reinhold C, Hammers L, Taylor CR, Quedens-Case C, Holland C, Taylor KJ: Characterization of
focal hepatic lesions: Findings in 198 patients. Amer J Roentgenol 164: 1131-35, 1995.
29. Taylor CR , Tocino I. Editorial: Proposal for a national mammography database: Putting the
cart before the horse? Amer J Roentgenol 164: 1335, 1995.
30. Taylor CR, Garcia-Tsao G, Henson B, Case C Q, Taylor KJW. Doppler ultrasound in the
evaluation of intrahepatic arterio-venous shunting, and implications for diagnosis of
hepatocellular carcinoma. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 1997; 23: 1155-1163.
31. Taylor CR, Degutis L, Lange R PhD, Burns G, Cohn S, Rosenfield A. CT in the evaluation of
hemodynamically stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma: Impact of severity of injury
scale and technical factors on efficacy. J Trauma 1998; 44: 893-901.
32. Taylor CR. Editorial - The measure of professional quality in radiology: Commentary. Amer J
Roentgenol. 1998; 170: 847-50.
33. Taylor CR. Interactive case challenge: A 69 year old male presenting with diarrhea.
Medscape Gastroenterol.
http://www.medscape.com/Medscape/gastro/journal/1999/v01.n10/
mge6476.tayl/mge6476. tayl-01.html
34. Kalyanpur A, Neklesa VP, Taylor CR, Daftary AR, Brink J. Evaluation of JPEG and Wavelet
Compression of body CT images for direct digital teleradiologic transmission Radiology. 2000;
217: 772-9.
35. Taylor CR. Interactive case challenge: A 68 year old man presenting with leukocytosis and
right lower quadrant pain. Medscape Gastroenterology 3(1) 2001.
http://gastroenterology.mescape.com/Medscape/gastro/journal/2001/…
36. Taylor CR. Interactive case challenge: A 68 year old man presenting with leukocytosis and
right lower quadrant pain. Medscape Gastroenterology 3(1) 2001.
http://gastroenterology.mescape.com/Medscape/gastro/journal/2001/
37. Taylor CR. Cirrhosis. eMedicine Journal, October 30 2001, Volume 2, Number 10 .
www.emedicine.com/radio/topic175.htm
38. Fisk JM, Mutalik P , Levin FW, Erdos J, Taylor CR , and Prakash Nadkarni Integrating Query
of Relational and Textual Data in Clinical Databases: a Case Study. J Amer Med Informatics
Assoc J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003 Jan-Feb;10(1):21-38.
39. Taylor CR. Perforation of the Colon Presenting as Abdominal Pain and Sepsis: Can a
Distinction Be Made Between Inflammatory and Neoplastic Etiology by CT? Medscape
Gastroenterology 5(1), 2003
40. Taylor CR and Holland CK. Kenneth J. Taylor, MD, PhD, FACP, 1939–2003, Pioneer of
Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging. J. Ultrasound Med. 22, 663-664, 2003
41. Taylor CR. A 76-Year-Old Man Suffering From Urosepsis Who Developed Liver Enzyme
Abnormalities and Increased Serum Bilirubin. Medscape Gastroenterology 5(2), 2003
42. Incesu L, Taylor CR. Appendicitis. EMedicine 2003 www.emedicine.com/radio/topic47.htm
2003.
43. Taylor CR. Images in Gastroenterology: An 83 year old man with epigastric and right upper
quadrant pain. Medscape Gastroenterology 5 (2) 2003.
44. Taylor CR. Images in Gastroenterology: An 84-Year-Old Man with a lower gastrointestinal
bleed. Medscape Gastroenterology 6(1), 2004.
45. Taylor CR. Images in Gastroenterology: A 58 year old man with a groin mass and septic
shock. Medscape Gastroenterology 6(1) 2004.
46. Taylor CR . Images in Gastroenterology: An 83-Year-old man with abdominal pain, nausea,
and weight loss. Medscape Gastroenterology. 7 (1): 2005.
47. Taylor CR . Images in Gastroenterology: A 66 year old man with hypotension and a three
week history of abdominal pain. Medscape Gastroenterology 7(3): 2005.
48. Craig S, Incesu L, Taylor CR. Appendicitis. eMedicine from WebMD. Updated March 29,
2011. Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/773895-overview.
49. Taylor CR, Cirrhosis, eMedicine Journal, Originally submitted 2001, updated Jan 2, 2009.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/366426-overview
50. Mathur M, Lawrence D, Taylor CR. Urography. eMedicine Journal 2011. Available at:
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1890669-overview
Book reviews.
1. Taylor CR. Book review: Risk Management Test and Syllabus Vol 45.by James Brenner, Ronald
L Eisenberg, Kate A Feinstein, David S Gooden John H Smith, and Harry Zibners Amer J
Roentgenol May 2000; 174:1228.
2. Taylor CR. Book Review: Liver Cirrhosis: From Pathophysiology to Disease Management. Falk
Symposium 162 Gastroenterology, 137, 1177-1178, 2009
Abstracts and Poster Presentations
1. Taylor CR, Hayslett JP, Kashgarian M. Structural adaptation of cell membrane surfaces to
compensatory increases in potassium secretion. Presented at VII International Congress of
Nephrology, Montreal 1978.
2. Taylor CR, Jaffe CC. Methodological problems in clinical radiology research: Pituitary
microadenoma detection as a paradigm. Presented at the Association of University Radiologists
Annual Meeting, Baltimore MD, March 1982.
3. Taylor CR, Sostman D, Gore J. Proton relaxation times in lung injury. Presented at the
Association of University Radiologists, Newport Beach, CA, May 1984.
4. Taylor CR. Theoretical basis and practical applications of noninvasive techniques in the
evaluation of chronic liver diseases: CT & MRI. Presented at the International Biomedical
Institute, University of Bari, Italy, June 1990.
5. Clancy M, Taylor CR, Cicchetti, DV, Taylor KJW. The impact of US venography in the diagnosis
of deep venous thrombosis. Presented at the RSNA, Chicago, December 1992.
6. Taylor CR, Degutis L, Burns G, Cohn S, Rosenfield A. Impact of CT in management of blunt
abdominal trauma. Presented at RSNA, Chicago, December 1994.
7. Taylor CR, Case C, Lyons A, Garcia L, Taylor KJW. Prevalence of arterio-venous shunting in
patients with cirrhosis. Presented at RSNA, Chicago, December 1994.
8. Lee T, Taylor CR, Lerner E, Straub M, Spitzer J. Modified barium swallow: Prognostic
significance of aspiration, laryngeal inlet penetration, and diffuse stasis. Presented at RSNA,
Chicago, December 1995.
9. Taylor CR, Garcia-Tsao G, Taylor KJW. Abstract: Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in
patients with chronic liver disease: Role of ultrasound, CT and alpha-fetoprotein Doppler US vs
spiral CT in the evaluation of cirrhotic patients: Radiology 1998; 209 (P): 292.
10. Kalyanpur A, Neklesa V, Taylor CR, Brink J. Evaluation of JPEG and Wavelet Compression
during teleradiologic transmission of simulated CT Images. Presented at the Society of
Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, New Orleans, April 12th, 1999.
11. Ayala J, Zawin M , Taylor C, Bosch J, Groszman RJ, Garcia-Tsao G. Ultrasound parameters in
the prediction of clinically significant portal hypertension (CS-PHT) in compensated cirrhosis.
Gastroenterology 118: A968 AASLD Abstracts # 1041, 2000.
12. Mutalik P, Taylor CR, Levin F, Brandt C. Automated Fleischner Classification of Lung Nodules
by Text Processing of CT Reports: A Screening Tool for Follow-up of Suspected Lung Cancer.
Poster Submission, American Medical Informatics Association. Annual Symposium San Francisco
November 14-18, 2009.
13. Garla V, Steinhardt S, Levin F, Mutalik P, Brandt C, Taylor CR. Implementation of a TextMining-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool to Improve the Management of Pulmonary Nodules
Presented National VA HSR&D National Meeting, February 2011.
14. Mathur M, Smitaman E, Ojili V, Bhargava P, Taylor CR, Gunabushanam G,
Where's That Catheter? Subtle Signs of a Malpositioned Central Venous Catheter. Presented
at: Radiological Society of North America 2010 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting;
November 28- December 3, 2010 Chicago IL. LL-VIE4226.
rsna2010.rsna.org/search/event_display.cfm?em_id=9006392&printmode=Y&autoprint=N
15. Garla V, Steinhardt S, Levin F, Mutalik P, Brandt C, Taylor C R.
A Natural Language Processing-based Clinical Decision Support Tool Improves the Management of
Pulmonary Nodules and Liver Masses Abstract ID: 11013797 Radiological Society of North America
2011 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting.
Books and Book Chapters
1. Taylor CR, Rosenfield AT. Imaging of ovarian carcinoma. In: Textbook of Diagnostic
Imaging. Eds. C. Putnam, C. Ravin. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia 1988.
2. Kapadia C, Taylor CR, Crawford JM. Atlas of gastroenterology: A guide to diagnosis and
differential diagnosis. Parthenon Publishing . New York 2003.