Founding Member and Secretary
Consultant Physician Sexual Health and HIV Medicine
Lead Consultant Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service
Directorate of Infection
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
University of Birmingham
Tri-Service Consultant Advisor to HM Armed Forces
Medical Director National Saving Lives Charity
email steve.taylor@heartofengland.nhs.uk
Dr Taylor graduated from the University of Leicester in 1992. He trained in General Medicine and Infectious diseases at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital (BHH) during which time he obtained his MRCP and Diploma in Tropical Medicine. Shortly after this he specialised in HIV and Genitourinary Medicine.
From 1999-2002 he was awarded a 3 year NHS R&D “Sheldon Fellowship” and became a Clinical Research Fellow in the HPA Antiviral Susceptibility Reference Unit within the Division of Immunity and Infection at the University of Birmingham, training with Dr Deenan Pillay and Pat Cane. He obtained his PhD thesis in December 02 entitled “The Sexual Transmission of HIV”. This focused on HIV in the male genital tract and the impact of sexually transmitted infections and antiretroviral therapy (ART).
The thesis also covered the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ART in the male genital tract and the evolution and sexual transmission of drug resistant HIV.
It is during this time he developed an interest in HIV resistance and clinical pharmacology. He has presented and published widely in these research areas and has been an invited speaker at many International HIV conferences. His research interests remain in HIV transmission, HIV Clinical pharmacology
In 2003 he was appointed as a Consultant in HIV and GU Medicine and Honorary Senior Clinical lecturer at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and the University of Birmingham. In early 2005 he took over the role of lead Consultant for the HIV service at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. He was elected to the British HIV Association (BHIVA) executive committee in 2003 and until recently was an examiner for the Diploma of HIV Medicine. He has been an active member of the scientific committee for the International Workshop on HIV Clinical Pharmacology for the last 10 years
He has been the Chief investigator and/or Primary investigator on a number of pivotal clinical HIV treatment and strategy trials and is currently a PI on the MRC PIVOT and PROUD studies as well as numerous HIV and Hepatitis drug trials running from the Heartlands site .
He sits on the Medical Advisory board for HIV I.Base, and AIDs treatment update and teaches and lectures regularly to HIV positive patient groups. From 2002-2005 he co-developed and taught on the Mediscript organised HIV Resistance and pharmacology workshops.
In 2005 he became one of the Founding members and Secretary of the ID Education Association a new academic educational association for healthcare professionals working in the field of Infectious Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Viral Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS.
In 2009 he co-established the National Military HIV and Sexual Health Services at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital which is now headed by Lt Col Dufty. He continues to participate in a 1-3 Military reach back service for the British Armed Forces abroad in his role as Tri –service Consultant advisor.
He is a strong advocate of sexual health education and public health promotion and in 2011 founded the National Saving Lives Charity www.savinglivesuk.com a charity in which he plays an active role as Medical Director.
From 1998-2012 he chaired the DoH clinical group involved in developing the HIV outpatient PBR Tariff.
He is a practicing physician specialising predominantly in HIV outpatients but is also a part of the clinical team within the Heartlands Viral Hepatitis Service and Department of Sexual Health. He takes the lead for HIV/Viral Hepatitis co-infected patients and the HIV pre-conception service for HIV sero-discordant couples.
Most recently he was co-opted onto the NHS Clinical Reference Group for HIV Medicine representing the West Midlands Region.