David T. Tayloe , Jr., MD, FAAP* 2008-2009 Immediate Past President American Academy of Pediatrics

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David T. Tayloe, Jr., M.D., FAAP, is the 2008-2009 Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP is the nation’s largest pediatric organization, with a membership of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists.

Dr. Tayloe took office as president-elect at the October 2007 AAP National Conference and Exhibition (NCE) in San Francisco, Calif., and served as the 2008-2009 AAP president.

Dr. Tayloe is a full-time general pediatrician. He founded a solo practice in Goldsboro, N.C., in 1977, after completing medical school at the University of North Carolina and pediatric residencies at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and North Carolina Memorial Hospital. He helped establish the very successful child health system in North Carolina that includes the NC Universal Childhood Vaccine Distribution Program, the physician-directed Medicaid managed care initiative, and the NC Health Choice Program (SCHIP).

Since 1985, Dr. Tayloe has been a member of the North Carolina AAP Chapter, which won the Outstanding Chapter Award of the AAP when he was President (1993-1995). He has served in a leadership position with the national AAP since 1989: Committee on State Government Affairs; Chapter Forum Committee Chair; Committee on Community Health Services; District IV Vice-Chair and District Chair. He is also the Board Liaison to the Task Force on Immunizations.

Dr. Tayloe focused on strategies to assist pediatricians in the management of childhood mental health disorders. “The AAP must help all pediatricians develop the skills they need to address children’s mental health. I am committed to assuring that pediatricians screen children for mental health problems, implement family-centered treatment programs, and work with health and human service professionals to address all of the mental and physical needs of children.” Dr. Tayloe also worked closely with Congress in understanding Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Vaccines for Children, and private health insurance plans at the community level, and addressing the serious economic problems that affect children's access to high quality health care.

*FAAP - Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics