Adam J. Taylor, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
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Locations and Contact
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
Orthopaedic Surgery Clinic
4860 Y Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
Clinic Phone: 916-734-2700
Clinic Fax: 916-734-7137
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Philosophy of Care
Embracing a personalized, patient-first approach, Dr. Taylor believes in treating the individual, not the condition. To Dr. Taylor, joint replacements aren’t just joint replacements, but are rather the means to help his patients achieve their unique lifestyle goals. He strives to offer the best available care based on the patient’s individual needs in the context of the most up to date evidence from the medical literature that he regularly reviews and contributes to as a clinician scientist. He considers himself very fortunate to have a profession that he is passionate about and that enables him to help others doing what he loves.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Taylor is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in adult reconstructive surgery of the hip and knee. He performs primary and complex revision joint replacement procedures, including partial knee replacement and total hip replacement through a direct anterior approach. He has particular interest in minimally invasive techniques, navigated and robotic technologies, and enhanced recovery protocols that help his patients not only recover more quickly, but also stay active for as long as possible.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Taylor’s research and academic interests are focused on rapid and enhanced post-operative recovery protocols, use of navigated and robotic technologies to improve implant positioning, surgical techniques for revision and complex primary joint replacement, patient outcomes, and periprosthetic joint infection.
Division
Adult Reconstruction
Center/Program Affiliation
Undergraduate School
B.S. Biochemistry, California State University, Chico, Chico CA 2012
Medical School
M.D., Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia PA 2018
Internship
Orthopaedic Surgery, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles CA
Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles CA 2018-2023
Fellowship
Ortho/Adult Reconstruction, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 2023-2024
Access Adam Taylor's bibliography here.
Rainey JP, Taylor AJ, Radtke LE, Crawford AM, Blackburn BE, Anderson LA, Peters CL, Gililland JM, Pelt CE. Special Considerations Before Total Hip Arthroplasty for Rapidly Progressive Osteoarthritis With a Recent Corticosteroid Injection. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Mar 15:S0883-5403(25)00239-6. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.03.023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40097122.
Metz AK, Rainey JP, Blackburn BE, Taylor AJ, Peters CL. Limited Satisfaction and Increased Risk With Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injections in Patients Who Have Hip Osteoarthritis Needing Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Mar 19:S0883-5403(25)00249-9. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.03.037. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40113183.
Taylor AJ, Braathen DL, Blackburn BE, Peters CL, Pelt CE, Gililland JM, Archibeck MJ, Anderson LA. Can I Pickle Doc? Return to Pickleball and Other Racket Sports After Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Jan 22:S0883-5403(25)00042-7. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.01.027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39855401.
Taylor AJ, Gililland JM, Anderson LA. Intramedullary Total Femur via a Direct Anterior Approach for Complex Revision Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Arthroplast Today; 28; 28 Aug 24; 101474. PMID: 39188565
George J, Taylor AJ, Schmalzried TP. Examining the “revisability” benefit of hip resurfacing arthroplasty. World J Orthop. 2024; 15(6): 554-559. PMID: 38947266
Taylor AJ, Peters CL. In Adults Having Primary THA, an AR-Based Navigation System Improved Cup Positioning, But Not Clinical Outcomes, Versus a Conventional Technique. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Mar 21. PMID: 38512970.
Tye EY, Bryman JA, Kay RD, Taylor AJ, Andrawis JP, Kwong LM. All-cementless Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Using a Constrained Condylar Design With Porous Tantalum: Technique and Clinical Results. Tech Orthop. 2022; 37(4), 207-13.
Kay RD, Forslund J, Arthur D', Taylor AJ, Aminian A. Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients With Charcot Arthropathy: A Single-Center Analysis. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2022; 6(10). PMID: 36734652
Taylor AJ, Runner RP, Kay RD, Najibi S. Femoral Head Autograft Can Reliably Reconstruct Dysplastic Acetabula Through the Direct Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty. Arthroplast Today. 2022; 14, 154-162.PMID: 35313717
Clarkson S, Taylor AJ, Jensen A. Total elbow arthroplasty failures in loosely linked implants: is humeral component aseptic loosening more common than previously thought? J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2022; 32(1), 8-14.