# Melissa Taylor

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## TL;DR

Breast medical oncologist at UCSF who cares for people with breast cancer at every stage, and researches treatment side effects, health care disparities and access to clinical trials.

## Summary

Melissa Anne Taylor, MD, is a medical oncologist at UCSF who cares for patients with breast cancer across all stages of diagnosis and treatment; UCSF Health lists her specialty as medical oncology (breast) and a clinic at the UCSF-John Muir Health Cancer Center in Berkeley. Her research focuses especially on treatment side effects, health care disparities and expanding access to clinical trials. She earned her medical degree and a master's in public health at Emory University, where she also completed residencies in internal medicine and in public health and general preventive medicine, and completed a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at Yale School of Medicine. She is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Also known as: Melissa Anne Taylor; Melissa A. Taylor
- Role: Breast medical oncologist, UCSF
- Specialisms: Breast cancer; Treatment side effects; Health care disparities; Access to clinical trials

## Sources

- UCSF Health: Melissa Taylor, MD: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/melissa-taylor

## Connected records

- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/)
- institutions: [UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/ucsf/)

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