Dr. Beth Taylor

MD, FRCSC
“I love my work. Helping people get pregnant, stay pregnant and have a healthy child feels very meaningful. I like the challenge, the science and the chance to help people achieve their dream of a child.”

Dr. Taylor is an infertility specialist. She is a co-founder and co-director of Olive Fertility Centre.

 

After completing her medical degree at Dalhousie University in 1998, Dr. Taylor moved to British Columbia to do her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She subsequently completed a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and then joined Genesis Fertility Centre. Dr. Taylor worked at Genesis Fertility Centre until 2013, when she helped establish the Olive Fertility Centre.

 

She is a Clinical Professor at UBC. She is also an active staff member at Vancouver General Hospital. Dr. Taylor has also published several papers in peer-reviewed journals, written national guidelines and has written three book chapters.

 

Dr. Taylor is an IVF specialist and leads Olive's surrogacy and donor gamete program - she has helped hundreds of couples achieve a child through surrogacy and egg and sperm donation. 


Dr. Taylor loves the challenge and science of IVF for people struggling to conceive. She likes to try new ideas and new IVF protocols to get the best outcomes for Olive patients. She keeps up to date with the research literature and is open to trying novel procedures to try and solve even the most challenging fertility problems.

 

Dr. Taylor has 4 children and a dog.  She enjoys walking in the woods, skiing and golf.  She is fiercely proud of Olive and the people here and is always looking for ways to make it better. She is always open to suggestions: [email protected]

 


Publications:

Taylor EL, Williams C,Surgical Treatment of Endometriosis: Location and Patterns of Disease at Reoperation. Fertil Steril, 2010 93:57-61

 

Taylor EL, McComb P,A New Technique of Laparoscopic Ovarian Suspension with Microsuture for Adhesion Prevention in Patients Undergoing Fertility Enhancing Surgery. The Open Reproductive Science Journal, 2008 18;16-18

 

Taylor EL, Gomel V,The Uterus and Fertility. Fertil. Steril, 2008 89:1-16

 

Taylor E, Hitkari J,Hysteroscopic Identification of a Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation. J Obstet Gynaecol Can, July 2007 22(7):2040-50. Epub 2007 May 15

 

Taylor EL, McComb P,Removal of a Non-Communicating Horn Does Not Affect Persistence or Recurrence of Endometriosis. J Obstet Gynaecol Can, 2007 29:247-9