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Jennie Taylor, MD, MPH

Neuro-Oncology
Neuro-Oncology Parnassus
415-353-7500
Portrait of Jennie Taylor
Portrait of Jennie Taylor
ucsf logo

Jennie Taylor, MD, MPH

Neuro-Oncology
Neuro-Oncology Parnassus
415-353-7500

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About me

Dr. Jennie Taylor specializes in caring for adults with primary brain tumors, or tumors that start in the brain. As a member of the UCSF Brain Tumor Research Center, she is involved in developing new treatment strategies, innovative imaging techniques and comprehensive tumor analyses, with the goal of improving outcomes for patients with brain tumors.

Taylor's research interests include analyzing molecular and imaging markers of resistance to current standard treatments for brain tumors. She also focuses on improving quality of life for patients with primary brain tumors as well as for their caregivers.

Taylor earned her medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. She completed an internship in medicine and a residency in neurology at the University of Virginia. She completed a fellowship in neuro-oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute while earning a master's degree in public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Taylor is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Society for Neuro-Oncology and American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Education & training

Board certification

  • Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry/Neurology-Neurology

Fellowship

  • Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital GME

Residency

  • Neurology, University of Virginia Medical Center

Internship

  • Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Medical Center

Degree

  • MD, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Academic title

  • Clinical Professor

My expertise

Locations

    My work

    Unique program supports loved ones caring for patients with brain cancer

    Dr. Taylor serves as co-director of our Neuro-Oncology Gordon Murray Caregiver Program, which supports loved ones caring for patients with brain tumors.

    Reviews

    Average rating

    4.9
    4.9 out of 5 Stars
    188 ratings
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    • 5 out of 5 Stars
      June 22, 2026

      Dr. Jennie Taylor was excellent. She was prepared, informative, empathetic and patient. And a world leader in the tumor type.

    • 5 out of 5 Stars
      June 20, 2026

      I highly recommend UCSF.

    • 5 out of 5 Stars
      June 19, 2026

      Dr. Taylor gives the highest level of care I can imagine.She is thorough, kind, collaborative in my care decisions, and always respectful of my person and my wishes.

    • 5 out of 5 Stars
      June 11, 2026

      Was very knowledgeable about the type of tumor I had, and the studies behind the drug FDA approved a few years ago

    • 5 out of 5 Stars
      May 31, 2026

      Hopefully I don't need to recommend a nuero oncologist but I would say Taylor

    • 4.8 out of 5 Stars
      April 7, 2026

      Dr. Taylor was very thoughtful and thorough in explaining results.


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