1957
Born in Midland, Texas to Robert Taylor and Anna Therese Means.
1979
Graduates magna cum laude from Rice University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry.
1983
Receives a Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University.
1983
Becomes an intern and then resident in medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.
1986
Becomes a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Hematology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
1988
Becomes an instructor of medicine and then assistant professor at Vanderbilt University.
1988
Becomes an associate investigator for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
1992
Marries Stacey W. McKenzie, M.D.
1992
Becomes an associate professor in the Hematology Division of the University of Cincinnati.
1992
Becomes assistant chief of hematology/oncology at Veterans Affairs Medical Center (now Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center).
1998
Becomes associate division chief, professor, and head of hematology at the Medical University of South Carolina.
1998
Becomes chief of hematology/oncology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (now Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center).
2000
Becomes director of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the Medical University of South Carolina.
2004
Becomes chief of medical service at Veterans Affairs Medical Center (now Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center).
2007
Becomes senior associate chair of Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky.
2012
Becomes executive dean of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
2014
Becomes a professor of internal medicine at East Tennessee State University.
2014
Becomes dean of the Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University.
2014
Becomes president of Medical Education Assistance Corporation (faculty practice plan) at East Tennessee State University.
2018
Concludes service as dean and practice plan president.