Hugh S. Taylor, MD, chair of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, is internationally known for his studies on endometriosis. He combines the latest medical therapies with surgeries when needed to provide optimal care for women with pain or infertility related to endometriosis, a common, painful condition in which endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus.
休·S·泰勒医学博士是妇产科和生殖科学系主任，因其在子宫内膜异位症方面的研究而享誉国际。他将最新的药物疗法与必要的手术相结合，为患有子宫内膜异位症（一种常见的疼痛性疾病，指子宫内膜组织生长在子宫以外的部位）而感到疼痛或不孕的女性提供最佳治疗。

“It’s a fascinating, but troubling disease. We don’t know what causes the lining of the uterus to grow outside it, but we’re doing research to find out why,” Dr. Taylor says. “Women can go 10 years before they are diagnosed, and we are doing a lot to speed that up.”
“这是一种既令人着迷又令人担忧的疾病。我们尚不清楚是什么原因导致子宫内膜在子宫外生长，但我们正在进行研究以找出原因，”泰勒医生说。“女性可能在发病十年后才被确诊，我们正在努力加快诊断速度。”

Another specialized condition for which Dr. Taylor receives referrals from around the country is for women with a very thin endometrium, which makes embryo implantation difficult. “These women aren’t getting pregnant, and we think the problem is not the eggs or the embryo, but that the uterus isn’t receptive to those embryos,” explains Dr. Taylor.
泰勒医生还接诊来自全国各地的另一种特殊病症，即子宫内膜极薄导致胚胎着床困难。“这些女性无法怀孕，我们认为问题不在于卵子或胚胎，而在于子宫无法接受这些胚胎，”泰勒医生解释道。

Complicated medical problems and the opportunity to truly help patients drew Dr. Taylor to obstetrics and gynecology. “There are so many unsolved problems that affect people from birth through the rest of their life. If you can make an impact during pregnancy or around the time of birth, you can change the whole trajectory of someone’s life,” he says. “It’s an amazing opportunity to be able to make such a difference.”
复杂的医疗问题以及真正帮助患者的机会吸引泰勒医生投身妇产科。“从出生到终生，有太多尚未解决的问题影响着人们。如果你能在孕期或分娩前后发挥作用，就能改变一个人的一生轨迹，”他说道。“能够做出如此巨大的贡献，真是一个绝佳的机会。”

Dr. Taylor has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the nation’s highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. He is an active researcher and has been funded by the National Institutes of Health continuously for more than 20 years. A professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences; and of molecular, cellular and development biology at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Taylor is also chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Yale New Haven Hospital.
泰勒博士当选为美国国家医学科学院院士，这是美国健康和医学领域最高的荣誉之一。他是一位活跃的研究人员，并已连续20多年获得美国国立卫生研究院的资助。泰勒博士是耶鲁大学医学院妇产科和生殖科学以及分子、细胞和发育生物学教授，同时也是耶鲁纽黑文医院妇产科主任。