Taylor B. Sewell, MD, MBA

Dr. Sewell is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC and the Assistant Dean for Admissions at Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Clinically, Dr. Sewell is a pediatric hospitalist who regularly attends on the general pediatrics inpatient teaching service alongside medical students and residents. He teaches in the four-year longitudinal VP&S course Foundations of Clinical Medicine and co-created an interdisciplinary course at Columbia Business School that was honored with the Provost’s Interdisciplinary Teaching Award in 2022. He also received the VP&S Vanneck-Bailey Award in 2024 for his curriculum development efforts.

As the Assistant Dean for Admissions at VP&S, he leverages his deep understanding of the school to help ensure continued matriculation of the finest students in the country.

Passionate about the patient’s experience of care, Dr. Sewell serves as Medical Director of Patient Experience for CUIMC; as a member of the Editorial Leadership Board at the Journal of Patient Experience; and as one of the Board of Directors of Project Sunshine, a pediatric experience nonprofit.

His research reflects his clinical, pedagogical, and patient experience work, resulting in publications in JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Journal of Patient Experience, and more.

Dr. Sewell received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA in Healthcare Management from the Wharton School, and completed his pediatrics residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.