Tom Taylor grew up in England, attended the universities of Edinburgh and Manchester, trained as a surgeon, and practiced surgery and surgical research in Manchester and Houston, Texas. He has written ten books, including Surgical Gastroenterology, Upper Digestive Surgery, Case Studies in General Surgery, Pelvic Pouch Procedures, and Lifestyle and Longevity. He also wrote four monographs on individual operative surgical procedures and has written over two hundred scientific papers and ten US patents. -Amazon blurb