After receiving his medical degree from Northwestern University in 1978, Dr. Taber completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Emory University Medical Center. In 1981, he returned to Illinois and Northwestern University where he completed fellowships in Clinical Cardiology and Invasive Cardiology. He then completed a fellowship in Coronary Angioplasty at the Oklahoma Heart Center.
Dr. Taber’s expertise is in therapeutic interventions. Not only does he perform coronary and peripheral angioplasty and stenting, he also performs percutaneous ASD closures and has invented a new catheter (with patent pending) for opening totally occluded arteries.
Dr. Taber is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Interventional Cardiology and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.
Prior to joining Metro Heart Group, Dr. Taber has worked as a cardiologist in St. Charles County for over 20 years. He has held several prominent professional positions during his career including the Cardiac Cath Lab Director at St. Joseph Health Center for sixteen consecutive years.
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