DeShawn Taylor, MD, founder of Desert Star Institute for Family Planning

DeShawn Taylor, MD, MSc, FACOG

Board-certified OB/GYN and family-planning specialist

Family planning Preconception care

At Desert Star Institute for Family Planning — Phoenix, AZ 85015

About DeShawn Taylor, MD, MSc, FACOG

DeShawn Taylor is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and family-planning specialist who founded Desert Star Institute for Family Planning in Phoenix. Her practice provides reproductive and sexual-health care, including preconception counseling and basic infertility support.

She earned a BS at the University of Southern California and an MD through the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Charles R. Drew University Medical Education Program. She completed an obstetrics and gynecology residency at Martin Luther King Jr./Charles Drew Medical Center and a family-planning fellowship at USC Medical School.

Education and training

University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA / Charles R. Drew University Medical Education Program

Doctor of Medicine

Martin Luther King Jr./Charles Drew Medical Center

Obstetrics and Gynecology residency

USC Medical School

Family Planning fellowship

Professional affiliations

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Board certified Desert Star Institute for Family PlanningUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine – PhoenixAmerican College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsSociety of Family PlanningAbortion Care Network

Treatments & specialties

Family planning

Preconception care

Basic infertility treatment

Preventive gynecology

Clinic Location

Other locations

DeShawn Taylor, MD, MSc, FACOG practices at 1 clinic location.

Desert Star Institute for Family Planning

5501 N 19th Avenue, Suite 420, Phoenix, AZ 85015