Taylor Medical Group — Sandy Springs, Atlanta
Most patients who find us have already been everywhere else. They have seen specialists, had normal labs, been told to manage their symptoms, and still feel terrible. What they have not had is a physician who looks at the whole picture — hormones, brain chemistry, stress biology, nutrition, toxins, and genetics — and connects it all. That is what patients find at Taylor Medical Group when they search for holistic doctors in Atlanta — and why so many come here after exhausting every other option. Dr. Ava Bell-Taylor and Dr. Eldred Taylor have spent over 25 years doing exactly that.
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Most practices that call themselves holistic are run by a single physician who trained in conventional medicine and added functional medicine later. Taylor Medical Group is something else entirely. It is a husband-and-wife practice where one physician is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in reproductive and integrative psychiatry, and the other is a board-certified OB/GYN — and both are board-certified functional medicine doctors in Atlanta with over 25 years of combined integrative practice.
That combination does not exist anywhere else in Atlanta. When a patient comes to this practice, they are getting the brain, the hormones, the reproductive system, and the whole body addressed by physicians who have spent their careers understanding how all of those systems connect. Not a referral network. Not a single doctor doing their best across areas outside their training. A genuine partnership between two specialists who treat you together.
25+
Years in holistic and functional medicine practice
2
Published books on hormones and chronic disease
1000s
Physicians and providers trained by Dr. Eldred Taylor worldwide
Board-Certified Psychiatrist | Reproductive & Integrative Psychiatrist | Board-Certified Functional Medicine Physician
Dr. Ava Bell-Taylor grew up in Atlanta, earned her Bachelor of Science from Spelman College, and her medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine. She completed her Family Practice residency at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Georgia, and her Psychiatry residency at Emory University School of Medicine. After residency she went further — pursuing advanced training in functional medicine, integrative medicine, reproductive psychiatry, and longevity medicine.
She is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in reproductive and integrative psychiatry. Reproductive psychiatry focuses on mental health during the hormonal transitions of menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, and menopause. Integrative psychiatry goes beyond medication management — it treats mental health by addressing the biological root causes of psychiatric symptoms, including hormones, inflammation, nutrition, trauma, and epigenetic stress. She is also a board-certified functional medicine physician.
In practice, this means Dr. Bell-Taylor sees patients who have been to psychiatrists, OB/GYNs, internists, and endocrinologists — and still do not have answers. She connects the dots. Depression that is actually a hormone imbalance. Anxiety that is adrenal dysfunction. Brain fog that is a thyroid problem driven by heavy metal toxicity. Postpartum symptoms that were never properly addressed and have been silently driving mood and metabolic issues for years. She finds the biological cause and treats it — not the symptom.
Dr. Bell-Taylor also holds advanced training in energy and vibrational medicine, and is trained in Reiki, chakra alignment, hypnotherapy, hypnosis, Emotional Freedom Release, spiritual releasement therapy, and guided meditation. She believes that full healing requires addressing the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of health together — not as separate domains but as aspects of one integrated system.
Women’s hormonal health across every life stage, reproductive psychiatry, integrative mental health treatment for depression, anxiety, PTSD, brain fog, insomnia, and dementia, nutritional medicine, epigenetic health, vibrational and energy medicine, aesthetic medicine, and longevity medicine. She also sees patients for IV therapy, BHRT, and the full spectrum of functional medicine services at Taylor Medical Group.
Board-Certified OB/GYN | Board-Certified Functional Medicine Physician | President, American Functional Medicine Association
Dr. Eldred Taylor has spent over 25 years practicing holistic and functional medicine in Atlanta and around the country. He is a board-certified OB/GYN and board-certified functional medicine physician who applies his deep training in reproductive and hormonal medicine to functional medicine care for both women and men. He is also the President of the American Functional Medicine Association (AFMA) — a national nonprofit dedicated to educating healthcare providers and the public about functional and holistic medicine.
Dr. Taylor is one of the country’s leading experts in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. Over more than two decades he has helped thousands of men and women rebalance their hormones using salivary hormone testing — a more sensitive diagnostic tool than standard blood panels for measuring the free, bioavailable hormones that are actually doing work in the body. He is also a leading expert in hormone pellet therapy, offering consistent long-term hormone support for patients affected by aging or hormone disorders at any stage of life.
As an educator, Dr. Taylor has trained thousands of physicians, pharmacists, and healthcare providers across the United States and internationally in the use of bioidentical hormone replacement and functional medicine. His work has been featured on television, radio, and podcast programs, and he is a respected voice in both local and national health publications. Patients who sit with him quickly understand why — he explains complex biology in plain language, takes time to actually listen, and builds treatment plans around data rather than guesses.
Beyond hormones, Dr. Taylor specializes in IV nutritional therapy, integrative cancer support, energy medicine, and subconscious mind reprogramming. He understands how lifestyle, stress, and hormones directly modify gene expression — because he has spent his career watching those connections play out clinically in thousands of patients.
BHRT for men and women, hormone pellet therapy, salivary hormone testing, IV nutritional therapy, men’s hormonal health, testosterone optimization, weight management, integrative cancer support, cardiovascular health, energy medicine, and longevity medicine. He sees women for hormonal and functional medicine care and men for testosterone, metabolic health, sexual dysfunction, and full-spectrum functional medicine.
The Taylors treat the full spectrum of chronic illness through the lens of root-cause medicine. Below is a summary of what they address — but patients come to them with combinations of these issues, not in isolation, and that is exactly how they treat them.
Hormonal Health
Thyroid, adrenal, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, growth hormone, insulin, and melatonin imbalances in men and women
Women’s Health
Perimenopause, menopause, PCOS, uterine fibroids, PMS, irregular periods, infertility, postpartum health, and vaginal health
Men’s Health
Andropause, low testosterone, erectile dysfunction, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risk, and energy and vitality decline
Brain and Mental Health
Depression, anxiety, PTSD, brain fog, memory loss, insomnia, ADD, and dementia — treated through their biological root causes
Metabolic and Weight
Insulin resistance, stubborn weight gain, epigenetic obesity, metabolic syndrome, and medically supervised weight loss
Chronic and Autoimmune
Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, MS, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, Lyme disease, and other inflammatory conditions
Toxin and Gut Health
Heavy metal toxicity, environmental exposures, leaky gut, IBS, food sensitivities, and nutritional deficiencies
Cancer Support
Integrative cancer therapies alongside conventional treatment — strengthening the body, reducing side effects, and supporting quality of life
Most patients searching for holistic doctors or integrative medicine in Atlanta are looking for someone who will ask a different question. Conventional medicine is built to diagnose disease and manage symptoms. It does that well when a patient has a clear diagnosis with a clear treatment. But it was not built to answer the harder question — why is this person sick, and what is actually driving it? That is the question holistic doctors ask first.
At Taylor Medical Group, every patient starts with a thorough history and a testing panel that goes far beyond what a standard physical includes. Salivary hormone testing to measure free bioavailable hormones. Organic acid testing to map metabolic function. Heavy metal testing where exposure history warrants it. Epigenetic age testing where aging and chronic disease are concerns. Neurocognitive testing to establish a brain health baseline. The goal is to build a complete picture before recommending any treatment.
Treatment is built around what the testing shows — not a generic protocol and not a single approach. For most patients, it combines hormonal restoration, nutritional IV therapy, targeted peptides, lifestyle intervention, and where needed, integrative psychiatric support. All of it is coordinated between Dr. Ava and Dr. Eldred so the plan addresses the full picture, not just the piece that brought the patient in.
They also retest. Improving a patient’s health and then proving it with objective data is how they work. TruAge biological age. CNSVS cognitive scores. HRV nervous system function. IGF-1 and hormone panels. When the numbers move in the right direction, the patient can see exactly what is changing and why. That accountability to data — not just to how a patient feels — is what separates this practice from most.
Dr. Ava Bell-Taylor and Dr. Eldred Taylor are among the most published voices in holistic medicine Atlanta has produced — they have co-authored two books that patients and practitioners return to regularly.
This book explains how hormone imbalances drive chronic illness — from fatigue and weight gain to depression, brain fog, and cardiovascular disease — and what patients can do about it. It is written for the patient who has been told their labs are normal and still feels terrible, and who wants to understand what is actually going on in their body.
This book tackles the adrenal connection to chronic illness — how sustained stress dysregulates cortisol, drives inflammation, disrupts hormones, and sets the stage for the cluster of conditions that conventional medicine treats separately. It is a practical guide to understanding your stress biology and reclaiming your health through it.
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25+ years of experience. Four board certifications. A husband-and-wife team who treats you together. Serving Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Buckhead, Brookhaven, and Chamblee.
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