Dr. Mechelle Taylor Moragne, MD, PhD

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Get to know Family Practitioner Dr. Mechelle Taylor-Moragne, who serves patients in Jackson, Tennessee.

Dr. Taylor-Moragne, a board-certified family practitioner, is the Owner and CEO of Taylor Medical Center, PLLC in Jackson, Tennessee. “ I am very passionate about what I do and it is my mission to make sure you get the absolute best care. God has been the source of this talent and I will make sure that I take care of all of his children. So, when you come through the doors of Taylor Medical Center, you are family. Remember, you have a doctor in the family who is going to take care of you.” 

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Taylor-Moragne attended the historic Memphis Central High School. After high school, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the historic Fisk University. During her time at Fisk, she participated in the Summer Research Program at Meharry Medical College, which sparked her interest in the field of science and medicine. She later earned her Doctorate and her Doctor of Medicine degrees from Meharry Medical College. 

During her tenure at Meharry Medical College, Dr. Taylor-Moragne had been active in several activities involving the underserved and underrepresented community of Nashville, Tennessee.  She served as a lab coordinator and designed research activities for high school and college students participating in the NSF Summer Research Program and Science Motivation Program (a STEM Project). She also served several years in the Pre Alumni Association’s Community Day Activities, which provided stimulating activities and physicals to the children from the local neighborhood and housing projects in Nashville, as well as organized Career Day Programs for high school students during her graduate school tenure at Meharry Medical College.

She then went on to complete her residency in family medicine at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Her desire to serve an underrepresented population did not stop in Chicago. She participated in a Community Health Program to provide medical care to a population of homeless patients at the Pilsen Homeless Center.  

Following the completion of her residency, Dr. Taylor-Moragne came to Jackson, Tennessee to continue her mission of serving an underserved population at the East Jackson Family Medical Center before opening her own private practice. 

A Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the doctor is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, which is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties. 

Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person whom a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility. 

In her personal life, Dr. Taylor-Moragne is the proud mother of two boys, Reuben and Dallas. 

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