Meet Our Speakers

Bradley S. Taylor, M.D., is chief medical executive of Christine E. Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute, as well as chief of cardiac surgery for the Palm Beach Region and chief of quality and outcomes for Baptist Health Heart & Vascular Care. A board-certified cardiac surgeon, Dr. Taylor has more than 23 years of experience across all areas of adult cardiac surgery and treats more than 450 complex cardiac cases per year.

Dr. Taylor earned his medical degree and a master’s degree in public health from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He completed a general surgery residency and a cardiothoracic surgery residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as a minimally invasive cardiac surgery fellowship at Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hospital (OLV Hospital) in Aalst, Belgium.

Prior to joining Baptist Health, Dr. Taylor was an endowed professor and chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He also served as director of quality, director of coronary revascularization, and co-director of the Center for Aortic Disease at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Taylor’s clinical and research efforts have focused on robotic cardiac surgery, hybrid coronary revascularization, valvular heart disease, and endovascular and open repair of aortic dissections and aneurysms. He is considered an expert in cardiac surgery and has authored more than 125 peer-reviewed articles in numerous medical journals. He has also presented his findings at scientific symposiums.

As a clinical educator and member of several professional organizations, Dr. Taylor is committed to advancing clinical excellence in cardiac surgery, promoting clinical and basic science research, and training the next generation of physicians through residency and fellowship programs.

Sheng Fu, M.D., is a cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure and transplantation at Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. His areas of expertise include cardiogenic shock, transplant cardiology and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Fu is certified by the National Board of Echocardiography and holds certifications from the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure and transplantation, and internal medicine.

Dr. Fu earned his medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in Toledo, Ohio, after earning a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed an internal medicine residency at MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. His clinical training also includes a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplantation at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.

Prior to joining Baptist Health, Dr. Fu served as an assistant professor of medicine at University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. He also served as medical director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and as associate medical director of heart transplantation at Jewish Hospital, University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dr. Fu has published extensively on heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, with work featured in leading scientific journals, including Circulation: Heart Failure, JACC Case Reports and Journal of Cardiac Failure.

Dr. Fu is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Dr. Steven Bibevski comes to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital from the University of Michigan, where he completed fellowships in both adult and pediatric cardiac surgery. His training at one of the busiest congenital heart programs in the nation, with more than 900 procedures annually, afforded him extensive experience in the treatment of all complex forms of congenital heart disease, with an emphasis on hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Dr. Bibevski also completed a visiting fellowship at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, the largest pediatric heart center in the southern hemisphere. At both centers, Dr Bibevski developed extensive experience in managing all aspects of congenital heart disease.

Dr. Bibevski also has a strong research background. He obtained his PhD in cardiovascular physiology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where he conducted research in the field of autonomic neural control of the cardiovascular system in heart failure. His research now focuses on developing biological valve replacement options for children as well as outcomes focused research in the field of congenital cardiac surgery.