Rate My Professor Will Taylor

Associate Professor Will Taylor is an academic-clinician practising in rheumatology and rehabilitation medicine at the University of Otago Wellington. He holds an MBChB from the University of Auckland, awarded in 1989, and a PhD on classification criteria for psoriatic arthritis. Taylor completed general training at Masterton Hospital, Wellington Hospital, and Hutt Hospital, followed by advanced training in rheumatology and rehabilitation medicine at Hutt Hospital, Middlemore Hospital Spinal Unit, and the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (FAFRM). Appointed to the Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit at the University of Otago since 2001, following a research position at the University of Leeds Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit from 2000 to 2001, he currently serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Wellington) and Academic Leader for the Postgraduate Rehabilitation programme.

Taylor's research focuses on clinical epidemiology, particularly gout and psoriatic arthritis, health status measurement, and classification criteria. He led the international CASPAR study, resulting in the 2006 publication 'Classification criteria for psoriatic arthritis: Development of new criteria from a large international study' in Arthritis & Rheumatism. Other significant works include 'The 2023 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease' (2023), 'Gout Remission as a Goal of Urate-Lowering Therapy: A Critical Review' (2023), and 'Musculoskeletal ultrasound findings in people with asymptomatic hyperuricemia' (2026). With over 36,000 citations across 279 publications, his contributions have shaped outcome assessment and disease classification in rheumatology. Taylor holds leadership roles as Honorary Secretary of the New Zealand Rheumatology Association and past President of the New Zealand Rehabilitation Association. He practices as a visiting rheumatologist at Gisborne Hospital and Te Whatu Ora at Hutt Hospital, alongside private clinics in Wellington and Wairarapa.