Taffy is a retired neurologist who has spent her career caring for individual patients and addressing the challenges of ensuring access to quality affordable health care for her patients. Even though she had two young children, 6 and 8 years old, Taffy decided to go to medical school after she and a close family member experienced life threatening health events.
She received her M.D. from Tufts University Medical School and did her residency at New England Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center. As a medical student, she also trained in the People’s Republic of China, where she was exposed to traditional Chinese medicine as well as “Western” medicine.
Taffy has also taught at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda through Health Volunteers Overseas, where she learned first-hand the special challenges of practicing medicine in a resource-poor environment. Throughout her career, Taffy has cared for patients on Medicaid, as well as patients with no insurance. She is well aware of the “social determinants of health” and challenges faced by her low- income patients in being able to access affordable quality health care.
While Taffy and her husband, renowned mathematician Phillip A. Griffiths, split their time between Princeton, the eastern shore of Maryland and Miami, they are committed to the mission of ensuring that low incomes Floridians have access to health care.