Our Doctors

Terence Reisman, M.D.

Dr. Terence Reisman is a gastroenterologist with the Digestive Disease Clinic. During his tenure, he has been instrumental in the Clinic's growth, as well as the Tallahassee community. Dr. Reisman received both his undergraduate and medical degree from Duke University; after interning at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, he returned to Duke for his residency. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Miami School of Medicine. From 1971-73, Dr. Reisman served in the U.S. Army at Martin Army Hospital in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Dr. Reisman is married and has three children. He enjoys traveling and listening to his favorite music.

Timothy Paulk, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Timothy Paulk, Jr., graduated from the University of Florida in 1973 and enrolled in that university's medical school. Later, he completed his internship, residency, and fellowship in gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Paulk was briefly an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. A native of North Florida, Dr. Paulk is married and has two children.

Larry Taylor, M.D.

A native of Clarksville, Arkansas, Dr. Larry Taylor moved to Tallahassee in 1988 to practice with the Digestive Disease Clinic. He has served on various hospital committees at Tallahassee Community Hospital, including the Board of Trustees and the Medical Executive Committee. He has also served as Chief of Staff for the same hospital.

Upon graduation at Arkansas Tech University in 1974, Dr. Taylor was commissioned into the United States Navy, where he was an Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. After medical school, Dr. Taylor interned and completed his residency with the Navy with a fellowship in Gastroenterology at the Naval Hospital San Diego, where he served on staff and later as Director of the Endoscopy Unit. He was also a Visiting Fellow at the University of California and Veterans Administration Hospital, a staff physician in the Department of Internal Medicine and Director of Intensive Care Units at the Naval Hospital in Guam, and a clinical instructor at the University of California in San Diego.

Before moving to Tallahassee, Dr. Taylor was an attending physician in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Naval Hospital San Diego. Dr. Taylor is married and has two children.

Michael Mangan, M.D.

Dr. Michael Mangan comes to Tallahassee from Chicago, where he served as house physician at both Holy Family Hospital and Columbus Hospital, as well as Neurosurgical ICU physician at Columbus Hospital.

A graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia, Dr. Mangan received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore; he then completed his internship and residency in internal medicine from the University Hospitals of Cleveland. He was also a fellow in gastroenterology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

Andres Rodriguez, M.D.

A transplant from Bogota, Colombia, via Michigan, Connecticut, and Illinois, Dr. Andres Rodriguez relocated to Tallahassee in 1994 from Chicago, where he served on the faculty of the University of Chicago Hospital's Gastroenterology section. During his appointment, he split his time between the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic and Liver Study Unit, which handles one of the largest liver transplant programs in the country.

Dr. Rodriguez specializes in gastrointestinal disorders, but has two distinct concentrations: inflammatory bowel disease and liver disease. "What interests me about both of these areas is that they are fast-developing," he says. "It is an opportunity to apply new techniques and see patients responding to new treatments. Still, both have mysterious causes, and that creates fertile ground for a physician's innovation as well."

Dr. Rodriguez also places high emphasis on patient education. "In GI disease, the patient has a lot of effect on their own symptoms,” he says. "Lifestyle and diet are key factors. The fact that a patient can take an active role in their treatment is one of the most important factors that separates GI from other health specialties,” he says. "Patient education is vital because minor symptoms can make a major difference. For example, with early diagnosis, colon cancer is treatable, but if not diagnosed early, it can be fatal."

Dr. Rodriguez graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, then earned a medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine in 1988.

Hardeep Singh, M.D.

Dr. Hardeep Singh began his distinguished medical career at the Armed Forces Medical College in his native India, where he ranked 30th among 20,000 medical graduates in the All India Post Graduation Entrance Examination. Upon graduation, he interned and completed residency at New Delhi hospitals before moving to the United States to further his training. He interned at the University of Health Sciences at the Chicago Medical School, completed an internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at the State University of New York in Brooklyn.

Before moving to Tallahassee, Dr. Singh was the staff gastroenterologist at the Scott County Hospital in Oneida, Tennessee and at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.

C. Raymond Cottrell, M.D.

Dr. Raymond Cottrell received his medical degree from the University of Texas-San Antonio. Dr. Cottrell completed his internship and residency in internal medicine as well as his fellowship in gastroenterology at Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida. He served as chairman of the division of gastroenterology and gastrointestinal endoscopy for 10 years.

Eugene A. Trowers, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.

Dr. Trowers is professor of Clinical Sciences as well as assistant dean for Diversity & Outreach and director of the post baccalaureate BRIDGE program at Florida State University College of Medicine. He serves as the clerkship director for Internal Medicine and also holds a teaching appointment in Gastrointestinal Physiology. A 1972 graduate of New York University, Dr. Trowers received his M.D. from New York University School of Medicine in 1976. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He has a master’s degree in public health from The University of Texas HSC at Houston and completed an N.I.H. extramural clinical research fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Prior to his current appointments, Dr. Trowers served as a faculty member in the gastroenterology fellowship training program and the director of the endoscopic ultrasound services at Texas Tech University HSC in Lubbock, Texas for nine years and then as the founding assistant dean for the Tallahassee regional campus at Florida State University College of Medicine serving in that capacity form 2002-2006. He has published on aspects of clinical gastroenterology, as well as on the recruitment of underrepresented students. His work has appeared in the Journal of the National Medical Association, Academic Medicine, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Medical Group Management Journal, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinic of North America, as well as in medical books and abstracts. He has served as an Ad Hoc journal reviewer for Digestive Diseases & Sciences, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Southern Medical Journal, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, and Journal of the Pancreas.

Joshua Somerset, M.D.

Dr. Joshua Somerset comes to Tallahassee from Atlanta, where he completed both an Internal Medicine Residency and a Gastroenterology Fellowship at Emory University. Prior to this, Dr. Somerset graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Somerset has broad training and interest in therapeutic endoscopy for gastrointestinal, liver and biliary diseases.