CAYLOR BEGAN HIS ORIENTAL MEDICINE STUDIES IN SANTA FE, nm, AT THE KOTOTAMA INSTITUTE, WHERE INSTRUCTION FOCUSED ON CLASSICAL JAPANESE-STYLE ACUPUNCTURE. AFTER COMPLETING THIS TRAINING IN 1982 AND PASSING FLORIDA’S LICENSING EXAM, HE TRAVELED TO TAIWAN TO ATTEND THE TAIPEI INSTITUTE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE.
UPON RETURNING TO THE STATES, CAYLOR COMPLETED HIS DOCTORATE IN ORIENTAL MEDICINE AT SAMRA UNIVERSITY IN 1988 WHERE HE FOCUSED ON CHINESE MEDICAL TRANSLATION. CAYLOR IS A NATIONALLY CERTIFIED DIPLOMATE IN ACUPUNCTURE THROUGH THE NCCAOM AND IS A Licensed acupuncturist IN COLORADO.
A PIONEER OF CHINESE MEDICINE IN THE WEST, CAYLOR WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PRACTITIONERS IN AUSTIN, TX, WHERE HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE TEXAS ACUPUNCTURE ASSOCIATION, ADVOCATING FOR REGULATION OF THE ACUPUNCTURE FIELD.
MOVING TO DENVER, CO, IN 1994 TO JOIN THE FACULTY OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, CAYLOR ROOTED HIMSELF IN THE ROCKIES AND ESTABLISHED HIS PRIVATE PRACTICE and teaching career.
