Amy Baxter
American physician and inventor (born 1967)
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Early life and education
Baxter was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky and displayed an interest in medicine and science from an early age.[4] At 21, Baxter transferred from Dartmouth University to Yale University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree.[4] She then attended Emory Medical School where she attained her medical degree. She completed a pediatrics residency and a child maltreatment fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.[5] She also obtained a K30-NIH Clinical Research Certificate at UT Southwestern Medical Center.[6]
Career
Baxter began practicing emergency pediatric medicine and is affiliated with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.[7] Baxter was Director of Emergency Research for Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates and served as Clinical Associate Professor at the Medical College of Georgia.[7]
Baxter acquired a research grant from the NIH to properly test her device and document the results.[4]
Baxter also invented VibraCool, which is intended for musculoskeletal and arthritis pain relief.[2] VibraCool uses the same concepts as Buzzy, but comes in a different shape and size.[8]
Selected publications
- Baxter, Amy L.; Watcha, Mehernoor F.; Baxter, William Valentine; Leong, Traci; Wyatt, Matthew M. (June 1, 2011). "Development and Validation of a Pictorial Nausea Rating Scale for Children". Pediatrics. 127 (6): e1542-9. doi:10.1542/peds.2010-1410. PMID 21624874.
- Selent, Monica U.; Molinari, NoelleAngelique M.; Baxter, Amy; Nguyen, An V.; Siegelson, Henry; Brown, Clive M.; Plummer, Andrew; Higgins, Andrew; Podolsky, Susan; Spandorfer, Philip; Cohen, Nicole J.; Fishbein, Daniel B. (March 2013). "Mass Screening for Fever in Children: A Comparison of 3 Infrared Thermal Detection Systems". Pediatric Emergency Care. 29 (3): 305–313. doi:10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182854465. ISSN 0749-5161. PMID 23426254.
- "Local Anesthetic and Stylet Styles: Factors Associated With Resident Lumbar Puncture Success". publications.aap.org. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- Baxter, Amy L.; Cohen, Lindsey L.; McElvery, Heather L.; Lawson, Mona Louise; von Baeyer, Carl L. (December 2011). "An Integration of Vibration and Cold Relieves Venipuncture Pain in a Pediatric Emergency Department". Pediatric Emergency Care. 27 (12): 1151–1156. doi:10.1097/PEC.0b013e318237ace4. ISSN 0749-5161. PMID 22134226.
- "Twice-daily nasal irrigation reduces COVID-related illness, death, study finds". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2024-06-12.