Ob-gyn Group of Attleboro's physician assistant, Barbara Baxter, P.A., provides high quality health care services to patients and to our community. A physician assistant, or PA, is a licensed and highly skilled health care professional, trained to provide patient evaluation, education, and health care services. Our physician assistant works with our physicians to provide medical care and guidance needed by a patient.

A PA performs many diagnostic, preventative, and health maintenance services. These services include, but are not limited to, the following list:

• Taking health histories
• Performing physical examinations
• Ordering X-rays and laboratory tests
• Performing routine diagnostic tests
• Establishing diagnoses
• Treating and managing patient health problems
• Administering immunizations and injections
• Instructing and counseling patients
• Providing referrals within the health care system
• Performing minor surgery
• Providing preventative health care services
• Acting as first or second assistants during surgery
• Responding to life-threatening emergencies

To learn more about our physician assistant, please click on the link below:

• Barbara Baxter, P.A.-C