D. Michael Baxter, MD, FAAFP, Family Medicine Physician with Reading Hospital – Tower Health
Get to know Family Medicine Physician Dr. D. Michael Baxter, who serves patients in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Baxter is a physician specializing in Family Medicine, a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. He currently serves as Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Reading Hospital – Tower Health, a teaching hospital based in West Reading, Pennsylvania. The hospital is a 22-building complex on 36 suburban acres with 714 beds.
With more than 11,000 team members and a total of 6 hospitals, Tower Health is a strong, regional, integrated healthcare provider/payer system that offers leading-edge, compassionate healthcare and wellness services. to a population of 2.5 million people. Their caring, highly trained physicians and staff are committed to patient safety and patient satisfaction.
Dr. Baxter received his medical degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his residency with St. Margaret Memorial Hospital – University of Pittsburgh, his fellowship with the Temple University School of Medicine, as well as an internship with St. Margaret Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Baxter is board-certified in Family Medicine and sub-certified in Geriatric Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The ABFM is the second largest medical specialty board in the United States. Founded in 1969, it is a voluntary, not-for-profit, private organization whose purposes include: improving the quality of medical care available to the public; establishing and maintaining standards of excellence in the specialty of Family Medicine; improving the standards of medical education for training in Family Medicine; as well as determining by evaluation the fitness of specialists in Family Medicine who apply for and hold certificates.
Dr. Baxter holds the AAFP Degree of Fellow (denoted as FAAFP), which was established as an avenue to recognize members who have distinguished themselves among their colleagues and communities by service to family medicine.
Family medicine physicians, like Dr. Baxter, are often the first person whom a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility.
Learn More about Dr. D. Michael Baxter:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/315045-Donald-Baxter-Family-Practitioner or through Reading Hospital – Tower Health, https://reading.towerhealth.org/find-doctor/profile/dmichael-baxter/
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