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Alysha J. Taxter, MD, MSCE

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Rheumatology
Alysha J. Taxter, MD, MSCE

Alysha J. Taxter, MD, MSCE

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Rheumatology

Research Interests

  • Rheumatology
  • Sports Medicine
  • Lupus
  • Clinical Informatics
  • Juvenile Arthritis
  • Pharmaco-Epidemiology
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Education
BS, Ohio State University, 2004
MD, Wright State University School of Medicine, 2015
Internship
Pediatrics, University Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, 2009
Residency
Pediatrics, University Minnesota Affiliated Hospitals, 2011
Fellowship
Pediatric Sports Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati, 2012
Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2015
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology
American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, Sports Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Informatics
Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics
Sigma Xi - Research Society
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
American College of Rheumatology
Positions
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Rheumatology
Departments and Affiliations
Pediatrics - Rheumatology
Center for Biomedical Informatics
Center for Healthcare Innovation

Research

  • Publications
  • Pediatric Antibiotic-refractory Lyme Arthritis: A Multicenter Case-control Study. Horton DB, Taxter AJ, Davidow AL, Groh B, Sherry DD, Rose CD. J. Rheumatol. 2019 08; 46(8):943-951.
  • Intraarticular Glucocorticoid Injection as Second-line Treatment for Lyme Arthritis in Children. Horton DB, Taxter AJ, Davidow AL, Groh BP, Sherry DD, Rose CD. J Rheumatol. 2019 08; 46(8):952-959.
  • Post-Chikungunya Rheumatic Disease in a 13-Year-Old Boy. Landis ET, Strowd LC, Taxter AJ. Pediatr Dermatol. 2017 Sep; 34(5):e294-e295.
  • Evaluation of the reliability of the Cutaneous Dermatomyositis Disease Area and Severity Index and the Cutaneous Assessment Tool-Binary Method in juvenile dermatomyositis among paediatric dermatologists, rheumatologists and neurologists. Tiao J, Feng R, Berger EM, Brandsema JF, Coughlin CC, Khan N, Kichula EA, Lerman MA, Lvovich S, McMahon PJ, Rider LG, Rubin AI, Scalzi LV, Smith DM, Taxter AJ, Treat JR, Williams RP, Yum SW, Okawa J, Werth VP. Br. J. Dermatol. 2017 Oct; 177(4):1086-1092.
  • Patient-reported Outcomes across Categories of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Taxter AJ, Wileyto EP, Behrens EM, Weiss PF. J. Rheumatol. 2015 Oct; 42(10):1914-21.
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Research Interests

  • Clinical Informatics
  • Juvenile Arthritis
  • Lupus
  • Patient Reported Outcomes
  • Pharmaco-Epidemiology
  • Rheumatology
  • Sports Medicine

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