Board Member
Louis E. Baxter, Sr., M.D. is the President and CEO of the Professional
Assistance Program of New Jersey, Inc., a nonprofit 501c3 organization that
manages impaired healthcare professionals. He is an Assistant Professor at
Howard University in the Department of Community & Family Medicine. He
serves as Co-Founder and Program Director of the Addiction Medicine
Fellowship Program, Howard University Medical School. He also serves as
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Rutgers Medical School of New Jersey.
Dr. Baxter completed his undergraduate degrees in Biology (Premed) and
American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Medical
Doctorate at Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Baxter completed his
Internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at UMDNJ Cooper Hospital
University Medical Center. He sub-specialized in Addiction Medicine through
training at Portsmouth Psychiatric Hospital.
Dr. Baxter is Past President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He
has also served as a Director of the National Association of Drug Court
Professionals. He is a Director-At-Large of the American Board of Addiction
Medicine. He has served on a number of National Advisory Councils and
Committees which include, SAMSHA, CSAT, NIDA, and the FDA. He is a current
member of the Advisory Council of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism. He is a member of many other medical organizations, including the
American Medical Association, American College of Legal Medicine, and the
American Board of Addiction Medicine. He is also a consultant to the NFL, NBA,
and U.S. Olympic Anti-doping Committee. He has many publications, articles,
and textbook contributions. He is certified in Addiction Medicine by the American
Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the American Board of Addiction
Medicine (ABAM).
Dr. Baxter has been a White House Consultant to the ONDCP beginning with the
Clinton Administration to the Obama Administration.
He has published many articles and textbook chapters.
