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Dr. Baxi has been associated with Lilavati Hospital as an anaesthesia consultant since 2013. She has been providing anaesthesia services to all patients undergoing surgeries in various specialities. She has been an anaesthetist for many high risk patients and also in many successful complex surgeries.

Her overseas trainings include,

• Renal Transplant Anaesthesia at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K.
• Obstetric Anaesthesia & Analgesia at Milton Keynes General Hospital, U.K.
• Ultrasound guided Regional Anaesthesia at Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford, U.K
• Experience of 19 years of delivering anaesthesia

Area Of Interest

• Difficult airway, Thoracic anaesthesia, USG nerve blocks, Paediatric anaesthesia.

• Around 30 Publications in National and International Journals.
• Author in three Anaesthesia Text-books.
• Expertise in Ultrasound guided Nerve Blocks and Vascular Access.

• Innovative way of managing the airway in a case of Laurence Moon Bardet Biedl syndrome in Indian Journal of Anaesthesia 2006; 50 (6): 486-487. Co-author
• Infusion pumps-article in Medical Buyer Journal. pg 23-25; Jan edition 2008. Co-author
• Extreme hemodilution to a haemoglobin of 1.2 gm/dl due to severe blood loss in a case of liver transplant recipient in Indian Journal of Anaesthesia 2008;52 (5):562-565. Co-author
• Evolution of inhaled anaesthetics – article in Jaslok Hospital yearly book on CME (2008) on Inhalational anaesthesia. Co-author
• Effects of inhalational agents – article in Jaslok Hospital yearly book on CME (2008) on Inhalational anaesthesia. Co-author
• Anaesthesia for renal transplant-an update. A review article in Indian Journal of Anaesthesia 2009; 53(2):137-145. 1st author
• Renal transplantation: Anaesthesia experience of 350 cases – Clinical investigation in Indian journal of anaesthesia 2009;53(3):306-311. Co-author
• Fibreoptic intubation  using LMA as a conduit and cook airway catheter as an exchanger in a case of Tessier-7 facial cleft Syndrome- Case Report in Indian Journal of Anaesthesia 2009; 53 (2):230-232. Co-author
• Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) of cervical spine - an unusual cause of difficult flexible fiberoptic intubation. - Case report in Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia Jan-April 2010; 4(1):117-119. 1^st author
• Anaesthesia management of a morbidly obese patient in prone position for lumbar spine surgery.-Case report in Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine,  2010 Jan–Jun; 1(1): 38–43. 1^st author
• Anaesthesia for LASER surgery of oro-pharyngo-laryngeal surgeries – Book Review, (2012) Co-author.
• Role Of Anaesthetist In Prevention Of Nosocomial Infections. Understanding anaesthesia equipments and procedures - A practical approach. Ch-46, Pg 496-504. (2013) 1^st author
• Management of CRPS Type-I: Combination of stellate ganglion block and continuous brachial plexus block (ultrasound-guided): Case report in Indian Journal of Pain, 2014 Sept-Dec;vol28:Issue 3: 189-192. Co-Author.
• Anaesthesia Management for Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction: An interesting case report. Lilavati Hospital Medical Times Nov. 2014; issue 2,Vol 01:Pg8-11. Co-author
• Management Of Acute Pain- Chapter in Journal of the association of physicians of india (JAPI) Feb 2015;Vol 63: Pg12-18. 1^st Author.
• History of Anaesthesia. Lilavati Hospital Medical Times. April 2015; issue 2,Vol.2:Pg 5-7. 1st Author.
• Cervical epidural Hematoma:Following interlaminar cervical epidural injection. Indian Journal of Pain. May-August 2015; issue 2,vol. 29:pg 111-114. Co-author.
• Bilateral Transversus Abdominus Plane Catheters with Continuous Infusion A Safe and Effective Posopertive Regional Analgesic Technique for Lower Abdominal Surgery. Lilavati Hospital Medical Times. February 2016; pg13-15. 1st author
• Endobronchial Blocker For One Lung Ventilation Through a Fresh Tracheostomy. Research and Opinion in Anesthesia & Intensive Care 2015, 2:140–142. Co-author
• Role of Anaesthetist in Preventing Nosocomial Infections. Understanding Anaesthesia Equipments and Procedures. 1-4th edition. Ch. No.46. Pg. 496-503. 2017-2023. 1^st Author.
• Brain Death. Practips Neuronaesthesia 2018. Ch.no.18. Pg 1-7. 1^st author.
• Anaesthesia for Deep Brain Stimulation. Practips Neuronaesthesia 2018 . Ch. No.9. Pg 69-75. Co- author.
• Anaesthesia, Postoperative Pain Management and Painless Delivery. Chapter. Vedana : Majhi sakhi.(2019) (Marathi) English Version to be released.
• Opioid free onco-anaesthesia:Is it time to convict opioids? A systematic review of literature. Journal of Anaesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology. Volume 35. Issue 4. October-December 2019. Co-author.
• Total Lung Lavage using THRIVE for pre-oxygenation and oxygen insufflations during intubation: our initial experience of two cases. Case Report. Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Case Reports. 2020 September-December;6(2):11-13. First author. Under Review for publication.
• Multimodal opioids sparing onco-anaesthesia: A consensus practice guideline from society of Oncoanaesthesia and periopaerative care (SOAPC). Review article. Journal of opioids management. 2021. Co-author.
•  Infection prevention and control guidelines and recommendations for healthcare workers/settings in the times of COVID -19 pandemic.  Understanding Anaesthesia Equipments and Procedures. 3^rd & 4th edition. Ch. No.53. Pg. 595-598. 2021 & 2023. 1^st Author.
• A case of cardiac arrest during parotidectomy surgery. Case report. Journal of Anaesthesia and critical case reports. Vol 9, Issue 3. September-December 2023. Page 15-17. 1^st Author.
• Endotracheal and Tracheostomy Tubes. Chapter in anaesthesia textbook under editorial review for publication. 1^st Author.
• Endotrachel Intubation Adjuncts. Chapter in anaesthesia textbook under editorial review for publication.  1^st Author