Alisa Baer, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician, nationally certified child passenger safety instructor, and co-founder of The Car Seat Lady. Dr. Baer completed her pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and then she went on to work in the neonatal intensive care unit at Columbia University's Children's Hospital of New York, focusing on babies with congenital heart disease.
Dr. Baer also develops the content for The Car Seat Lady's website and popular social media channels including Instagram and YouTube which educate parents throughout the United States and abroad. She has consulted with many of the leading car seat manufacturers in the design and development of their car seats and helped create programs that change how children travel in urban environments.
Dr. Baer earned her bachelor's degree from Columbia University and graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 2006.
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