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Committed to helping you meet the evolving challenges and opportunities in patient care.

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  • Primary Care

    Supporting every aspect of your clinical practice, including physical exam, diagnostic cardiology, vitals monitoring and vision screening

  • Hospital Care

    Advancing products and technologies designed to speed patient recovery and streamline clinical workflows

  • Surgical Care

    Delivering innovations that enable reduced operating times, faster patient recovery and improved outcomes

  • Kidney Care

    Pioneering care in hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD) and digital health to support better outcomes for your patients

  • Nutritional Care

    Personalizing nutritional care designed to improve patients’ health in the hospital, the ICU and at home

  • Respiratory Care

    Helping your patients with respiratory therapies designed to simplify delivery and improve mobility

  • Our Products & Services

    Our portfolio of acute, nutritional, renal, hospital and surgical care products helps advance healthcare around the world.

Perspectives

For nearly a century, we have worked at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives.

Perspectives

Our Story

Our 90-year heritage gives us distinct perspective on the needs of patients and caregivers. We lead today by putting those insights to work to deliver new, better healthcare solutions and access to care in the communities where we live and work.

Our Story
  • Our Leadership

    Our forward-looking leadership team is a driving force in ensuring we meet the needs of all our stakeholders – every day and everywhere.

  • Our Governance

    We are proud of our strong commitment to maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance.

  • Fueling Collaborative Innovation

    Nurturing a culture of innovation is critical to delivering on our mission to save and sustain lives. We partner with the healthcare community to continually find more efficient, smarter ways to help solve the world's most pressing healthcare challenges.

  • Corporate Responsibility

    We strive to create lasting value by empowering our patients, protecting our planet and championing our people and communities.

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

    We are committed to attracting, motivating and retaining an inclusive and diverse workforce.

  • Our History

    For nearly a century, we’ve been focused on saving and sustaining lives and elevating patient care.

Patients

Helping you reach a healthy life, full of possibility.

Patients
  • General Healthcare

    Whether you are receiving care in the hospital, at your doctor’s office or at home, we are here to support every step of your journey.

  • Nutritional Care

    When medical conditions prevent you from adequately feeding yourself, we provide life-saving clinical nutrition options to help you regain your nutritional status.

  • Kidney Care

    Kidney disease is an ongoing journey for you and your family. While every journey is unique, Baxter is committed to supporting access to care options to meet your medical and lifestyle needs.

  • Respiratory Care

    We are committed to helping you with innovative products that deliver effective, proven respiratory therapy in the hospital and at home.

Baxter Announces Updates to Its Board of Directors

Press Release

  • Addition of Stephen H. Rusckowski complements and expands current board expertise with deep healthcare industry and public company board experience

  • Michael Mahoney to resign after nearly eight years of board service

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DEERFIELD, Ill. -

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a global medtech leader, today announced it has appointed Stephen (Steve) H. Rusckowski, former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Quest Diagnostics, Inc., to its board of directors. Effective today, Mr. Rusckowski serves on Baxter's Compensation and Human Capital, and Quality, Compliance and Technology Committees. In addition, the company has announced that Michael (Mike) Mahoney will be resigning from the board effective Sept. 13, 2023, following nearly eight years of service.  

"We are pleased to welcome Steve to Baxter's board," said José (Joe) E. Almeida, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "His exemplary operational expertise, track record as a transformational leader, and distinguished career as a strategic operational executive will enhance our current board membership. I’m confident Steve’s patient-centric approach will further advance our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives."

Added Almeida, "I also want to thank Mike for his many contributions to the Baxter board over his eight-year tenure. His extensive insight into the medical device industry and deep leadership experience have helped guide Baxter's ongoing transformation, including our current strategic actions to drive greater growth, innovation and performance."

About Steve Rusckowski

Mr. Rusckowski most recently served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Prior to joining Quest Diagnostics, he was CEO of Philips Healthcare, and earlier in his career held roles of increasing responsibility at Hewlett-Packard Company and Procter & Gamble Company. Mr. Rusckowski currently serves as a director of Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Qiagen Inc. and previously served as a member of the boards of directors of Xerox Holdings Corporation, Covidien plc and MedQuist, Inc. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management.

About Baxter 

Every day, millions of patients, caregivers and healthcare providers rely on Baxter's leading portfolio of diagnostic, critical care, kidney care, nutrition, hospital and surgical products used across patient homes, hospitals, physician offices and other sites of care. For more than 90 years, we've been operating at the critical intersection where innovations that save and sustain lives meet the healthcare providers who make it happen. With products, digital health solutions and therapies available in more than 100 countries, Baxter's employees worldwide are now building upon the company's rich heritage of medical breakthroughs to advance the next generation of transformative healthcare innovations. To learn more, visit www.baxter.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Baxter is a registered trademark of Baxter International Inc.