Tobi Karchmer, M.D., M.S.
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical & Scientific Officer

Tobi Karchmer, M.D., M.S., is senior vice president and chief medical and scientific officer.
Prior to her appointment to chief medical officer in 2021, Karchmer served as vice president, Worldwide Medical, which consists of Baxter's Global and Regional Medical Affairs teams, Clinical Research team and Strategy and Delivery team.
Karchmer joined Baxter in 2019 from Becton Dickinson (BD), where she most recently served as vice president, Global Medical Safety and, prior to that, senior vice president of Global Medical Affairs and Clinical Development.
Prior to joining industry, Karchmer was an assistant professor of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and was the director of Hospital Epidemiology for Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
She received a bachelor's degree in biology from Princeton University, a medical degree from Harvard Medical School and a master's degree from the University of Virginia.