Clare Trachtman | Vice President, Investor Relations |
Joe Almeida | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Jay Saccaro | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Bob Hopkins | Bank of America Securities |
Robbie Marcus | JP Morgan |
Pito Chickering | Deutsche Bank |
Vijay Kumar | Evercore ISI |
Lawrence Biegelsen | Wells Fargo |
Danielle Antalffy | SVB Leerink |
Matt Miksic | Credit Suisse |
Joanne Wuensch | Citigroup |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Baxter International Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to Ms. Clare Trachtman, Vice President, Investor Relations at Baxter International. Ms. Trachtman, you may begin.