Dr Laura Bachmann

Dr. Bachmann is Chief Medical Officer for the Division of STD Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prior to coming to CDC, Dr. Bachmann was a Professor of Medicine at Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, NC) and Medical Director, Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Division (NC). Dr. Bachmann was the Co-Director of the CDC-funded Alabama/North Carolina STD Prevention Training Center and has been involved in training healthcare providers for over 20 years.

Boarded in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Bachmann specializes in STD and HIV care with experience practicing in academic, federal, community and public health settings. She is an expert in the diagnosis and management of STIs, including HIV and she has conducted clinical research throughout her career addressing a variety of STI/HIV control issues in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Dr. Bachmann’s Clinical Team led the development of CDC’s Recommendations for Providing Quality STD Clinical Services, 2020 and the 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines.