Carl Lewis Backer
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Carl Lewis Backer, M.D.
2300 Children's Plaza M/C 22 Chicago, IL 60614
United States
1 773 880-4378 1 773 880-3054 (Fax)
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Institutional Affiliation
- Children's Memorial Hospital
Specialty
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Background
- Northwestern University (BA 1976)
- Mayo Medical School (MD 1980)
- Northwestern University General Surgery (1980-1985)
- Northwestern University Cardiac Surgery (1985-1987)
- Children's Memorial Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (1987-1988)
- Assistant Professor of Surgery , Northwestern (1988-1995)
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Northwestern (1995-2000)
- Professor of Surgery, Northwestern (2000- )
- Division Head, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital
Interests
- Pediatric Heart Transplantation
- Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Vascular Rings
- Tracheal Surgery
- Pectus Excavatum
- Cardiopulmonary Bypass
- Pediatric Pacemakers
Last Modified: 1-Oct-2008