Dr. Carl Backer M.D.
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
2300 N Childrens Plz Chicago IL, 60614Rating
4/5
About
Carl L. Backer, MD is the A.C. Buehler Professor of Surgery, Division Head of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, and Surgical Director of the Cardiac Transplant Program at Children's Memorial Hospital i ...
Education and Training
Mayo Med Sch, Rochester Mn 1980
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS- Congenital Cardiac Surgery
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- 2009
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The use of balloon-expandable metallic stents in the treatment of pediatric
- A 26-year review of pectus deformity repairs, including simultaneous intracardiac repair.
- Right aortic arch, right ligamentum, absent left pulmonary artery: a rare vascular ring.
- Captopril and platelet-activating factor (PAF) antagonist prevent cardiac allograft vasculopathy in rats: role of endogenous PAF and PAF-like compounds.
- Pulmonary artery sling: results with median sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass, and reimplantation.
- Supraarterial decompression myotomy for myocardial bridging in a child.
- Dobutamine stress echocardiography: experience in pediatric heart transplant recipients.
- Revision of previous Fontan connections to total extracardiac cavopulmonary anastomosis: A multicenter experience.
- Complete repair of Tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve including the role of airway stenting.
- Arterial switch after failed atrial baffle procedures for transposition of the great arteries.
- Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: anomalies of the coronary arteries.
- Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, interrupted aortic arch.
- Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: vascular rings, tracheal stenosis, pectus excavatum.
- Intermediate-term results of the free tracheal autograft for long segment congenital tracheal stenosis.
- Dexamethasone reduces the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass in children.
Awards
- 2012 Chicago Super Doctors
Treatments
- Heart Transplant, Arrhythmias (irregular Heartbeats), Heart Problems And More
Fellowships
- Northwestern McGaw/Children's Memorial Hospital 1988
- Children's Memorial Hospital 1988
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