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Dr. Craig Backous DO

Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine

5140 N California Ave Chicago IL, 60625

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Dr. Craig Backous is a critical care surgeon practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Backous specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Backous has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.

Education and Training

Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University

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Practice At 5140 N California Ave

5140 N California Ave -
Chicago, IL 60625
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