Carl L. Backer, MD

Specialties

• Transplantation - heart

  Offers complete transplant care for pediatric patients within a single hospital. Learn more »

• Cardiovascular-thoracic Surgery

  Treats congenital and acquired heart problems, defects of peripheral blood vessels and lungs, conditions requiring cardiac pacemakers as well as a range of non-cardiac conditions including pectus excavatum, vascular rings, and tracheal abnormalities. Learn more »

Special interests

Congenital heart surgery, heart transplantation, tracheal surgery

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Health care plans accepted

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• Aetna (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Beech Street (PPO)
• Best Doctors (PPO)
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois (HMO, POS, PPO)
• CCN (PPO)
• CIGNA (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Employer Coalition on Health (HMO)
• First Health (PPO)
• Great West Health Care (formerly One Health Plan) (PPO)
• Harmony Health Plans of Illinois (HMO)
• Health Alliance Medical Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
• HealthNetwork/Wellmark (PPO)
• HFN, Inc. (EPO, PPO)
• Humana, Inc. (HMO, POS, PPO)
• Illinois Health Connect (HMO)
• Managed Care Strategies (PPO)
• Multiplan (PPO)
• National Provider Network (PPO)
• Preferred Plan (PPO)
• Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (POS, PPO)
• Sagamore - Indiana (PPO)
• UniCare (HMO, PPO)
• United Healthcare of Illinois (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• WEA Insurance Group (PPO)

Notes

Children's Memorial at Central DuPage Hospital: inpatient consultations

Certifications

Board certified in Thoracic Surgery, 1988, recertified, 1996; Surgery, 1986, recertified, 1994

Publications

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Available from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.

Extended profile

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