Carl L. Backer, MD

Dr. Carl Backer is a cardiovascular disease specialist who brings four and a half decades of medical experience to their practice. They earned their medical degree from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and completed residency training at McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University. Dr. Backer is fluent in both Spanish and English, enabling them to serve diverse patient communities.

Dr. Backer practices at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. They focus on treating congenital heart disease, atrial septal defects, and heart valve disease in young patients. Their expertise includes performing dobutamine stress echocardiograms and doppler ultrasound procedures to evaluate heart function. Patients have given Dr. Backer an average rating of 4.2 stars for their care.