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Carl Backer

Faculty Professor · Children's Hospital Medical Center

Faculty Professor at Children's Hospital Medical Center. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$1.6M

Who this is

Profile

The filed facts are verified from the IRS filings. The biography is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

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Reported as Faculty Professor of Children's Hospital Medical Center, based in Cincinnati, OH.
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Received $1.6M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Dr. Carl L.

Backer is a Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where he leads pediatric cardiac surgery. A Mayo-trained surgeon with over 35 years of experience, he has performed more than 6,000 congenital heart procedures and authored over 400 peer-reviewed articles and six textbooks.

He was previously a Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (2000-2020).

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
35+ years
Education
  • Northwestern University
  • Mayo Medical School MD1980
  • Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center residency
  • Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago pediatric cardiovascular thoracic surgery fellowship

Body of work

Publications

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Editor of six textbooks on cardiac surgery

Affiliations

Organizations

Children's Hospital Medical Center Faculty Professor · $3.6B revenue · Cincinnati, OHCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER WILL BE THE LEADER IN IMPROVING CHILD HEALTH. CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S WILL PROVIDE CHILD HEALTH AND…pay $1.6M → $1.6MFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.6Mreported comp

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Instit Dir, Cardiothor Surg · FY2019
$3.4M
D
Div. Dir, Cardiology · FY2024
$3.0M
S
President & CEO · FY2024
$2.7M
M
President & CEO · FY2019
$2.3M
A
Instit Dir, Cardiology · FY2019
$2.0M
D
Surgeon-in-Chief (through 6/25) · FY2024
$1.9M
M
Faculty Professor · FY2024
$1.5M
J
Cardiothoracic Surgery · FY2019
$1.4M
E
COO · FY2024
$1.4M
T
Chair, Pediatrics · FY2024
$1.3M
P
CFO & Treasurer · FY2024
$1.3M
M
Chair, Pediatrics (through 02/20) · FY2019
$1.3M

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