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Carl D Backer MD

Physician · Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation INC

Physician at Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation INC. 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
$1.5M

Who this is

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Reported as Physician of Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation INC, based in Chicago, IL.
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Received $1.5M 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 D.

Backer is a renowned pediatric heart surgeon and the A.C. Buehler Professor of Surgery at Ann & Robert H.

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, serving as surgical director of the pediatric heart transplant program and Chief of Medical Philanthropy since 2018. He has been an attending surgeon since 1988 and has participated in more than 340 pediatric heart transplants at what is now the number-two center nationally in pediatric heart transplant volume.

Compiled from public web sources (5 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
Attending surgeon since 1988; Chief of Medical Philanthropy since 2018

Affiliations

Organizations

Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation INC Physician · $76.0M revenue · Chicago, ILPROVIDE PEDIATRIC AND SUBSPECIALTY SURGICAL, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.Filed FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.5Mreported comp

Network

Serves alongside

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

D
Physician · FY2024
$2.5M
S
Physician · FY2021
$1.8M
J
Physician · FY2020
$1.5M
T
Ex-Officio Director/Surgeon-in-Chief · FY2023
$1.3M
O
Physician · FY2023
$1.3M
M
Physician · FY2023
$1.3M
S
Physician · FY2023
$1.2M
R
Board Secretary/Physician · FY2023
$1.2M
T
Physician · FY2023
$1.1M
A
Physician · FY2024
$1.1M
M
Ex-Officio Director/Physician Until 11/15/21 · FY2021
$1.0M
F
Physician · FY2020
$1.0M

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