- Dr. Robert J Backer, MD
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Dr. Robert J Backer, MD
Neurosurgery
- Missouri, Creve Coeur
Overview
Dr. Robert J Backer, MD works in Creve Coeur, Missouri is a specialist in Neurosurgery and graduated Naval Regl Med Center in 1982. Dr. Backer is affiliated with Barnes - Jewish West County Hospital, Missouri Baptist Medical Center and practicing for 42 years
Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Conditions
• Acute Urinary Retention• Adrenal Gland Diseases
• Amniotomy
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Cranial Trauma
• Elbow Or Upper Arm Arthritis
• Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome
• Food Additive Allergy - Annatto
• Functional Hemispherectomy
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• Functional Movement Screening
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for AVM
• Helminthosporium Fungus Allergy
• Implanon® Placement
• Isolaz System Acne Treatment
• IV Sedation
• Joint Fluid Test
• Joint Fusion
• Joint X-Ray
• Lattice Corneal Dystrophy, Type 1
• Multiple Injuries
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycobacterial Infections
• Neurological Injuries
• Pediatric AIDS
• Pediatric Chronic Infection
• Pediatric Thoracic Disorders
• Pediatric Voiding
• Pelvic Support Problems
• Pneumatic Dilations (PD)
• Recurring Pneumonia
• Rheumatic Diseases
• Sinus Node Disease
• Surgical Mesh Removal
• Syndactyly
• The treatment of complicated hypertension
• Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)
• Women's Health Rehabilitation
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Procedures
• Acoustic Neuroma• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
• Brain Injury
• Carpal Tunnel Release
• Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
• Cerebral Hemorrhage
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
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• Cerebrovascular Disease
• Cervical Spine Fracture
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Cranial Trauma
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Craniotomy
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Disc Arthroplasty
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
• Epilepsy
• Herniated Disc Surgery
• Hydrocephalus
• Intervertebral Disc Herniation
• Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
• Laminectomy
• Low Back Pain
• Lumbar Spine Fracture
• Meningiomas
• Microsurgical Spine Surgery
• Microvascular Decompression
• Myelopathy
• Nerve Root Injury and Plexus Disorders (incl. Pinched Nerve)
• Neuroplasty
• Neurostimulation
• Neurostimulation, Spinal
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Osteoarthritis of Spine
• Pathological Spine Fracture
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
• Pseudotumor Cerebri
• Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
• Scoliosis
• Secondary Malignancies
• Spina Bifida
• Spinal Compression Fracture Repair
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Spinal Fusion
• Spinal Reconstructive Surgery for Deformities
• Spinal Stenosis
• Spine Deformities
• Spine Fractures, Traumatic
• Spondylolisthesis
• Stroke
• Thoracic Spine Fracture
• Thoracic Spine Myelopathy
• Tumor Resection
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 42
State License
- Missouri
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Naval Regl Med Center
Oakland, CA, USA
Year completed: 1982
Oakland, CA, USA
Year completed: 1982
Medical School
Saint Louis University School Of Medicine
ST LOUIS, MO, United States
Graduated: 1981
ST LOUIS, MO, United States
Graduated: 1981
Residency Hospital
St Louis University Hosps
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Year completed: 1988
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Year completed: 1988
Undergraduate School
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Columbia, MO, USA
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Columbia, MO, USA
Awards
1 AANS
2 AMA
3 CNS
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Office Locations
Primary location
Office Address
11605 Studt Avenue
Missouri (MO)
Creve Coeur
63141
Phone:(314) 983-0344
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Assurant Health
- Benesys
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Blue Preferred Plus POS
- Blue Preferred Select
- CHAMPVA
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Cigna
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Group Health Cooperative
- HealthLink
- HealthLink PPO
- Humana
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- Molina Healthcare
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Principal Life
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Barnes - Jewish West County Hospital
12634 Olive Boulevard
Missouri MO,
Saint Louis,
63141
Barnes - Jewish West County Hospital is a hospital located in Saint Louis, MO. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 3 of 5 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 4 of 5 procedures.
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
3015 North Ballas Road
Missouri MO,
Saint Louis,
63131
Missouri Baptist Medical Center is a hospital located in Saint Louis, MO. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 13 of 14 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 13 of 14 procedures.
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