Elliot D. Backer, MD
- Pulmonary Medicine
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About me
Patients often come to me during a scary time in their lives. They could be dealing with severe symptoms or concerned about a potential diagnosis.
I work in a multidisciplinary setting as a part of the Comprehensive Thoracic Oncology Program (CTOP) at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. I provide compassionate care alongside our thoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists.
I perform advanced endoscopic procedures within the lung to help with a variety of ailments.
These include:
- Managing asthma and COPD
- Diagnosing and staging lung cancer
- Alleviating blockages from within the airways
During our visits, I convey information in a simple and thoughtful way. I make sure to answer all patient questions. I work with the patient to create a plan of action they are comfortable with.
Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
Areas of focus
- Benign and malignant airway disease
- Critical care
- Interventional pulmonology
- Pleural disease
- Pulmonary nodules
Titles and faculty positions
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth
- Director, Interventional Pulmonology
- Program Director, Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship
View my Geisel School of Medicine profile
Awards and achievements
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has been rated as high performing in lung cancer surgery in the 2025-2026 U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals Rankings.
Year joined
- 2020
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Education
Medical school
- MD, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2012
Residency
- Internal Medicine, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC, 2015
Fellowship
- Interventional Pulmonology, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN, 2020
- Pulmonary and Critical Care, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 2019
Board certification
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Critical Care Medicine