Dr. Charles Backus

Emergency Medicine, HospitalistMale24+ years of experience
Dr. Charles Backus is a emergency physician in Greeneville, Tennessee. He graduated from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1998 and has been in practice for 24+ years.
LocationEducationRatingsAbout MeConditions TreatedSpecialtySimilar

Location

Dr. Charles Backus
273 Hwy 11 E
Bulls Gap, Tennessee 37711
Dr. Charles Backus
895 E Andrew Johnson Hwy
Greeneville, Tennessee 37745

Education

Medical school

Dr. Backus attended Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and graduated in 1998 (24 years ago).

About Me

Dr. Backus works at Health Express, which has 4 other health providers.

Primary specialty
Emergency Medicine
Additional specialties
Hospitalist
Years of experience
24+ years
Gender
Male
NPI
1801856414

Conditions Treated

As an emergency medicine and hospitalist, Dr. Backus may see patients with the following conditions. Please check with Dr. Backus what conditions he treats. Dr. Backus may treat additional conditions not listed.

  • Acute pain
  • Altitude sickness
  • Angina
  • Brain aneurysm
  • Brain hemorrhage
  • Broken bone
  • Bruises
  • Choking
  • Coronavirus
  • Costochondritis
Show more +

Specialties

Dr. Backus is an emergency medicine and hospitalist. His primary specialty is emergency medicine.

Emergency Medicine

An emergency physician (often called an “ER doctor” in the United States) is a physician who works at an emergency department to care for ill patients. The emergency physician is a specialist in advanced cardiac life support (advanced life support in Europe), resuscitation, trauma care such as fractures and soft tissue injuries, and management of other life-threatening situations.

Secondary specialties

Hospitalist

Hospital medicine is a medical specialty that exists in some countries as a branch of internal or family medicine, dealing with the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Physicians whose primary professional focus is caring for hospitalized patients only while they are in the hospital are called hospitalists.