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HECTOR L. FRANCO, M.D., D.A.B.D.10500 Vista Del Sol, Ste. C
El Paso, Texas 79925

A DERMATOLOGIST IS A PHYSICIAN THAT SPECIALIZES IN TREATING CONDITIONS OF
THE SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THIS INCLUDES SKIN RASHES
DUE TO ALLERGY OR INFECTION, SKIN TUMORS BOTH BENIGN AND MALIGNANT AS
WELL AS PROBLEMS WITH HAIR AND NAILS. DERMATOLOGIST ARE TRAINED IN THE
TOTAL CARE OF THE SKIN INCLUDING SURGICAL AND COSMETIC CARE OF THE SKIN.

DR. FRANCO IS A NATIVE OF EL PASO AND IS BILINGUAL IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. HE
IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN DERMATOLOGY BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF DERMATOLOGY.
HE HAS PRACTICED DERMATOLOGY IN EL PASO SINCE 1980. DR. FRANCO IS A
MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE EL PASO MEDICAL SOCIETY, FELLOW OF THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF DERMATOLOGICAL
SURGERY, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

DR. FRANCO TRAINED IN DERMATOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DEPT.
OF DERMATOLOGY. HE DID HIS INTERNSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IN
PEDIATRICS AND IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. HE RECEIVED HIS B.S. DEGREE AS AN UNDERGRADUATE AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO. HIS TEACHING EXPERIENCES INCLUDE OVER
TWELVE YEARS AT THE TEXAS TECH REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER IN EL PASO FROM
1980-1993 AND AS OF THIS FALL (2009) WILL BE PART TIME FACULTY AT THE PAUL
FOSTER TEXAS TECH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. DR FRANCO IS CURRENTLY A
COMMUNITY PRECEPTOR FOR U.T. MEDICAL BRANCH IN GALVESTON.

BESIDES HIS KEEN INTEREST IN GENERAL DERMATOLOGY, DR. FRANCO HAS SPECIAL
INTERESTS IN PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY, PSORIASIS, VITILIGO AND AUTOIMMUNE
DISORDERS. COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY ROUNDS OUT DR. FRANCO'S LIST OF SPECIAL
INTERESTS (PLEASE SEE OUR COSMETIC PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS

DR. FRANCO WAS SELECTED TO "TEXAS MONTHLY" LIST OF "SUPER DOCTORS" FOR
THEIR DECEMBER 2004 ISSUE. HE WAS ALSO SELECTED TO THE 2005-2006 "BEST
DOCTORS IN AMERICA" DATABASE. IN 2007 HE WAS LISTED IN THE EL PASO MAGAZINE
FOR BEST OF DOCTORS IN EL PASO.

RECENTLY DR. FRANCO WAS HONORED BY HIS ALMA MATER, THE UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS AT EL PASO BY SELECTING HIM AS A "GOLD NUGGET" ALUMNUS FOR THE
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES FOR 2008.