915 598-1959
HECTOR L. FRANCO, M.D., D.A.B.D.
10500 Vista Del Sol, Ste. C
El Paso, Texas 79925
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                                                      DERMATOLOGY AND YOU

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.

                                                           ABOUT DR. FRANCO

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 EARNED HIS B.S. DEGREE  AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO.
HIS TEACHING EXPERIENCE INCLUDES A PART TIME POSITION AT TEXAS TECH REGIONAL
HEALTH CENTER THAT SPANNED THROUGH ALL OF THE 1980'S INTO THE MID 1990'S.   IN
NOVEMBER 2009 HE REJOINED THE FACULTY AT THE NOW  PAUL FOSTER SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE AT TEXAS TECH TO TEACH AS A PART TIME ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE.  DR. FRANCO IS ALSO 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).
                                                     AWARDS & RECOGNITION

IN DECEMBER 2004  DR. FRANCO APPEARED IN THE  "TEXAS MONTHLY'S" LIST  OF  
"SUPER DOCTORS" AND WAS SELECTED TO THE "BEST DOCTORS IN AMERICA" LIST IN
2005-2006.  IN 2007 HE WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE BEST DOCTORS IN EL PASO BY THE   
"EL PASO MAGAZINE".  MOST RECENTLY DR. FRANCO AGAIN  APPEARS ON THE LIST OF
"BEST DOCTORS IN AMERICA"  FOR 2011-2012.

IN 2008 DR. FRANCO WAS HONORED BY THE HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT AT HIS
ALMA MATER, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO,  BY RECOGNIZING HIM AS THEIR
"GOLD NUGGET" ALUMNUS FOR THAT YEAR.