Dr. Franco is a hematologist/oncologist. He uses medical and chemotherapeutic methods to treat cancer, and specializes in malignancies of the blood and blood-forming tissues.

He received his medical degree from Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. He did his internship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, and his residency at Yale University affiliated hospitals in Bridgeport, Conn. (St. Vincent's Medical Center).

He completed an oncology fellowship at Wayne State University in Detroit. He also was an oncology research fellow at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md.

Dr. Franco is a member of the American Medical Association, the Southern Medical Association, the Florida Medical Association, the Polk County Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Medical Oncology, the Southern Association of Oncology, and Colegio Medico Peruano.

He is affiliated with H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, and Bartow Memorial Hospital.

To make an appointment with Dr. Franco, please call (863) 603-4770.