Carlo D. Franco

Biography

 Carlo D. Franco, MD, is the chairman of Regional Anesthesia at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and professor of anesthesiology and Anatomy at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. Dr. Franco was born in Chile and received his degree in general surgery and anatomy from the University of Valparaiso in Chile. He immigrated to the United States in 1985 and was the visiting professor of Anatomy at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, OH. His completed his anesthesiology residency at Sinai Hospital of Detroit in Detroit, MI. Dr. Franco has made many contributions to professional journals and regional anesthesia books and has introduced some new anatomy-based nerve block techniques.

Research Interest

 anatomy-based nerve block techniques