Carlo D. Franco, MD
CURRICULUM VITAE
Carlo D. Franco, M.D.
Date of Birth: November 9, 1956
Citizenship: American Citizen
MEDICAL EDUCATION______
Residency in Anesthesiology, Sinai Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Jul 1991- June1994 Internship, Sinai Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Jul 1990- June 1991 Residency General Surgery, University Hospital, Valparaiso, Chile Jan 1982- Dec 1985 Medical School, University of Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile Mar1975- Dec 1981
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS______
Professor Anesthesiology and Anatomy, Rush University Jan 2011 to Present
Vice Chair Anesthesiology, JHS Hospital Cook County Aug 2008 to Present
Associate Professor Anesthesiology, Rush University Apr 2004 to Present Associate Professor Anatomy (conjoined), Rush University Dec 2004 to Present
Chairman Orthopedic Anesthesiology, JHS Hospital Cook County 2000 to Present
Assistant Professor Anesthesiology, Rush University Jul 1998- Dec 2004
Visiting Professor Anatomy, Med College Ohio, Toledo, Ohio 1988-1989
Visiting Professor Anatomy, Med College Ohio, Toledo, Ohio 1985-1986
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE ______
American Board of Anesthesiology; Board Certified 1995
Illinois State Professional License, DEA, controlled substance 1994
Massachusetts State Professional License 1994
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certificate 1990
HONORS AND AWARDS______
· “Excellence in Academic Training Award” presented by the Anesthesiology Residents Graduating Class of 2015. JHS Hospital of Cook County, 2015
· Recognition Award “for continued educational support as expert faculty in the field of acute pain medicine and regional anesthesia”, presented by The Defense & Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management and The University of Maryland School of Medicine. Baltimore, Maryland February 2015
· “Excellence in Teaching Award” presented by the Anesthesiology Residents’ Graduating Class of 2014. JHS Hospital of Cook County, 2014
· Recognition Award for “a Decade of Dedication and Support”, Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, 2011
· John Silas Lundy, MD Memorial Lecture Award, Minnesota Society of
Anesthesiologists for “his accomplishments as an outstanding clinician and anesthesiologist, patient advocate and physician leader”, 2010
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County, 2010
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County, 2009
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County, 2008
· Excellence in the Advancement of Military Regional Anesthesia Award, Army
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management Initiative (ARAPMI) on
“behalf of the wounded American soldiers”, Washington, DC, 2008
· Recognition Award for “Five years of Education, and Support. The contribution
of his expertise, skill and experience are among the major factors that have made
this program a national and international success”, Uniformed Services University
and Walter Reed Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, 2007
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County, 2006
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County, 2005
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County, 2004
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County, 2003
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County, 2002
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County,1998
· Teacher of the Year Award, Anesth Department JHS Hospital Cook County,1997
· The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates ECFMG Award, 1988
· Pan American Health Organization PAHO Award,1985
· Medical Doctor MD Degree with Maximum Distinction, 1981
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS______
American Society of Anesthesiologists ASA 1991 to Present
American Society of Regional Anesthesia ASRA 1994 to Present
International Anesthesia Research Society IARS 1995 to Present
European Society of Regional Anesthesia ESRA 2000 to Present
Latin American Society of Regional Anesthesia LASRA 2002 to Present
TEACHING______
Rush University
· CRNA Course, Neuroanatomy lectures 2000 to Present
· Anesthesiology Residents, workshops on regional anesthesia 2000 to Present
· Medical Students, anatomy demonstrations 2000 to Present
JHS Hospital of Cook County______
· Anesthesiology Residents Introductory Course Lectures 1995 to Present
· Anesthesiology Residents Teaching in operating room daily 1994 to Present
· Anesthesiology Residents Lectures on Regional Anesthesia 1994 to Present
· Pain Fellows Clinical Teaching in OR 2005 to Present
· Anesthesiology Residents and Pain Fellows Anatomy lab 2003 to Present
· Residents and Fellows ultrasound workshops 2009 to Present
Other institutions: Visiting Professor Lectures/Grand Rounds______
1. University of Pennsylvania. 5th Annual Cadaver and Ultrasound Workshop for Regional Anesthesia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2015
· Use of Ultrasound in Regional Anesthesia. Lecture
· Upper Extremity Blocks. Cadaver and live model ultrasound workshop
2. University at Buffalo. The State University of New York. 6th Annual Workshop on Comprehensive Regional Anesthesia. Buffalo, New York, March 2015
· Regional anesthesia options for total knee arthroplasty. Lecture
· Regional anesthesia Workshop. Cadaver and live model ultrasound workshop
3. University of Florida Regional Anesthesia Workshop in Regional Anesthesia. Gainesville, Florida, February 2015
· Femoral versus Adductor Canal Block. Lecture
· Anatomy and Ultrasound Workshop
4. 3rd Annual Acute Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia Course. University of Maryland and Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Baltimore, Maryland, February 2015
· Sonoanatomy of Upper Extremity. Lecture
· Cadaver and Live Model Ultrasound Demonstration of Upper Extremity Regional Anesthesia. Workshop
5. JHS Hospital of Cook County. Regional Anesthesia Workshop. Chicago, Illinois, September 2014. Course Coordinator.
· Ultrasound in Regional anesthesia. Lecture
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques with Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation. Workshop.
6. Penn State Hershey. 4th Annual Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Cadaver Course. Hershey, Pennsylvania. May 2014
· Sonoanatomy of the Upper Limb. Lecture
7. 2nd Annual Acute Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia Course. University of Maryland and Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Baltimore, Maryland, May 2014
· Cadaver and Live Model Ultrasound Demonstration of Upper Extremity Regional Anesthesia. Workshop
8. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, April 2014
· Intra versus Extraneural Injections. Grand Rounds
9. University of Pennsylvania. 4th Annual Cadaver and Ultrasound Workshop for Regional Anesthesia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2014
· Femora versus adductor canal blocks for postop analgesia in TKA. Lecture
· Upper Extremity Blocks. Cadaver and live model ultrasound workshop
10. University at Buffalo. The State University of New York. 5th Annual Workshop on Comprehensive Regional Anesthesia. Buffalo, New York, March 2014
· Regional anesthesia Workshop. Cadaver and live model ultrasound workshop
11. University of Florida Regional Anesthesia Workshop in Regional Anesthesia. Gainesville, Florida, February 2014
· The Anatomy and Ultrasound of What Constitutes Intraneural. Lecture
· Anatomy and Ultrasound Workshop
12. JHS Hospital of Cook County. Regional Anesthesia workshop. Chicago, Illinois, September 2013. Course Coordinator.
· Neuraxial Ultrasound. Lecture
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques with Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation. Workshop.
13. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center. Advanced Techniques for Acute and Chronic Pain Management 2013. Detroit, Michigan, May 2013
· Practical Applied Anatomy to Improve Block Success. Lecture
· Lower Extremity ultrasound demonstration on live model. Workshop
14. 1st Annual Acute Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia Course. University of Maryland and Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Baltimore, Maryland, April 2013
· Cadaver and Live Model Demonstration of Upper Extremity Regional Anesthesia. Workshop
15. University at Buffalo. The State University of New York. 4th Annual Comprehensive Regional Anesthesia Workshop. Buffalo, New York, March 2013
· Anatomy for upper extremity regional anesthesia in the era of ultrasound. Lecture
· Regional anesthesia Workshop. Cadaver and live model ultrasound workshop
16. University of Pennsylvania. Cadaver and Ultrasound Regional Anesthesia Workshop. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2013
· The connective tissue associated with nerves. Lecture
· Upper Extremity Blocks. Cadaver and live model ultrasound workshop
17. JHS Hospital of Cook County. Regional Anesthesia workshop. Chicago, Illinois, September 2012. Course Coordinator.
· Currents trends in Regional. Lecture
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques with Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation. Workshop.
18. University of Florida School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology. Visiting Professor. Gainesville, Florida May-June, 2012
· Anatomy-Ultrasound Correlation Posterior Abdominal Wall and Lumbar Spine. Grand Rounds
· Journal Club: TAP Block
· Cadaver Dissections and demonstration
19. University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2012
· Anatomy in Regional Anesthesia. Lecture
· Cadaver dissection and demonstration and live model ultrasound workshop
20. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center. Detroit, Michigan, May 2012
· Upper and Lower Extremity Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia. Lecture
· Lower Extremity ultrasound demonstration on live model. Workshop
21. University at Buffalo. The State University of New York. 3rd Annual Comprehensive Regional Anesthesia Workshop. Buffalo, New York, April 2012
· Regional anesthesia Workshop. Cadavers and ultrasound demonstration.
22. JHS Hospital of Cook County. Regional Anesthesia workshop. Chicago, Illinois, November 2011. Course Coordinator.
· Tab block. Lecture
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques with Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation. Workshop.
23. Hospital For Special Surgery HSS, New York, New York, October 2011
· Tap Block. Grand Rounds
24. ASRA Excellence in Regional Anesthesia Workshops. Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, June 2011
· Sciatic Blocks with Ultrasound, All Approaches. Lecture
· Ultrasound Regional Anesthesia Techniques. Workshop
25. Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 10th Annual Meeting. Bethesda, Maryland, May 2011
· Comprehensive Regional Anesthesia Workshop
26. Conemaugh Health System. Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown Pennsylvania, April 2011
· Anatomy for Acute Pain Medicine Ultrasound and Dissection Workshop.
27. Minnesota Society of Anesthesiologists, Edina, Minnesota, November 2010
· Functional Anatomy for Upper and Lower Extremity Regional Anesthesia, “the John Silas Lundy, MD Memorial Lecture”
· Brachial Plexus Blocks with Ultrasound workshop on live model
28. St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York, October 2010
· Transversus abdominis plane Block: TAP Block. Grand Rounds
· Journal Club with anesthesiology residents
29. Northwestern University Anesthesiology Department, Chicago, Illinois, June 2010
· Sciatic Block with Ultrasound, All Approaches. Lecture
· Ultrasound Regional Anesthesia Techniques. Workshop
30. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, May 2010
· Upper and Lower Extremity Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia. Lecture
· Sciatic Block, Popliteal Approach Using Ultrasound. Workshop
31. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, April 2010
· Supraclavicular Block: Nerve Stimulator and Ultrasound. Lecture
· Should you ever do a non-ultrasound supraclavicular block? PBLD
· Sciatic Block and Catheters. Lecture
· Gluteal, subgluteal and popliteal blocks. Lecture
· Fresh Tissue Cadaver Dissection Workshop
32. Conemaugh Health System Hospital, Johnstown Pennsylvania, April 2010
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques. Cadaver workshop
33. JHS Hospital of Cook County. Chicago, Illinois, September 2009
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques with Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation. Workshop. Course Coordinator
34. University of Iowa Medical Center, June 2009
· Upper Extremity Blocks in the Ultrasound Era, Grand Rounds
· Lower Extremity Blocks in the Ultrasound Era, Grand Rounds
· The Anatomy of Peripheral Nerve Blocks, Cadaver and Live Model Ultrasound Workshop
35. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, May 2009
· Anatomy of Upper and Lower Extremity in Regional Anesthesia. Lecture.
· Sciatic Nerve Blocks with Ultrasound. Workshop
36. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, April 2009
· The Do’s and Don’ts of Supraclavicular Block. Nerve Stimulator and Ultrasound. Lecture
· Sciatic Block and Catheters. Lecture
· Fresh Tissue Dissection Workshop
37. Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Bethesda, Maryland, April 2009
· Comprehensive Regional Anesthesia Workshop
38. SUNY Medical School, Buffalo, New York, April 2009
· Upper Extremity Blocks. Lecture
· Ultrasound and Anatomy Demonstration on Cadavers. Workshop
39. Conemaugh Health System Hospital, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, April 2009
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques. Cadaver workshop
40. The Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, September 2008
· Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks in the Ultrasound Era: Is Anatomy Really Dead? Grand Rounds
41. Kayser Permanente. Anaheim, California, July 2008
· Regional Anesthesia Anatomy for the Upper Extremity. Lecture
· Regional Anesthesia Anatomy for the Lower Extremity. Lecture
42. Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Bethesda, Maryland, April 2008
· Regional Anesthesia Comprehensive Cadaver Workshop
43. Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, January 2008
· Anatomical Observations: Their Influence in Clinical Practice. Grand Rounds.
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques. Workshop
44. Johns Hopkins Medical Center. Baltimore, Maryland, December 2007
· Is the Position of the Sciatic Nerve Proportional to the Size of the Body? Lecture
· Lower Extremity Blocks. Workshop
45. Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, November 2007
· Regional Anesthesia. Cadaver Workshop
46. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2007
· The Dos and Don’ts of Supraclavicular. Lecture
· Sciatic Block from Top to Bottom or “Bottom to Bottom”. Lecture
· Upper and Lower Extremity. Workshop on live model
· Upper and Lower Extremity Blocks Anatomy Workshop on Fresh Tissue
47. Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Bethesda, Maryland, April 2007
· The Sheath of the Brachial Plexus. Lecture
· A hands-on anatomy workshop in cadavers for anesthesiologists
48. Lutheran General Hospital. Park Ridge, Illinois, January 2007
· Anatomy of Upper and Lower Extremity Blocks. Grand Round
49. University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California October 2006
· Upper Extremity Blocks. Lecture
· Lower Extremity Blocks. Lecture
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques. Cadaver Workshop
50. JHS Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, October 2006
· Regional Anesthesia Techniques. Lecture and Workshop for Visiting Japanese Anesthesiologists
51. University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, September 2006
· Supraclavicular Block and Pneumothorax: Can We Tame the Beast? Grand Rounds
52. Duke University Medical Center. Durham, North Carolina, August 2006
· The Anatomy of Brachial Plexus Blocks: Why is the Supraclavicular Block so Special? Grand Rounds