MichaelJosephFrancoMD

Plastic Surgery • Camden, NJ

Hand, Plastic & Reconstructive Microsurgery

Peripheral Nerve Surgery

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Office
3 Cooper Plaza Suite 411
Camden, NJ 08103
Phone+1 856-342-2896

Clinical Expertise

Hand and wrist pain, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Trigger finger, de Quervain's tenosynovitis, Peripheral nerve disorders, Hand surgery, Distal radius fracture , Carpal instability , Hand fracture repair, Hand and wrist arthritis surgery, Hand and wrist trauma, Hand and wrist tendinitis reconstruction, Hand and wrist arthroscopy, Wrist instability, Chronic carpal tunnel syndrome, Wrist ligament tear, Scapholunate advanced collapse procedures, Scapholunate reconstruction, Wrist fusion/arthrodesis, Nerve repair

Education & Training

University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Hand Surgery (Plastic Surgery), 2015 - 2016
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 2012 - 2015
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 2009 - 2012
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 2009
Rowan UniversityBachelor's

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1982 - Present
VA State Medical License 2015 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2016 - 2025
MO State Medical License 2009 - 2015
DE State Medical License 1994 - 2011
MA State Medical License 2005 - 2006
American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery Surgery of the Hand

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Morgan-McCue Award for Academic Excellence University of Virginia Hand Surgery Fellowship, 2015
Resident Research Day Award Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2014
Resident Teaching Award Colleagues and Medical Students-Washington University School of Medicine, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

48 citations
Emergency department thoracotomy for penetrating injuries of the heart and great vessels: an appraisal of 283 consecutive cases from two urban trauma centers.
Mark J. Seamon, Adam Shiroff, Michael J. Franco, S. Peter Stawicki, Ezequiel J. Molina
The Journal of Trauma. 2009-12-01
23 citations
Femoral nerve transfers for restoring tibial nerve function: an anatomical study and clinical correlation: a report of 2 cases.
Amy M. Moore, Emily M. Krauss, Rajiv P. Parikh, Michael J. Franco, Thomas H. Tung
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2017-11-03
18 citations
Quality of Surgical Outcomes Reporting in Plastic Surgery: A 15-Year Analysis of Complication Data.
Rajiv P. Parikh, Ketan Sharma, Ali A Qureshi, Michael J. Franco, Terence M. Myckatyn
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2018-06-01

Journal Articles

"Failed Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthroplasty: Common Etiologies and Surgical Options for Revision"
Hess DE, Drace P, Franco MJ, Chhabra AB, J Hand Surg Am, 1/19/2018
"Quality of Surgical Outcomes Reporting in Plastic Surgery: A 15-Year Analysis of Complication Data"
Parikh�RP, Sharma K, Qureshi AA, �Franco MJ, Myckatyn TM, Plast Reconstr Surg, 1/1/2018
"Femoral nerve transfers for restoring tibial nerve function: an anatomical study and clinical correlation: a report of 2 cases"
Moore AM, Krauss EM, Parikh RP, Franco MJ, Tung TH, J Neurosurg, 1/3/2017
"Lower Extremity Reconstruction with Free Gracilis Flaps"
Franco MJ, Nicoson MC, Parikh RP, Tung TH, J Reconstr Microsurg, 1/26/2016
"Donor nerve sources in free functional gracilis muscle transfer for elbow flexion in adult brachial plexus injury"
Nicoson MC, Franco MJ, Tung TH, Microsurgery, 1/5/2016
"Decompression of the Superficial Peroneal Nerve: Clinical Outcomes and Anatomic Study"
Franco MJ, Phillips BZ, Lalchandani GR, Mackinnon SE, J Neurosurg, 1/1/2016
Intraneural Median Nerve Anatomy and Implications for Treating Mixed Median Nerve Injury in the Hand
Franco MJ, Nguyen DC, Phillips BZ, Mackinnon SE, Hand (NY), 1/1/2016
"Direct Radial to Ulnar Nerve Transfer to Restore Intrinsic Muscle Function in Combined Proximal Median and Ulnar Nerve Injury: Case Report and Surgical Technique"
Phillips BZ, Franco MJ, Yee A, Tung TH, Mackinnon SE, Fox IK, J Hand Surg Am, 1/1/2014
"Motor and Sensory Nerve Transfers in the forearm and Hand"
Moore AM, Franco M, Tung TH, Plast Recontr Surg, 1/1/2014
"Do chronic liver disease scoring systems predict outcomes in trauma patients with liver disease? A comparison of MELD and CTP"
Seamon MJ, Franco MJ, et al, J Trauma, 1/1/2010
"Pre-transplant obesity in heart transplantation: are there predictors of worse outcomes?"
Macha M, Molina EJ, Franco M, et al, Scand Cardiovasc J, 1/1/2009
"Emergency department thoracotomy for penetrating injuries of the heart and great vessels: an appraisal of 283 consecutive cases from two urban trauma centers"
Seamon MJ, Shiroff AM, Franco M, et al, J Trauma, 1/1/2009
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Books/Book Chapters

Hand Surgery Update VI
Chapter: "Tendinopathy: trigger finger, de Quervain's Disease, and Lateral Epicondylitis."
Franco MJ, Moore AMEditors: PM Murray and WC Hammert.American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Chicago, IL2016
Case Studies in Plastic Surgery
Chapter: "Abdominal Wall Reconstruction"
Franco MJ, Fox IKEditors: A.S. Woo and A.K. Snyder-Warwick.Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., New York2014
Case Studies in Plastic Surgery
Chapter: "Lefort I"
Franco MJ, Woo ASEditors: A.S. Woo and A.K. Snyder-Warwick.Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., New York2014