LuisMiguelFrancoMD

Medical Genetics • Houston, TX

Clinical Genetics

Assistant Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine

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Office
6620 Main St
Baylor Clinic
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-798-7820

Fax+1 713-798-6450
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Summary

Dr. Luis Franco, MD is a board certified medical geneticist in Houston, Texas. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Texas. He is an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine.

Education & Training

Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2007 - 2009
Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Pontifical Xavierian UniversityClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2009 - 2025
American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics and Genomics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

18 citations
Prevalence of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated genes rmpA and magA in two tertiary hospitals in Houston, TX, USA.
Andrew Chou, Ricardo Nuila, Luis M. Franco, Charles E. Stager, Robert L. Atmar, Lynn Zechiedrich> ;Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2016 Sep 1
Reply: To PMID 24957400.
Milena Gould-Suarez, Hashem B. El-Serag, Benjamin L. Musher, Luis M. Franco, Guoqing J. Chen> ;Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2015 Feb 1
4 citations
Breast adenocarcinoma recurring as small cell carcinoma in a patient with a germline BRCA2 mutation: clonal evolution unchecked
Polly A. Niravath, Tanya N. Eble, Alejandro Contreras, Marilyn M. Li, Luis M. Franco, Mothaffar F. Rimawi> ;Experimental Hematology & Oncology. 2015 Jan 6
27 citations
Cost-effectiveness and diagnostic effectiveness analyses of multiple algorithms for the diagnosis of Lynch syndrome.
Milena Gould-Suarez, Hashem B. El-Serag, Benjamin L. Musher, Luis M. Franco, Guoqing J. Chen> ;Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2014 Jun 24
1 citations
Variable levels of tissue mosaicism can confound the interpretation of chromosomal microarray results from peripheral blood.
Chandni V. Pal, Tanya N. Eble, Rachel D. Burnside, Weimin Bi, Ankita Patel, Luis M. Franco> ;European Journal of Medical Genetics. 2014 May 1
156 citations
Human CLP1 mutations alter tRNA biogenesis affecting both peripheral and central nervous system function
Ender Karaca, Stefan Weitzer, Davut Pehlivan, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Tasos Gogakos, Toshikatsu Hanada, Shalini N. Jhangiani, Wojciech Wiszniewski, Marjorie Withers, Ian M....> ;Cell. 2014 Apr 24
13 citations
Sex hormone pathway gene polymorphisms are associated with risk of advanced hepatitis C-related liver disease in males.
Donna L. White, Yanhong Liu, Jose M. Garcia, Hashem B. El-Serag, Li Jiao, Spiridon Tsavachidis, Luis M. Franco, Ju Seog Lee, Shahriar Tavakoli-Tabasi, David D. Moore, ...> ;International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics. 2014 Jan 1
16 citations
WNT signaling pathway gene polymorphisms and risk of hepatic fibrosis and inflammation in HCV-infected patients.
Yanhong Liu, Hashem B. El-Serag, Li Jiao, Ju Seog Lee, David D. Moore, Luis M. Franco, Shahriar Tavakoli-Tabasi, Spiridon Tsavachidis, Jill Kuzniarek, David Ramsey, Do...> ;Plos One. 2013 Dec 30
30 citations
MCTP2 is a dosage sensitive gene required for cardiac outflow tract development
Seema R. Lalani, Stephanie M. Ware, Xueqing Wang, Gladys Zapata, Qi Tian, Luis M. Franco, Zhengxin Jiang, Kristine L. Bucasas, Daryl A. Scott, Philippe M. Campeau, Nei...> ;Human Molecular Genetics. 2013 Nov 1
106 citations
Replicative mechanisms for CNV formation are error prone.
Claudia M.B. Carvalho, Davut Pehlivan, Melissa B. Ramocki, Ping Fang, Benjamin Alleva, Luis M. Franco, John W. Belmont, P. J. Hastings, James R. Lupski> ;Nature Genetics. 2013 Nov 1
107 citations
Integrative genomic analysis of the human immune response to influenza vaccination
Luis M. Franco, Kristine L. Bucasas, Janet M. Wells, Diane Niño, Xueqing Wang, Gladys Zapata, Nancy Arden, Alexander Renwick, Peng Yu, John M. Quarles, Molly S. Bray, ...> ;Elife. 2013 Jul 16
6 citations
The practice of adult genetics: a 7-year experience from a single center.
Tanya N. Eble, Sandesh C.S. Nagamani, Luis M. Franco, Sharon E. Plon, Maria Blazo, Shweta U. Dhar> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2013 Jan 1
18 citations
A mosaic 2q24.2 deletion narrows the critical region to a 0.4 Mb interval that includes TBR1, TANK, and PSMD14†
Lindsay C. Burrage, Tanya N. Eble, Patricia Hixson, Erin K. Roney, Sau Wai Cheung, Luis M. Franco> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2013 Apr 1
31 citations
Global gene expression profiling in infants with acute respiratory syncytial virus broncholitis demonstrates systemic activation of interferon signaling networks.
Kristine L. Bucasas, Asad Mian, Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, Alison C. Caviness, Pedro A. Piedra, Luis M. Franco, Chad A. Shaw, Yijie Zhai, Xueqing Wang, Molly S. Bray, R...> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2013 Feb 1
180 citations
Antibody Correlates and Predictors of Immunity to Naturally Occurring Influenza in Humans and the Importance of Antibody to the Neuraminidase
Robert B. Couch, Robert L. Atmar, Luis M. Franco, John M. Quarles, Janet M. Wells, Nancy Arden, Diane Niño, John W. Belmont> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013 Mar 15
23 citations
Prior infections with seasonal influenza A/H1N1 virus reduced the illness severity and epidemic intensity of pandemic H1N1 influenza in healthy adults.
Robert B. Couch, Robert L. Atmar, Luis M. Franco, John M. Quarles, Diane Niño, Janet M. Wells, Nancy Arden, Sheree Cheung, John W. Belmont> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012 Feb 1
152 citations
Inverted genomic segments and complex triplication rearrangements are mediated by inverted repeats in the human genome
Claudia M.B. Carvalho, Melissa B. Ramocki, Davut Pehlivan, Luis M. Franco, Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui, Ping Fang, Alanna E. McCall, Eniko K. Pivnick, Stacy Hines-Dowell,...> ;Nature Genetics. 2011 Nov 1
143 citations
Genome-wide association study identifies a susceptibility locus for thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections spanning FBN1 at 15q21.1.
Scott A. LeMaire, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Dongchuan Guo, Ludivine Russell, Charles C. Miller, Ralph J. Johnson, Mir Reza Bekheirnia, Luis M. Franco, Mary Nguyen, Reed E. ...> ;Nature Genetics. 2011 Oct 1
168 citations
Early Patterns of Gene Expression Correlate With the Humoral Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination in Humans
Kristine L. Bucasas, Luis M. Franco, Chad A. Shaw, Molly S. Bray, Janet M. Wells, Diane Niño, Nancy Arden, John M. Quarles, Robert B. Couch, John W. Belmont> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2011 Apr 1
56 citations
Phenotypic features of carbohydrate sulfotransferase 3 (CHST3) deficiency in 24 patients: congenital dislocations and vertebral changes as principal diagnostic features.
Sheila Unger, Ekkehart Lausch, Antonio Rossi, André Mégarbané, David Sillence, Melanie Alcausin, Antonio Aytes, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, Sheela Nampoothiri, Bushra Afr...> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2010 Oct 1
36 citations
A syndrome of short stature, microcephaly and speech delay is associated with duplications reciprocal to the common Sotos syndrome deletion.
Luis M. Franco, Thomy de Ravel, Brett H. Graham, Stephanie M Frenkel, Jozef Van Driessche, Pawel Stankiewicz, James R. Lupski, Joris Vermeesch, Sau Wai Cheung> ;European Journal of Human Genetics. 2010 Feb 1
26 citations
FBN1 mutations in patients with descending thoracic aortic dissections
Ariel Brautbar, Scott A. LeMaire, Luis M. Franco, Joseph S. Coselli, Dianna M. Milewicz, John W. Belmont> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2010 Feb 1
1 citations
Images in clinical medicine. Myotonic dystrophy.
Luis M. Franco, Josh C Skorupski> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2009 Jul 23
161 citations
Microdeletion 15q13.3: a locus with incomplete penetrance for autism, mental retardation, and psychiatric disorders
Shay Ben-Shachar, Brendan C. Lanpher, Jennifer R. German, M. Qasaymeh, Lorraine Potocki, Sandesh C.S. Nagamani, Luis M. Franco, Amy D. Malphrus, G. W. Bottenfield, J E...> ;Journal of Medical Genetics. 2009 Jun 1
1 citations
Gastric-Outlet Obstruction
Luis M. Franco, Natalie J. Dryden> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2007 Mar 1
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