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Esteban Franco Garcia

Esteban Franco Garcia, MD

Geriatric Medicine

Mass General Brigham

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Geriatrics

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Gender

Male

About Esteban Franco Garcia

Dr. Esteban Franco-Garcia is a Geriatric Medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, he earned his medical degree from the Universidad El Bosque. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at New York Medical College, where he also served as chief resident. He then pursued a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at Mass General.

Dr. Franco-Garcia specializes in the care of hospitalized older adults, particularly those undergoing surgical treatments. His expertise includes managing older patients with orthopedic trauma, focusing on improving recovery and overall health after fractures. As the Director of Inpatient Geriatric Services at MGH, he oversees programs such as the Geriatric Inpatient Fracture Service (GIFTS) and the Inpatient Geriatric Resource and Clinician Evaluation (IGRACE).

Dr. Franco-Garcia is dedicated to providing compassionate, expert care while advancing geriatric medicine through education, clinical innovation, and research.

Locations

  1. Massachusetts General Hospital

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Geriatric Medicine, 2013
  • Residency: Metropolitan Hospital Center - New York Medical Co, Internal Medicine, 2012
  • Medical Education: Universidad El Bosque, 2003

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2013

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • Beech Street
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
  • Cigna
  • Commonwealth Care Alliance
  • Coventry
  • Fallon Health
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Humana
  • Maine Community Health Options
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan
  • MassHealth
  • Medicaid CT
  • Medicaid ME
  • Medicaid NH
  • Medicaid RI
  • Medicaid VT
  • Medicare
  • Medicare ACO
  • Multiplan
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Senior Whole Health
  • TriCare
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • United Health Care
  • Wellpoint
  • WellSense
  • WellSense NH

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