Dr. William Raleigh Francis M.D.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
2990 Richmond Avenue Suite 540 Houston TX, 77098About
William Francis is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Houston, TX. Francis specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Francis participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
Baylor College of Medicine 1973
Provider Details
Treatments
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Spondylolisthesis
- Neuropathy
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Birth Defects
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
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