
Mr. Robert Dowlyn Franklin MD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
101 Energy Pkwy Suite B Lafayette LA, 70508About
Dr. Robert Franklin is a physiatrist practicing in Lafayette, LA. Dr. Franklin is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Franklin focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Franklin can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
Tx Tech Univ Hlth Sci Ctr Sch of Med, Lubbock Tx 1985
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine 1985
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