Dr. Nelson Carrasquillo Falcon, MD

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Get to know General Practitioner Dr. Nelson Carrasquillo Falcon, who serves patients in Cidra, Puerto Rico.

As a general practitioner, Dr. Falcon offers primary care for patients of all ages, and can refer patients to specialists when necessary. He sees patients at his private practice in Cidra, Puerto Rico.

With a license to grant health certificates, he and his staff offer a good quality health orientation with a friendly, cordial, and friendly treatment. They offer services such as minor surgery, preventative care of cancerous and precancerous lesions of the skin, and nail extraction, as well as work with an electronic medical record and send prescriptions to one’s trusted pharmacy.

Graduating with the class of 1984, Dr. Falcon obtained his medical degree from the School of Medicine at Eastern Central University in the Domenican Republic. He has nearly four decades of diverse experiences, especially in general practice. 

In the medical profession, a general practitioner (GP) is a medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education to patients. A GP manages types of illnesses that present in an undifferentiated way at an early stage of development and may require urgent intervention.

On a more personal note, Dr. Falcon speaks both English and Spanish.

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