Phone: (985) 641 - 9900 / (504) 486 - 5353   Fax: (985) 641 - 4406

        Rudolph M. Franklin, M.D. earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.  His postgraduate training in ophthalmology was done at The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore.  His additional training in immunology and retinal diseases also took place at Wilmer.  Dr. Franklin served two years in U.S. Public Health Service stationed in Bethesda, M.D. performing immunology and allergy research.

        Dr. Franklin moved to the New Orleans area to join the Faculty at the L.S.U. Medical Center, New Orleans, where he was promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology.  He then pursued a private practice in New Orleans and various sites along the Gulf Coast.  His primary office location in New Orleans flooded when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, and the primary office was relocated to Slidell, LA.

        Doctor Franklin specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the retina and inflammatory eye diseases including Uveitis.  Dr. Franklin has been in practice in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region since 1978.
 

Dr. Rudolph M. Franklin