ABOUT
DR.   PAUL   FRANCEL
by Nancy Allen

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills.
From whence cometh my help?
My help cometh from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Psalms 121:1-2

Dr. Francel is a brilliant neurosurgeon with an outstanding reputation and exceptional training.  He  is  a  great  family  man.   He  is  one  of  the  most  inspiring,  dynamic Christians I have ever met.  He is also one of the most caring individuals around. He walks and talks with God every day.  He prays with patients and their families when they want  him  to.  Dr.  Francel  gives  God  the  credit  for  his  success.  One time I told him, "You and God work beautifully together."  He looked at me very intently, smiled, and said, "I am His hands." When  I  have complimented him on his successes with surgeries in the past, he would simply say, “God did most of it.”

One thing I really like about my friend Dr. Francel is that he never takes the easy path.  He always takes the road less traveled--the challenging route.  Here are some good examples.  He excelled in high school and as a result was able to get into Harvard.  He completed his B.S. degree from there in only three years and graduated Magna cum Laude.  Then he attended Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.  He could have completed his M.D. in 4 years, but he wanted to receive his Ph.D. also from the Department of Pharmacological/Physiological Sciences, so it took him 7 years.  Then he selected Neurosurgery for his residency and chosen field.  This was the longest program and one of the most difficult.  He could have stopped there, but he decided to take a year of study in Pediatric Neurosurgery also.  See his Biography for more.

He could have remained at his position with the OU Health Sciences/OU Medical Center.  But after 8-1/2 years he has decided to start his own independent practice as of January 7, 2005. He is a man who loves challenges and faces them with faith rather than fear.  I know, with God's guidance and support, he will do well.

No person has ever touched our lives and blessed us like Dr. Francel.   Every day we thank God for him and his God-inspired work!  Oklahomans are so blessed to have such a great surgeon in their midst!
 

Dr. Paul C. Francel 13825 Quail Pointe Drive  Oklahoma City, OK  73134 (405) 752-4592  phone (405) 752-2638  fax Click map symbol to see map.