Francisco Semião, MS, MPH

Adjunct Faculty  

Francisco Semião is a healthcare and public health professional born and raised in Washington, DC.  He is a graduate from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and Marymount University’s School of Business Management.  Francisco has over ten years working in chronic disease prevention, health promotion, and non-profit healthcare management in the DC Metropolitan area through his tenures with The National Council of La Raza, DC Department of Health, George Washington University Medical Center, and Inova Health System.  

He has the distinction of founding the DC Cancer Control Coalition, which is now an independent 501(c)3, with funding he sought from the CDC, and he was awarded $3 million to establish DC’s first city-wide patient navigation program and over $10 million in Federal and foundation grants since 2002.  He is also the Vice-President of MAPAVI, Inc., which is a non-profit organization that helps people suffering from heart disease, kidney disease or terminal illnesses such as leukemia and raises money to pay their surgeries, medical treatments, rehabilitation, medicine, food, clothing, and shelter.  

His honors include being inducted into the Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society in Health Care Administration, the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society, and he is also the recipient of the George Washington Alumni Association Award. In 2007, Francisco received the royal order of knighthood from HRH Dom Duarte, Duke of Bragança, for his work and service with the Portuguese-American community.