Oculoplastic Surgeon

Dr. Allen is an oculoplastic surgeon living in Houston, Texas.  He is currently on sabbatical, but will practice in Stockholm, Sweden starting in September of 2024.  He will return to Houston in the spring of 2025.  He is the Past President of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS), and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Orbit.

 

He attended Baylor College of Medicine for his MD/PhD studies, completing a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Iowa.  He completed two fellowships, one in ophthalmic genetics and a second in oculoplastic surgery, both at the University of Iowa.  He is a former Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico, and an Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Iowa.  He also held a clinical position at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.  He is the former Carolyn F. Elles Professor of Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine.  He is a Professor at the University of Texas' Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas.

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He is also the author of Oculoplastic Surgery Videos, an education resource for beginning to advanced oculoplastic surgeons.  He filmed and narrated hundreds of oculoplastic surgery procedures that are available, free of charge, to anyone who wishes to learn from them.  Please click below to access the videos.

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