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Prof. Roger K. A. Allen

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Last update 14th March 2012 at 1000 Brisbane Time

Name Roger Kennedy Abbott ALLEN
   
Date of Birth 8 September 1951
   
Place of Birth Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
   
General Education

Brisbane Grammar School

  Awarded Commonwealth University Scholarship
 
Undergraduate Education
MBBS (1st Class Honours) 1975 - University of QLD
 
Postgraduate Education
Fellow, Royal Australian College of Physician 1982
 
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, 1983
 
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne 1990 - The Role of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme in Sarcoidosis; a Clinical and Laboratory Study
 
Qualifications
MBBS (1st Class Honours)
 
FRACP - Fellow of hte Royal College of Physician
 
FCCP - American College of Chest Physicians
 
Ph. D. - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
 
Awards
University of Queensland Medal (1976)
 
Australian Active Service Medal, East Timor Clasp (2001)
 
Scholarships
National Health and Medical Research Council
 
Postgraduate Medical and Dental Scholarship (1983-85)
   
Medical School University of Queensland
  Date of Entry - March 1970
  Date of Graduation - December 1975 (Reg. No. 755615)
   
Teaching Hospitals Brisbane Undergraduate Clinical Training
  Royal Brisbane Hospital
  Princess Alexandra Hospital
  Mater Maternity and General Hospital
  The Prince Charles Hospital
  Repatriation General Hospital
  Royal Children's Hospital
  Royal Women's Hospital
   
Previous Appointments
1976-77
  • Intern, Royal Brisbane Hospital
1977-78
  • Junior RMO (Medical) Austin Hospital ( University of Melbourne Teaching Hospital)
1978-79
  • Medical Registrar, Austin Hospital
1979-80
  • Clinical Supervisor, University of Melbourne Austin Hospital
1980-82
  • Thoracic Medical Registrar, Repatriation General Hospital (University of Melbourne )
1982-83
  • Lecturer in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Repatriation General Hospital (University of Melbourne )

1983-85

  • National Health and Medical Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, Austin Hospital , University Department of Medicine
  • Acting Assistant Physician, Visiting Specialist, Chest Diseases, Repatriation General Hospital
1984-87
  • Assistant Physician Austin Hospital , Heidelberg
  • Visiting Specialist, Chest Diseases and Intensive Care, Repatriation General Hospital , Heidelberg
  • Visiting Specialist, Thoracic Diseases, Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital , Melbourne
  • Private Practice: Consultant Respiratory Physician, 6/210 Burgundy Street , Heidelberg , Melbourne
1987-95
  • Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Brisbane
  • Clinical Associate Professor, University of Queensland
1995 (January - August)
  • Visiting Specialist Thoracic Physician, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland
1995- 2001 (Jan)
  • Visiting Senior Specialist, Thoracic Physician, Redcliffe Hospital , Brisbane, Queensland
1995 (August) - 2005 (September)
  • Consultant Thoracic and Sleep Physician, in full-time private practice at St Andrew's Medical Centre, Spring Hill, Brisbane .
Current Appointment from 2005 (October) - Current
  • Consultant Thoracic and Sleep Physician, in full-time private practice at The Wesley Medical Centre
  • Consulting rooms - Suite 46, Level 4, Wesley Medical Centre, 40 Chasely Street, Auchenflower Qld 4066. Ph 61 7 3719 5577. Fax 61 7 3719 5177
  • Thoracic Physician to the Medical Assessment Tribunal of Q-Comp (2009 - Current)
Military Service
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
1987-1993
  • Commissioned Officer (Captain) 2 March 1988, Royal Australian Army
  • Medical Corps. Army Reserve with 2 Field Hospital,
  • Officer-in-Charge of Intensive Care. Inactive from 1993.
1999-2003
  • Rejoined the Active Reserve - 22 February 1999-2003.
1999
  • Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Consultant Physician to the Army.
  • Active Service 30 April - 4 June 2000 in the UN Military Hospital , Dili, East Timor
2007 - Current
  • Consultant Thoracic and Sleep Physician to the Army
 

Membership of Learned Societies

  • Australian Medical Association
  • The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • Australian Sleep Association
  • Thoracic Society of Queensland
  • World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders
  • La Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • Australian Lung Foundation
  • Foundation Member of the British Medical Journal doc2doc international website for doctors (2009)
  • Member, The Wesley Research Institute (2009)
  • International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
  • Australian Society of Authors
  • Queensland Writers Centre
 
Membership of other Societies
  • Member, The Greek Club, Brisbane (2009)
  • Moreton Bay Boat Club
  • Moreton Bay Yacht Club
  • Queensland Crusing Yacht Club
  • Returned Services League (RSL)
  • Australian Peace Keeping Association
  • United Services Club
  • Defence Reserves Association (Qld Branch)
 
Office Bearer
1987-90
  • Medical Advisory Board, Queensland Asthma Foundation
1989
  • Executive, Planning Committee for the Advanced Course - "The Lung and the Environment" - Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand .
1989-91
  • Executive, Full-time Staff Specialists Association of Queensland
  • Secretary, The Prince Charles Hospital Full-time Staff Specialists Association
1990-91
  • Chairman, Peer Review Committee
1989-92
  • Chairman, The Prince Charles Hospital Private Practice Association
1990-92
  • Executive, Advisory Committee, TPCH Private Practice Trust Fund
  • Queensland Executive Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1991
  • Planning Committee, Annual Scientific Meeting, RACP (Queensland Branch)
  • Director, Post-graduate Education, The Prince Charles Hospital
1991-95
  • Australian Representative of the World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders
  • Chairman, Animal Experimentation Committee, Ethics Committee, The Prince Charles Hospital
1992-93
  • Chairman, Committee for the Tertiary Students, The Prince Charles Hospital Campus
1993
  • Member, Research Meeting, Division of Thoracic Medicine
1994
  • Member, Thoracic Services Division Management Committee
  • Member, Day Procedure Unit Committee
  • Member, Consultant Group Meeting, Division of Thoracic Medicine
  • Chairman, Clinical Management Team Meeting, Division of Thoracic Medicine
1995
  • Member, Medical Incident Working Party
  • Member, Medical Advisory Committee
1996-97
  • Secretary, Thoracic Society of Queensland (2 years)
1996-98
  • Internal Medicine Committee, St Andrews Hospital
1998-99
  • President, Thoracic Society of Queensland (2 years)
1999-2001
  • Member, Pharmacy and Drug Advisory Committee, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital
2000-2002
  • Director of Internal Medicine, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital
June 2000-2002
  • Member, Medical Advisory Committee, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital
  • Chairman, Internal Medicine Committee, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital
2008 - 2010
  • Subcommittee for Continual Medical Education, Royal Australasia College of Physicians, Sydney
 

Principal Research Interests 1991-95

  • Chief Investigator: Prospective Multi-disciplinary Study of Sarcoidosis
  • Chief Supervisor/Co-investigator: The Prognostic Value of Ploidy in Lung Cancer (Queensland Cancer Fund - Drs PF Zimmerman and GAT Hawson)
  • Chief Investigator: A retrospective Study of Thoracic Gunshot Wounds and Penetrating Injuries at The Prince Charles Hospital
  • Atrovent Quality of Life Study
  • Salmeterol Study (multicentre trial 1991-92)
  • Co-investigator: Multicentre Study of Salmeterol in Asthma
  • Fluoxetine-induced Lung Disease
  • Reseach study into mandibular advancement splints in sleep apnoea. Co-workers Professor Peter L'Estrange, Dental school Brisbane, Dr. Paul Zimmerman, Dr Peter Nolan, Dr R Allen, The Prince Charles Hospital. This involved the use of lateral cephalometry and polysomnography in collaboration with the Dental School .
 
Research 2008 - 2010
  • Principal Investigator: The role of FDG-PET scanning in sarcoidosis. Grant from the Wesley Research Institute.
  • Principal Investigator: A study of chest pain in asbestos diseases (Wesley Research Institute and Asbestos Research Group). Grant of $60,000 from Slater & Gordon.
  • Principal Investigator: The Genetic Understanding of Asbestos Related Diseases (GUARD Study) Wesley Research Institute.
 
Other Grants
  • TPCH Private Practice Trust Fund Research Grant $30,000 pa for 1991/95 for Prospective study of Sarcoidosis.
1995
  • Research grant - Private Practice Trust Fund for the role of DNA ploidy in non-small cell lung cancer.
 
2007
  • Research grant - A retrospective study of asbestos-related diseases. Grant from Slater & Gordon
 
Funding
2010
  • Travel grant - Queensland Asbestos Related Diseases Support Society.
  • Vojakovic Fellowship
 
Teaching
1979-80
  • Clinical Supervisor, Austin Hospital
1982-83
  • Lecturer in Medicine, Repatriation General Hospital
1983-87
  • Clinical Undergraduate and post-graduate tutor, University of Melbourne
1991-92
  • Director of Post-graduate Medical Education (TPCH)
  • Executive, Post-graduate Education Committee (TPCH)
1987-95
  • Clinical teaching 4th, 5th and 6th year medical students
  • Post-graduate teaching, FRACP part 1 -candidates, RMOs, and Registrars
  • Co-supervisor of two Advanced Trainees in Thoracic Medicine
1991
  • Clinical Examiner in 6th year medicine examinations at TPCH
1991 and 1995
  • Co-ordinator and co-examiner Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
  • Post-graduate tutor, Cardiothoracic Nursing Course, TPCH
1997-98
  • Post-Graduate Lecturer, QUT Nursing Course, Kelvin Grove
2001
  • Clinical Associate Professor, teaching Undergraduate Medical Students, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital
2009 - Current
  • Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University , Gold Coast, Queensland.
 
Supervision
1987-95
  • Supervised advanced trainees in Thoracic Medicine, and undergraduate students attached to my clinical unit.
1990-94
  • Supervised two scientists in a project on "The role of DNA ploidy in non-small cell lung cancer". This involved the supervision of the project on a day-today basis with regular meetings to review progress.
1991-95
  • Supervised Data Manager in our clinical project "A prospective study of sarcoidosis". This has involved complex data collection, compilation of data, and the formulation of a new computer programme for clinical and scientific use.
1995
  • Co-supervisor of Ph.D. candidate, Dr G Mills FRACP, Ph.D. (Med) on "The Role of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in the development of Sarcoidosis".
2001-2003
  • AMA Medical Student Mentorship program (2 students).
 
Courses
1989
  • Lung transplantation, Barnes Hospital , St Louis , Mo. USA
1990
  • Management effectiveness training course, Brisbane - sponsored by TPCH
1991
  • Annual course on polysomnography, Stanford University , Palo Alto, Ca , USA (2 weeks)
1991
  • International Symposium on Corticosteroid Therapy in Asthma and Rhinitis, 14-15 June, Sydney
1993
  • Community Education Program. MS Excel introduction (29412)
1994
  • Management for Health Care Professionals, The Australian Institute of Management
  • Intensive Training Course in Palliative Care for General Practitioners, Mt Olivett Hospital , Brisbane
1997
  • Annual Course in Sleep Medicine, 24-27 November 1997, the Australian Institute of Sleep Education, Sydney
1998-99
  • Advanced French, Alliance Française, Brisbane
2005
  • World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders. 8 th WASOG Meeting. June 12-15 2005. Denver Colorado , USA .
  • Interventional bronchoscopy course. Marseilles , France . (October 2005)
 
Citations
  • Cited in the inaugural edition of Who's Who of Queensland 2007 – 2008.
  • Cited in Who's Who in the World 2009.
  • Cited in Who's Who in Science and Engineering 2011-2012
 
Referees
Thoracic & Sleep Medicine
  • Dr Peter Nolan, Consultant Thoracic Physician, St Vincent 's Hospital, Scott Street , TOOWOOMBA QLD 4350 . Phone (07) 46904000.
 
Medical Character
  • Prof. John Pearn, Department of Clinical Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston Road, Herston Qld 4029. Phone (07) 36368111.
Research
  • Prof Julie Campbell, Director, Wesley Research Institute, Wesley Hospital, 451 Coronation Drive, Auchenflower Qld 4066. Phone (07) 32327264.
Medico-Legal
  • Prof Tess Crammond, Multidisciplinary Pain Management Centre, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Butterfield Street, Herston Qld 4029. Phone (07) 36366141.
 
Interests
  • Writing - prose and poetry
  • Sailing
  • French language and culture
  • Ancient and Modern Greek, Latin
  • Gardening
  • Military history
 
Books
  • Allen RKA. Ballina Boy. A child's odyssey through the 1950's. Xlibris, Indiana, 2010. pp 257. (ISBN: 978.1.4535.98.53.5 [Paperback], 978.1.4535.9854.2 [Hardback], 97831.4535.9531.2 [eBook]).
 
Publications
  1. Allen RKA, Mendelsohn FAO, Csismann J, Weller RF, Hurley TH, Doyle AE. A clinical evaluation of angiotensin-converting enzyme in sarcoidosis. Aust NZ J Med 1980:10:496-501.
  2. Allen RKA, Barter CE, Chachoua LL, Cleeve L, O'Connell JM, Daniel FJ. Disseminated cryptococcosis after transurethral resection of the prostate. Aust NZ J Med 1982:12:296-9.
  3. Allen RKA, Faulks LW. Empyema due to Beta-lactamase-producing H.influenzae type B complicating severe laryngopharyngitis and cervical cellulitis. Aust NZ J Med 1983; 13:377-9.
  4. Allen RKA. Use of cylcotron-generated radionuclides in respiratory medicine. Aust Society of Respiratory Technology 1984; 4 (3): 4-6.
  5. Allen RKA, Merory J. Intravenous pulse methylprednisolone in the successful treatment of severe sarcoid polyneuropathy with pulmonary involvement. Aust NZ J Med 1985:15:45-46.
  6. Allen RKA, Chai SY, Dunbar MS, Mendelsohn FAO. In vitro autoradiographic localisation of angiotensin-converting enzyme in sarcoid lymph nodes using 1-125 labelled 351A. Chest 1986; 90:315-20.
  7. Allen RKA. A review of angiotensin-converting enzyme in health and disease. Sarcoidosis 1991;8:95-100.
  8. Allen RKA, Pierce RJ, Barter CE . Angiotensin-converting enzyme in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis 1992;9:54-59.
  9. Stanton JM, Dench JE, Currie B, Fitzpatrick DR, Himbeck RPD, Allen RKA, Bruce J, Robinson BWS, Bielefeldt-Ohmann H. Expression and immune recognition of stress proteins in sarcoidosis and other chronic interstitial lung diseases. Immunology and Cell Biology 1995; 73:23-32.
  10. Allen RKA. Intensive care bed. Studio, a journal of Christians writing. Albury , Australia. Autumn 1996:62;25.
  11. MacGinley RJ, Allen RKA. Sarcoidosis in an Australian Aborigine and a Torres Strait Islander. Sarcoidosis 1997; 14:83-85.
  12. Bansal AS, Bruce J, Hogan PG and Allen RK. An Assessment of pheripheral immunity in patients with sarcoidosis using measurements of serum vitamin D3, cytokines and soluble CD23. Clin Exp Immunol 1997; 100: 92-97.
  13. Mills GD, Allen RKA, Timms T. Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA is not detectable within sarcoidosis tissue. Pathology (1998); 30; 295-298.
  14. Allen RKA. Poetry and Medicine; healing for the healer. A call for a literary supplement. Int Med J 2001; 31: 426-427.
  15. Allen RKA. UN Military Hospital , Dili, East Timor . Dog day. A poem about a day in the life of a military physician. Aust Mil Med. 2001;10(1)15-19.
  16. Allen RKA. "Ars gratia artis" and the morganatic marriage; "Let us not to the marriage of true minds." Int Med J 2001; 31: 554-555.
  17. Allen RKA. Intensive care bed. Excolatur, News Bulletin of the Medical Alumni, University of Qld , 2002; 1 (23): 3-4.
  18. Allen RKA. Au-delà de l'ordinaire. Poésie et Médecine: guérison pour le guérisseur. Le besoin d'un supplément littéraire, Info Resp. Août -Septembre 2002; 50: 20-21.
  19. Allen RKA. Letter to the Editor, The Western Front pilgrimage for World War I Veterans, 1993, ADF Health 2002; 3:94-95.
  20. Allen RKA. Remembrance of things past: reveries of a sleep physician. Int Med J 2002; 32: 429-431.
  21. Allen RKA, La Revue des Maladies Respiratoires: la perspective australienne. Rev Mal Respir 2002; 19: 263-264.
  22. Allen, RKA. La mélioïdose: un diagnostic à évoquer devant une pneumopathie au retour d'Océanie. Rev Mal Respir 2002; 19: 807-808.
  23. Allen RKA. Letter to the Editor. Accumulating points has not changed the way I learn. BMJ 2002; 325:393.
  24. Allen RKA. Letter to the Editor. Bravo, Brave BMJ for the rapid response section. BMJ 2002; 325:223.
  25. Allen RKA. Sellers, Ross E, Sandstrom, Paul A. A prospective study of 32 patients with Neurosarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis Vasc Lung Dis 2003:20;118-125.
  26. Allen RKA. Reflections from behind the Brisbane line. Thoracic Society News. Sep 2003;13 (3):49.
  27. Allen RKA. Junket, jellies and magic puddings or who sups with the devil must needs a long spoon. Thoracic Society News.
  28. Allen RKA. Military Incompetence: Much ado about nothing or the Divine Comedy? Experience of a Specialist Reserve Medical Officer in East Timor . Aust Mil Med 2003:12;66-75.
  29. Allen RKA. Remembrance of things to past: reveries of a sleep physician. Brisbane Institute Website. Dec 2003.
  30. Allen RKA. Bouquinistes: Reflections for Australia Day 2004. Brisbane Institute Website. Feb 2004.
  31. Allen RKA. Junket, jellies and magic puddings or who sups with the devil must needs a long spoon. RACP News. Feb 2004: 17.
  32. Allen RKA. Fear and fallacies: reflections on religion in the city of Brisbane. Brisbane Institute Website Apr 2004.
  33. Allen RKA. Depression, pessimism and modern life. Brisbane Institute Website. Aug 2004.
  34. Allen RKA. The Golden Calf. Thoracic Society News. June 2004; 33(2): 33-34.
  35. Allen RKA. Memories of the Lucky Country. Brisbane Institute Website. Aug 2004.
  36. Allen RKA. East Timor - Personal reflections. Aust Mil Med 2004: 13(1); 23-29.
  37. Riha RL, Allen RKA Cryptococcosis and sarcoidosis:strange bed-fellows. A report of five cases. Sarcoidosi s Vasc Lung Dis 2004:21;71-76.
  38. Allen RKA. These are a few of my favourite things: reflection on the doctor-doctor relationship. Int Med J 2005; 35:65-66.
  39. Allen RKA. Reflections on the doctor-doctor relationship. Brisbane Institute Website. March 2005.
  40. Allen RKA. Queensland in sickness and in health... until death do us part. Brisbane Institute Website. May 05.
  41. Allen RKA. Asbestos bodies: Reflections of an expert witness. Brisbane Institute Website. October 06.
  42. Allen RKA. Modern Day Scurvy - Eat your greens. QCYC Newsletter. October 2006.
  43. Allen RKA. "I'm glad I'm not young anymore". Int Med J 2006; 36: 800-802.
  44. Allen RKA. The Boy in Babylon: Recollection from childhood in Brisbane in the late 1950s. Brisbane Institute Website. December 2006.
  45. Allen RKA. Lamentations d'un pneumologue australien. Info Respiration 2007; 79: 37-38.
  46. Allen RKA. Long Live the Curmudgeon. Letter to the Editor. RACP News 2007; 26 (2): 16-17.
  47. Allen RKA. On the merits of writing to the nest of kin afetr the death of your patient: an Australian Perspective. Med J Aust April 2007; 186 (8): 425.
  48. Allen RKA. Editorial. Sarcoidosis in the sunburnt country. Int Med J 2007; 36 (6): 353-355.
  49. Allen RKA. "I'm glad I'm not young anymore": not. Letter to the Editor. Int Med J 2007; 37 (6): 426- 427.
  50. Allen RKA. Patient privacy and Latin: my father's story. Letter to the Editor. Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 375.
  51. Allen RKA. Apparent spontaneous complete regression of a multifocal mesothelioma of the pleura. Med J Aust 2007; 187 (7): 413-415.
  52. Allen RKA. What does the Doctor say: Sleep Apnoea. The Logos - Greek Orthodox community of St George, Brisbane. April 2009: 16-17.
  53. Allen RKA. Ο Λόγος – Ελληνική Ορθόδοξος Κοινότης, Άγιου Γεωργίου, Βρισβάνης, Απρίλιος 2009: 18-19.
  54. Allen RKA . Quince: the “Apple” of Aphrodite . The Logos – Greek Orthodox community of St George , Brisbane . July 2009: 33-34 .
  55. Allen RKA . Το κυδώνι. Το «μήλο» της Αφροδίτης – Ελληνική Ορθόδοξος Κοινότης, Άγιου Γεωργίου, Βρισβάνης, Іούχιος 2009: 35-37.
  56. Allen RKA. Rum. Classic Yacht Association of Australia Magazine 2010; 28: 26.
  57. Allen RKA. The failure of modern textbooks. BMJ 2010; 340: c2132.
  58. Allen RKA . Return to Sfakia . The Logos – The Journal of the Greek Orthodox Community of St George , Brisbane . July 20 10 : 35-36.
  59. Allen RKA . Е πιστροφή στη Σφα k ιά . О Λόγος – Ελληνική Ορθόδοξος Κοινότης, Άγιου Γεωργίου, Βρισβάνης, Іούχιος 2010: 37-39.
  60. Allen RKA. The 35 th Vintage Regatta; QCYC Shorncliffe, Brisbane 13-14 th June 2010. Classic Yacht Association of Australia Magazine 2010; 29: 3-5.
  61. Allen RKA. Bullectomy for "bong lung" in an 18 year-old male presenting with spontaneous pneumothorax. Pneumon 2010, 23 (3): 301-303.
  62. Allen RKA. Roger Allen: Growing up with medicine. Posted 23 May 2011.. www.mjainsight.com.au
  63. Allen RKA, Crammond T, Lennon D, Waterhouse M. A retrospective study of chest pain in bening asbestos pleural disease. Pain Med 2011; 12 (9): 1303-8.
  64. Allen RKA. Diagnostic tests - Home Sleep Studies. Australian Prescriber 2012; 35 (2): 62-64.
 
Books
  1. Allen RKA. Ballina Boy. A child's odyssey through the 1950's. Xlibris , Indiana , 2010. pp 257. (ISBN: 978.1.4535.98.53.5 [Paperback], 978.1.4535.9854.2 [Hardback], 97831.4535.9531.2 [eBook])
 
Chapters in Books
  1. Allen RKA. Angiotensin-converting enzyme in sarcoidosis. In Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders. James DG. Ed. Lung Biology in Health and Disease. New York, Marcel Dekker Inc. 1994;73:529-564
  2. Allen RKA. In: Self-Assessment Colour Review of Respiratory Medicine. Spiro, SG, Albert RK, Fielding D. Eds. Manson Publishing. London 1997.
 
Radio interviews
  1. ABC Radio National - Life Matters. Aired May 18 2007.
  2. Conversations with Richard Fiddler - ABC 612AM Brisbane. Aired 9th May 2011.
 
e-Books
  1. Allen RKA. Chest Tube Insertion - An instructional CDROM, May 2003 (see order form).
 
Abstracts
  1. Mendelsohn FAO, Allen RKA, Csismann J, Weller RF, Hurley TH, Doyle AE. Angiotensin converting enzyme in sarcoidosis. Aust NZ J Med 1981;11:103.
  2. Allen RKA, Pierce RJ, Barter CE. Biochemical and cellular characteristics of bronchoalveolar lavage in sarcoidosis. Aust NZ J Med 1983;13:557.
  3. Gill GD, Arkles B, Allen RKA, Barter CE, Pierce RJ. Gallium scanning sarcoidosis. Aust NZ J Med 1983; 1 3:677.
  4. Allen RKA, Barter CE, Pierce RJ. Bronchoalveolar lavage and gallium scan in the management of sarcoidosis. Aust NZ J Med 1984;14:548-9.
  5. Allen RKA, Chai SY, Dunbar MS, Mendelsohn FAO. Autoradiographic localisation of angiotensin-converting enzyme in sarcoidosis. Aust NZ J Med 1985;15:491 (suppl).
  6. Allen RKA, Mendelsohn FAO. Monoclonal antibodies to angiotensin-converting enzyme. Aust NZ J Med 1988,18:547 (suppl 2).
  7. Allen RKA. Successful treatment of pulmonary mucormycosis due to Cunninghamella spp. Aust NZ J Med 1988;18:535 (suppl 2).
  8. Aldons P, Afarian J, Allen RKA, Carpentier P, Donaldson E, Hampshire P, Hsu P, Lahanas J, McNeil K, Oliver W, O'Rourke S, Pernet A, Shearer A, Wong M. The efficacy and safety of temafloxacin 300 mg and 600 mg twice daily in the outpatient management of acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. Proc 16th lnt Congr Chemother 1989:414:1-2.
  9. Allen RKA, Fong KM, McNeil KD. Male predominance in 205 Australian patients with sarcoidosis. (abstract). Aust NZ J 1991;21:652 (suppl 2).
  10. Allen RKA, Fong KM, McNeil KD. Male predominance in 205 Australian patients with sarcoidosis. Proceedings of the XII World Congress of Sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis 1991;9:269-270 (suppl 1).
  11. Allen RKA, Smith I, Fong KM, McNeil KD. A proposal to establish a worldwide database for sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis 1992;9:(suppl 1) 267-268.
  12. Allen RKA, Fong KM, McNeil KD. Severe sarcoid peripheral neuropathy in an elderly woman treated successfully with pulse methylprednisolone. Sarcoidosis 1992;9: (suppl 1) 479-480.
  13. Hawson GAT, Zimmerman PV, Firouz-Abadi A, Johnston NG, Allen RKA, McIndoe NC. Malignant atypical carcinoid of the lung. Is chemotherapy the answer? Lung Cancer 1991;7:114 (suppl).
  14. Allen RKA, McIndoe NC, Fong KM, McNeil KD. The presenting features of sarcoidosis in 313 Australian patients. Aust NZ J Med 1992 (April, Annual Scientific Meeting).
  15. Allen RKA, McIndoe NC . Stabbing and other penetrating injuries to the chest. Aust NZ J Med 1992 (April, Annual Scientific Meeting).
  16. Allen RKA, Mclndoe NC . Thoracic gunshot wounds. Aust NZ J Med 1992 (April, Annual Scientific Meeting).
  17. McNell KD, Gorman NK, Allen RKA, Kennedy KP, Zimmerman PV. An evaluation of the efficacy of CPAP therapy for sleep apnoea. Aust NZ J Med 1992 (April, Annual Scientific Meeting).
  18. Fong KM, McNeil KD, Firouz-Abadi A, Zimmerman PV, Allen RKA, Hawson GAT, Cole PH, Matar KS. Thoracic malignant fibrous hisitocytoma. Aust NZ J Med 1992 (April, Annual Scientific Meeting).
  19. Fong KM, Nikles CA, Allen RKA, Hawson GAT, Firouz-Abadi A, Zimmerman PV. Static cytometric DNA analysis of frozen lung tumour samples. Aust NZ J Med 1992 (April, Annual Scientific Meeting).
  20. Firouz-Abadi A, Hawson GAT, Johnston NG, Allen RKA, Zimmerman PV. Ultra-structural studies in neuroendocrine tumours of lung. Proceedings 11th International Congress of Cytology, 1992.
  21. Fielding DIK, Allen RKA, Ray M, Khafagi F. Lung tumours take up radiolabelled monoclonal D-dimer antibodies. Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, 11-14 April 1994.
  22. Mills GD, Timms P, Allen RKA. PCE Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae specific DNA sequences within sarcoidosis tissue. Australian Society for Microbiology, Canberra , 24-29 September 1994.
  23. Singh B, Allen RKA, 0liver WA, Pohlner P. Congenital vascular rings presenting in adulthood. Thoracic society of Queensland Annual Scientific Meeting. 5 November 1994.
  24. Bansal AS, Wilson PB, Allen RKA. The assessment of immune dysfunction in patients with sarcoidosis using estimation of serum soluble CD23. 13th Asia pacific Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Hong Kong , 5-8 December 1994.
  25. Allen RKA, Mills GD, Timms P. PCR Search for Pneumoniae and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in sarcoidosis. Presented "World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders". Kensington, London, October 1995.
  26. Allen RKA, Deen VR, Burstow DJ, Masterson ML. A Prospective Study of Cardiac Sarcoidosis in an Australian Population. Proceedings 12th World Congress on Sarcoidosis. 1995:63;P/153.
  27. Allen RKA, Sellars RE, Sandstrom PA. Neurological Involvement in Sarcoidosis. A prospective Australian Study. Proceedings World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Disorders, Kensington, London. 1995:63;P/154.
  28. Allen RKA, Mills GD, Timms P. Search for Chlamydia Pneumoniae in Tissue From Patients with Sarcoidosis by PCR. Proceedings World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Disorders, Kensington, London. 1995:36,P/045.
  29. Bansal AS, Allen RKA, Mills G, Bielefeldt-Ohmann H, Le Gros G. Serum Cytokine, Vitamin D3 and soluble CD23 levels in patients with Active and Inactive Sarcoidosis. Proceedings World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Disorders, Kensington, London.1995:31;P/026.
  30. Allen RKA. The establishment of an Australian medico-legal database/resource. Proceedings of Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Association, Adelaide, Oct 2001.
  31. Allen RKA, Cramond T, Lennon D. Chest pain in 282 patients with benign asbestos disease. Abstract. Proceedings of the 13 th World Congress on Pain, IASP, Montreal , Aug – Sept 2010. PW036.
 
ePublications (not peer reviewed)
To read these Rapid Responses go to www.bmj.com and find the section on the Home Page where it says SEARCH/ARCHIVES In the blank space for AUTHOR type in : ALLEN RK. This will then open them up in a list. If you type in ALLEN RKA it will not access them for reasons unknown. British Medical Journal, Rapid Responses (letters to the editor)
 
1. Allen, Roger K A, Elementary my dear Watson.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/318/7181/473/a#21716
27 Apr 2002.
 
2. Allen, Roger K A, The seven second/minute grab.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/318/7181/473#21718
27 Apr 2002.
 
3 Allen, Roger K A, Bull and the bull bar.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7346/1145#22057
10 May 2002.
 
4. Allen, Roger K A. September 11 of Australian Medicine.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7346/1118/g#22077
11 May 2002.
 
5. Allen, Roger K A. Ropes and carving knives to be banned in Australia.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7344/990#22104.
12 May 2002.
 
6. Allen, Roger K A. Selection of medical students.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7347/1170#22285.
17 May 2002.
 
7. Allen, Roger K A. The Age of Enlightenment, Bravo brave BMJ.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7347/1171#22370.
20 May 2002.
 
8. Allen, Roger K A. Gun control and a better world.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7344/990#22445.
22 May 2002.
 
9. Allen, Roger K A. Modern Medicine and the Politics are bed-fellows and the Pandora is out of her box.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7347/1171#22471.
23 May 2002.
 
10. Allen, Roger K A. The lion and the lamb.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7347/1225#22626.
28 May 2002.
 
11. Allen, Roger K A. Brain bull and the moping MOPS collector.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7348/1235/a#22648.
28 May 2002.
 
12. Allen, Roger K A. Long over due.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/319/7224/1515#22722.
31 May 2002.
 
13. Allen, Roger K A. The Decline and Fall of Planet Earth.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7338/624#22812.
5 Jun 2002.
 
14. Allen, Roger K A. Some more from Australia , home of slang.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7350/S179#22898.
8 Jun 2002.
 
15. Allen, Roger K A. Homeopathic dose or a dose of good medicine?
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7354/41#23818.
11 July 2002.
 
16. Allen, Roger K A. Altruism in Oz in a class of its own.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7357/S31#24243.
27 July 2002.
 
17. Allen, Roger K A. Bravo, brave BMJ, for the rapid response section.
bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/325/7357/223?maxtoshow.
27 July 2002.
 
18. Allen, Roger K A. A rose by any other name.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7359/345#24597.
11 Aug 2002.
 
19. Allen, Roger K A. Mad dogs and Englishmen.. in white coats.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7359/345#24653.
12 Aug 2002.
 
20. Allen, Roger K A. A rapid response, not peer reviewed.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7357/223#24654.
12 Aug, 2002.
 
21. Allen, Roger K A. Doctoring the title of doctor.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7359/345#24752.
16 Aug 2002.
 
22. Allen, Roger K A. Accumulating points has not changed the way I learn. 
bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/325/7360/393. 
17 Aug 2002.
 
23. Allen, Roger K A. A matter of opinion mate.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7357/223#24799.
18 Aug 2002.
 
24. Allen, Roger K A. Is there a Doctor (?) in the House?
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7359/345#24883.
22 Aug 2002.
 
25. Allen, Roger K A. Pax Americana and the BMJ. Heaven help us all.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7361/404#24895.
23 Aug 2002.
 
26. Allen, Roger K A. College of Psychiatrists. Another BMJ Freudian slip?
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7360/393#24915.
23 Aug 2002.
 
27. Allen, Roger K A. He who pays the piper. and the chained dog.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7360/388#24930.
24 Aug 2002.
 
28. Allen, Roger K A. English a she ain't spoke and the Great Despond.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7360/387#24936.
24 Aug 2002.
 
29. Allen, Roger K A. Reply from over your biggest pond.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7361/404#24990.
26 Aug 2002.
 
30. Allen, Roger K A. May the 4th be with you and the Lindberg syndrome.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7361/404#25045.
28 Aug 2002.
 
31. Allen, Roger K A. May the 4th be with you and the Lindbergh syndrome.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7361/404#25125.
31 Aug 2002.
 
32. Allen, Roger K A. It takes two to tango.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7359/314#25175.
2 Sept 2002.
 
33. Allen, Roger K A. Bring back the ducking stool.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7359/314#25231.
4 Sept 2002.
 
34. Allen, Roger K A. As it was in the beginning..
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7363/538#25283.
6 Sept 2002.
 
35. Allen, Roger K A. The taming of the shrew. and the definition of violence.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7359/314/25285.
6 Sept 2002.
 
36. Allen, Roger K A. Justifiable homicide and lambs' fry and bacon.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7359/314#25330.
8 Sept 2002.
 
37. Allen, Roger K A. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts and the timing of miracles.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7363/553#25337.
8 Sept 2002.
 
38. Allen, Roger K A. Mesothelioma, miracles and 11th September.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7363/553#25394.
10 Sept 2002.
 
39. Allen, Roger K A. More on Mesothelioma, miracles and 11th September.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7363/553#25399.
10 Sept 2002.
 
40. Allen, Roger K A. 'An enema for the patient, Nurse' or take your own medicine.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7363/538#25407.
11 Sept 2002.
 
41. Allen, Roger K A. The hare and the tortoise and speed kills.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7360/388#25419.
11 Sept 2002.
 
42. Allen, Roger K A. "Thoracic Park", non-cardiac chest pain and the lost art of chest palpation.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7364/588#25518.
14 Sept 2002.
 
43. Allen, Roger K A. Mesothelioma, miracles and 11th September.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7363/553#25571.
16 Sept 2002.
 
44. Allen, Roger K A. Black bile, BMJ readers and the demise of humour.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7364/561/a#25574.
17 Sept 2002.
 
45. Allen, Roger K A. Mad cow or the Empire strikes back?
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7364/561/a#25627.
18 Sept 2002.
 
46. Allen, Roger K A. "As for the Americans, they haven't spoken English for years".
bmj.com/cgi/eletters.325/7364/561/a#25656.
19 Sept 2002.
 
47. Allen, Roger K A. Le Petit Prince et les Réponses Rapides.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters.325/7364/561/a#25668.
19 Sept 2002.
 
48. Allen, Roger K A. Kaiser's Bill and his Big Apple.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/bmjusa.02030003v1#25685.
20 Sep 2002.
 
49. Allen, Roger K A. National amnesia and the Axis of Evil.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/321/7275/1490#25824.
26 Sept 2002.
 
50. Allen, Roger K A. Deliver us from Evil. and .Suffer the little children.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/321/7275/1490#25893.
29 Sept 2002.
 
51. Allen, Roger K A. :Classical gas" or "Smoke gets in your eyes".. Lest we forget.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/321/7275/1490#25933.
30 Sept 2002.
 
52. Allen, Roger K A. Clowns.without clown suits.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7370/922/b#26603.
29 Oct 2002.
 
53. Allen, Roger K A. Bring back "The Lord High Executioner".
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7371/1026#26659.
2 Nov 2002.
 
54. Allen, Roger K A. Reading the bans or the Nazi mute.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7373/0/g#27199.
20 Nov 2002
 
55. Allen, Roger K A. Death, where is thy sting.. and the ratings war.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7339/744#27289.
23 Nov 2002.
 
56. Allen, Roger K A. The BMJ blimp or the house of hot air.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7373/0/g#27365,
25 Nov 2002.
 
57. Allen, Roger K A. East of Eden (Anthony) and the Man from Down Under.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7373/0/g#27421.
27 Nov 2002.
 
58. Allen, Roger K A. The editor refuses to apologise but encourages reflection on the offending cover.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7376/1352#27720.
9 Dec 2002.
 
59. Allen, Roger K A. Evidence baste sauces.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/325/7378/1496#28156.
24 Dec 2002.
 
60. Allen, Roger K A. Scotland the Brave. Who sups with the devil must needs a long spoon.
bmj.bmjournals.com/cgi/eletters/328/7431/69. 
10 Jan 2004.
 
61. Allen, Roger K A. Hitting a raw nerve and throwing the baby out with the bath water.
bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/328/7431/69. 
14 Jan 2004.
 
62. The wine presses of academia produce young wines that don't cellar well..
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/331/7508/0-g#111832.
9 July 2005.
 
63. Straight jackets prevent straight thinking and straight talking.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/331/7508/0-g#112111. 
12 Jul 2005.
 
64. Rear guards with mute mouths make mediocre medicine.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters/331/7508/0-g#112235. 
14 Jul 2005.
 
65. A voyage of discovery with an old map.
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/eletters/130/3/855 16 September 2006, CHEST Electronic letters to Comparison of Sarcoidosis Phenotypes Among Affected African-American Siblings
 
66. Lung function in obese patients with asbestos diseases; crystal ball or linear regression?
http://www.chestjournal.org 1 October 2006
 
67. Who sups with the devil must needs a long spoon.
bmj.com/cgi/eletters.
01 May 2008
 
68. Problem-based learning and the death of the hyphen .
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/336/7651/971 .
04 May 2008
 
69. It's an ill wind which blows nobody any good.
http://www.bmj.com.
06 May 2008.
 
70. Re: Re: It's an ill wind which blows nobody any good.
http://www.bmj.com.
08 May 2008.
 
71. Re: Another pedant's lament in Rhyme .
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/336/7651/0 .
12 May 2008.
 
72. Rembrandt's cutting wit and dull-witted surgeons
http://www.bmj.com.
25 May 2008
 
73. Peripatetic power points and cutting the bull out of bullet points
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/336/7655/1252-a#196661
5 June 2008.
 
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