Memorial Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Meet the Physicians at Memorial Healthcare System's Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Gary S. Allen, MD, FACS

Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery

In 2007, Dr. Allen, a board certified cardiothoracic surgeon, was the 33rd surgeon in the world inducted into the "Beating Heart Hall of Fame.” This honor is given by Guidant Corporation to the top cardiac surgeons who demonstrate exemplary off-pump procedure technique.

The focus of Dr. Allen’s practice is minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Clinical research, graduate medical education and patient education are important facets of his practice outside the operating room.

Dr. Allen attended Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, where he received his medical degree. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Texas, Houston, where he took time out to complete a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the Artificial Heart Research Laboratory at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Dr. Allen’s research was funded through a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant and he studied control apparatus for mechanical circulatory assist devices. He returned to the University of Utah where he completed his fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery.

Dr. Allen is credited for the implementation and overall success of the heart program at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Florida. While at Osceola Regional, he served as Medical Director of the Heart Institute, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chairman of the Critical Care Committee and Chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.

Dr. Allen has published extensively in peer reviewed journals in the cardiac surgery field during the past 10 years. He has been an invited lecturer on cardiothoracic surgery at numerous conferences and is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the International Society for Minimally-Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery and the American Heart Association Council on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery.

Dr. Allen was course director for CardioGenesis Thoracscopic TMR Training Program; Boston Scientific Maze Procedure Training Program and Medtronic’s Advanced Freestyle Aortic Valve Course. He served as the Community Board Chairman of the American Heart Association in 2006 and is still actively involved in the efforts to spread awareness of cardiac disease.

Other awards and professional achievements include the Outstanding Resident Teacher in the Department of Surgery, University of Texas; the American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award in Continuing Education; and the Glaxo Wellcome Leadership and Achievement Awards from the American Medical Association.

Abstracts

  1. Allen GS, Everett SD, Coates NE. Unilateral vs. bilateral pulmonary contusion: Determinate of outcome. Southern Medical Association 88th Scientific Assembly. S119, 1994
  2. Allen GS, Andrassy RJ. Adult vs. pediatric pulmonary contusion: A changing perspective. American College of Surgeons South Texas Chapter 1996.
  3. Pantalos G, Everett SD, Allen GS, Goldenberg L, Olsen D. Phsyiologic response of bovine total artificial heart recipients to graded perfusion. Society of University Surgeons 1996.
  4. Allen GS, Moore FA, Cox CS, Cocanour CC, Duke JH, Andrassy RJ. Pulmonary contusion: Are children different? Southwestern Surgical Meeting 1997.
  5. Allen GS, Cox CS, Cocanour CC, Conklin LD, Duke JD, Fischer RP, Moore FA. Blunt versus penetrating subclavian artery injury: Presentation, injury pattern and outcome. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. 1997
  6. Allen GS, Moore FA, Cox CS, Wilson JT, Cohn JM, Duke JH. Occult hollow viscous injury: A rare entity. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. 1997
  7. Allen GS, Cox CS, White NK, Black CB, Lally KP, Andrassy RJ. Postoperative respiratory complications in ex-premature infants after elective inguinal herniorrhaphy. Pediatrics 100(3): 523, 1997.
  8. Allen GS, Cox CS, Andrassy RJ, Lally KP. Resource utilization in the management of pediatric falls. American College of Surgeons South Texas Chapter 1997.
  9. Allen GS, Moore FA, Cox CS, Cocanour CC, Marvin R, Mehall JR, Duke JH, Andrassy RJ. Delayed diagnosis of blunt duodenal injury - An avoidable complication? American College of Surgeons South Texas Chapter 1998.
  10. Allen GS, Moody FG, Reiser SJ, Black TC. Undergraduate surgical education - Teaching the precepts of managed care. Association for Surgical education, 1998.
  11. Allen GS, Moore FA, Cox CS, Mehall JR, Duke JH, Fischer RP. Delayed diagnosis of blunt duodenal injury increases abdominal septic complications in adults. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. 1998
  12. Cocanour CS, Moore FA, Allen GS, Cox CS, Ware DN, Marvin RG, Duke JH. Blunt trauma to the pancrease -- A rare and potentially devastating injury. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. 1998
  13. Allen GS. Thoracoscopic transmyocardial laser revascularization. NewEra Cardiac Care: Innovation & Technology meeting. January 10, 2004.
  14. Allen GS. Does adjunctive transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMR) reduce postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting? CHEST 2005 128: 181S.
  15. Allen GS. Thoracoscopic TMR: Is prior CABG a contraindication? ISMICS. San Francisco June 7 2006
  16. Allen GS. Intra-operative Temperature Control Using the Thermoguard System During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Accepted to WSCTS May 1, 2008

Manuscripts

  1. Allen GS, Klingman RR, Ferraris V. Transesophageal echocardiography in the surgical management of renal cell carcinoma with intracardiac extension. The Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 32(6): 833-836, 1991.
  2. Allen GS, Coates NE. Pulmonary Contusion: A collective review. The American Surgeon. 62(11): 895-900, 1996.
  3. Allen GS, Murray KD, Olson DB. Control of the artificial heart. American Society of Artificial Internal Organs Journal. 42:932-937, 1996.
  4. Allen GS, Murray KD, Olson DB. The importance of pulsatile and nonpulsatile flow in the design of blood pumps. Artificial Organs. 21(8): 922-928, 1997.
  5. Allen GS, Fischer RP. Traumatic lung herniation.Annals of Thoracic Surgery 63:1455-1456, 1997.
  6. Allen GS, Cox CS, Moore FA, Lally KP, Duke JD, Andrassy RJ. Adult vs. pediatric pulmonary contusion: Are children different? Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 185:229-233, 1997.
  7. Allen GS, Cox CS, Moore FA, Lally KP, Duke JD, Andrassy RJ. Adult vs. pediatric pulmonary contusion: Are children different? Surgical Technologist 30:29-34, 1998. Reprinted with permission of the American College of Surgeons.
  8. Allen GS, Cox CS. Pulmonary Contusion in children: Diagnosis and management. Southern Medical Journal. 91(12):1099-1106, December 1998.
  9. Allen GS, Moore FA, Cox CS, Wilson JT, Cohn JM, Duke JH. Blunt trauma and hollow viscous injury. The Journal of Trauma. 45:69-78, 1998.
  10. Allen GS, Cox CS, White NK, Black CB, Lally KP, Andrassy RJ. Postoperative respiratory complications in ex-premature infants after elective inguinal herniorrhaphy.Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 33:1095-1098, 1998.
  11. Cox CS, Allen GS, Fischer RP, Conklin LD, Duke JD, Cocanour CC, Moore FA. Blunt versus penetrating subclavian artery injury: Presentation, injury pattern and outcome. The Journal of Trauma. 46:445-449, 1999.
  12. Allen GS, Moore FA, Cox CS, Mehall JR, Duke JH, Fischer RP. Delayed diagnosis of blunt duodenal injury: An Avoidable Complication. J Am Coll Surg 187:393-399,1998.
  13. Allen GS. Mid-Term Results After Thoracoscopic Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization. Annal Thorac Surg. 80:553-8, 2005.
  14. Thoracoscopic Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization: Is Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting a Contraindication? Innovations. 2007;2 112-115.

Editorials

  1. What do we have against operations that lack mechanistic Gratification? Innovations. 2006:1(4)137-139.

Presentations

  1. The importance of the pulse: A two thousand year debate. The First Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Die Prefecture, Japan. October 16 - 17, 1993.
  2. Unilateral vs. Bilateral Pulmonary Contusion: Determinants of Outcome. Southern Medical Association 88th Annual Scientific Assembly. Orlando, Florida. November 2-6, 1994.
  3. Resource Utilization in the Management of Pediatric Falls. South Texas Chapter American Chapter American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. March 14-16, 1996.
  4. Physiologic Response of Bovine Total Artificial Heart Recipients to Graded Perfusion. Society of University of Surgeons. Tampa, Florida. February 24-26, 1997.
  5. Adult vs. Pediatric Pulmonary Contusion: Are Children Different? Southwestern Surgical Association. rancho Mirage, California. April 5, 1997.
  6. Blunt versus penetrating subclavian artery injury: Presentation, injury pattern and outcome. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting. Kona, Hawaii. September 24, 1997.
  7. Occult Hollow Viscous Injury: A Rare Entity. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting. Kona, Hawaii. September 24, 1997.
  8. Postoperative respiratory complications in ex-premature infants after elective inguinal herniorrhaphy. American Academy of Pediatrics. New Orleans, Louisiana. November 1, 1997.
  9. Delayed Diagnosis of Blunt Duodenal Injury - An Avoidable Complication? South Texas Chapter American Chapter American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. February 20, 1998.
  10. Undergraduate Surgical Education - Teaching the Precepts of Managed Care. Association for Surgical Education. Vancouver, British Columbia. April 24, 1998.
  11. Radiofrequency ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation. A live operative demonstration. The Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technology Annual Meeting. Miami, Florida. March 11, 2004.
  12. Does adjunctive transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMR) reduce postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting? American College of Chest Physicians. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. November 1, 2005.
  13. Thoracoscopic Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization: Is Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting a Contraindication? ISMICS. San Francisco, California June 9, 2006.
  14. OPCAB without intravenous anticoagulation in patients receiving clopidogrel. ISMICS. San Francisco, California June 10, 2006
  15. Opportunities for improvement in the management of Atrial fibrillation in the CABG patient. Fourth Annual Queen of the Valley Hospital Regional Heart Center Symposium. Napa, California. October 7, 2006

Video Presentation

  1. Resection of Renal Cell Carcinoma Extending into the Right Atrium. American College of Surgery Congress. New Orleans, Louisiana. October 10 -13, 1991.
  2. Thoracoscopic transmyocardial laser revascularization. NewEra Cardiac Care: Innovation & Technology meeting. Dana Point, California. January 10, 2004
  3. VATS Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization (TMR). CTSNET. Adult Cardiac Expert Techniques.
    April 17, 2006.

Invited Lectures

  1. L - glucose as a noncaloric and nontoxic sugar substitute. Department of Biochemistry Lecture Series. Skidmore College Saratoga, New York. April 22, 1987.
  2. Complications with HMG coreductase inhibitors for hypercholesterolemia in renal transplant recipients. Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College. June 7, 1989.
  3. Segmental living related lung transplantation. Division of Cardiothoracic surgery. Albany Medical College Albany, New York. January 12, 1990.
  4. Management of blunt chest trauma. Davis County paramedics training course. Salt Lake City, Utah. December 5, 1993.
  5. Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure. Harris Count paramedics training course. Salt Lake City, Utah. January 21, 1994.
  6. Input control parameters for the EH-TAH 100. Department of Biomedical Engineering, artificial Heart Research Laboratory. Salt Lake City, Utah. February 20, 1994.
  7. Can mammals thrive on long term nonpulsatile flow pumps? Department of Biomedical Engineering, artificial Heart Research Laboratory. Salt Lake City, Utah. June 1, 1994.
  8. Management of blunt abdominal trauma. ATLS instructors course. Sponsored by Hermann Hospital Life Flight. Houston, Texas. November 11, 1994.
  9. Physiologic response to shock in the trauma patient. University of Texas Medical School - Houston, Department of Surgery. Houston, Texas February 5, 1997.
  10. The Acute Abdomen. University of Texas Medical School - Houston, Department of Surgery. Houston, Texas. July 7, 1997.
  11. Cardiopulmonary bypass for open heart surgery. University of Texas Medical School - Houston, Department of Surgery. Houston, Texas. January 13, 1998.
  12. Diagnostic angiography for peripheral vascular surgery. University of Texas Medical School - Houston, Department of Surgery. Houston, Texas. January 22, 1998.
  13. Literary perspective of milestones in thoracic surgery. University of Texas Medical School - Houston, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas. April 7, 1998.
  14. Indications for a beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination anitbiotic. Wyeth-Ayerts Laboratories, Houston, Texas. April 16, 1998.
  15. Advances in cardiac surgery. Heart Care 2002 - Lee Memorial Health System. Fort Myers, Florida. November 14, 2002
  16. Surgical Ventricular Remodeling. Heart Care 2002 - Lee Memorial Health System. Fort Myers, Florida. October 24, 2003.
  17. Thoracoscopic transmyocardial laser revascularization with a Holmium:YAG laser. Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Sanantonio, Texas. January 25, 2004
  18. Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. Florida Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Key Largo, Florida.
    July 10, 2004.
  19. Minimally invasive technologies and techniques for TMR. Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Tampa, Florida.
    January 23, 2005.
  20. Adopting cardiac ablation in your practice. American Association of Thoracic Surgeons. San Francisco, California. April 11, 2005.
  21. New techniques and technologies in cardiac surgery. Association of Surgical Technologists. Orlando, Florida May 27, 2005.
  22. Advances in Cardiac Surgery. American Association of Cardiac Nurses. Florida Hospital. Orlando, Florida.
    June 13, 2006.
  23. Antiplatelet Strategies for Peripheral Artery Disease. Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Orlando Regional Medical Center. Orlando, Florida. July 20, 2006.
  24. New Insights on Transmyocardial Revascularization. Pan-American Medical Association. Longboat Key, Florida. September 2, 2007.

 

 

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