Hugh D. Allen, MD

Medical School:

University of Cincinnati   MD   06/30/1966

Internship:

Hennepin County Medical Center   06/30/1967

Residency:

University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics   06/30/1969

Fellowship:

University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics   06/30/1973

Section:

Cardiology   Click to learn about this department

Specialty:

Pediatric Cardiology, Certified  
Pediatrics, Certified  

Gender:

Male

Languages Spoken:

English

Date of Appointment at
Children's Hospital:

10/11/1988

Office Practice Information:

• Accepts patients 0-18
• Accepts patients 18 years or older
• Accepts Medicaid
• Requires a written physician referral
• Provides prenatal visits for expecting parents
• This office is wheelchair accessible

Academic Title:

Professor of Pediatrics

Clinical, Teaching & Research Interests*:

Hugh D. Allen, MD, DsC (hon), is Vice Chair for Academic Affairs at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is also the Director of Student and Resident elective activities. Dr. Allen was Physician-in-Chief of Nationwide Children’s Hospital where he also served as chief of the Section of Pediatric Cardiology from 1988 to 2001 and was executive vice chair for clinical affairs of the Department of Pediatrics. Formerly, he was Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arizona. He completed his residency and fellowship at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and served in the U.S. Army as a Major in the Medical Corps. His major research initially was in the development of the field of echocardiography. He was one of the early workers in the field of interventional catheterization. He is now studying the effects of muscular dystrophy on the heart. He was Vice President for Councils and on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the National American Heart Association, on the Sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology and the Executive Committee of the AAP. Dr. Allen frequently reviews for the National Institutes of Health. He is author or co-author of more than 250 papers, chapters and books and is again lead editor of Moss and Adam’s Heart Disease in Children and Adolescents, including the Fetus and Young Adult, 7th Edition.

Publications*:

Allen HD, Phillips JR, Chan DP. History and Physical Examination, Chapter 3. In: Moss and Adams’ Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents Including the Fetus and Young Adult, Seventh edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Philadelphia, 2008 (Out in 2007).

Allen HD, Mendell JR, Hoffman T. The Heart in Muscular Dystrophies, Chapter 60 In: Moss and Adams’ Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents Including the Fetus and Young Adult, Seventh edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Philadelphia, 2008 (Out in 2007).

Awards and Honors*:

Distinguished Educator Award, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, May 2007

Listed, Best Doctors in America

The Hugh D. Allen, MD, Fellowship Teaching Award (ongoing award to pediatric cardiology faculty)

*Physician publications, awards and honors, and presentations and teaching activities represent work completed in 2008 only.