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Dr David Michael Allen

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URL:
https://www.nuh.com.sg/medicine
Designations:
  • Senior Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital
  • Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Qualifications:
MD (U of Texas Southwestern, United States) 1983, Board Certified (Int Med) (ABIM, United States) 1986, Board Certified (Inf Dis) (ABIM, United States) 1988, Specialist Accreditation in Infectious Diseases, Singapore 2011
Specialties:
Medicine
Sub-Specialties:
Infectious Diseases
Special Interests:
​Infections in immune compromised hosts, Complex infections involving implanted cardiac devices, prosthetic joints and the spine

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Journals & Publications

  1. Wheat J, Myint T, Guo Y, Kemmer P, Hage C, Terry C, Azar MM,…. Allen D, et al. Central nervous system histoplasmosis: Multicenter retrospective study on clinical features, diagnostic approach and outcome of treatment. Medicine. 2018 Mar; 97(13): e0245.
  2. Ong JJ, Bharatendu C, Goh Y, Tang JZ, Sooi KW, Tan YL, Tan BY, Teoh HL, Ong ST, Allen DM, Sharma VK. Headaches Associated with Personal Protective Equipment–A Cross‐sectional Study Amongst Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID‐19 (HAPPE Study). Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 2020;60:864-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/head.13811
  3. Tham Sai Meng, David Michael Allen, Paul Ananth Tambyah, Jolene Oon. Faecal SARS-CoV-2 RNA positivity with persistently negative respiratory samples (Letter).. Submitted Gut May 2020
  4. Archuleta S, Cross G, Somani J, Lum L, Santosa A, Alagha RA, Allen DM, Ang A, Beh D, Chai L, Chan SM. Responding to COVID-19: How an Academic Infectious Diseases Division Mobilized in Singapore. BMC Medicine. 2020 Dec;18:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01641-7
  5. Joshua K Tay, Gail B Cross, Chun Kiat Lee, Benedict Yan, Jerold Loh, Zhen  Yu Lim, Nicholas Ngiam, Jeremy Chee, Soo Wah Gan, Anmol Saraf, Wai Tung Eason Chow, Han Lee Goh, Chor Hiang Siow, Derrick WQ Lian, Woei Shyang Loh, Kwok Seng Loh, Vincent TK Chow, De Yun Wang, Jerry YH Fuh, Ching-Chiuan Yen, John EL Wong, David M Allen. Design and clinical validation of a 3D-printed nasopharyngeal swab for COVID-19 testing. MedRxiv. 2020 Jan 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.18.20134791
  6. Joshua K Tay, Gail B Cross, Chun Kiat Lee, Benedict Yan, Jerold Loh, Zhen,Yu Lim, Nicholas Ngiam, Jeremy Chee, Soo Wah Gan, Anmol Saraf, Wai Tung Eason Chow, Han Lee Goh, Chor Hiang Siow, Derrick WQ Lian, Woei Shyang Loh, Kwok Seng Loh, Vincent TK Chow, De Yun Wang, Jerry YH Fuh, Ching-Chiuan Yen, John EL Wong, David M Allen. Design and Multicenter Clinical Validation of a 3-Dimensionally Printed Nasopharyngeal Swab for SARS-CoV-2 Testing. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Published online February 18, 2021. https://doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.5680
  7. Alicia XY Ang, Lionel HW Lum, Nares Smitasin, David Michael Allen, Guan Huei, Lee Alfred, WC Kow, Anatharaman Vathsala. Liver Transplantation in the era of the COVID-19 outbreak. Submitted International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Submitted 3 July 2020
  8. Joshua K Tay, Gail B Cross, Louisa Sun, Alfred Chia, Jeremy Chee, Jerold Loh, Zhen Yu Lim, Nicholas Ngiam, Khang Wen Pang, Stephanie Yeap, Han Lee Goh, Chor Hiang Siow, Woei Shyang Loh, Kowk Seng Loh, Chun Kiat Lee, Benedict Yan, Vincent TK Chow, De Yun Wang, Freddy Boey, John EL Wong, David M Allen. Clinical Diagnostic Study of a Novel Injection Molded Swab for SARS-CoV-2 Testing. Infectious Diseases and Therapy. 2021 Jan 11:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40121-020-00391-6
  9. Florence Sheen, Vicki Tan, Sumanto Haldar, Sharmila Sengupta, David Allen, Jyoti Somani, Hui Yee Chen, Paul Tambyah, Ciaran G. Forde. Evaluating the Onset, Severity and Recovery from Smell and Taste Changes Associated with COVID-19 Infection in a Singaporean population; A Prospective Case Controlled Study (The COV-OSMIA-19 Trial). JMIR Res Protoc 2020;9(12):e24797) https://doi: 10.2196/24797

National University Health System
  • National University Hospital
  • Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
  • Alexandra Hospital
  • Jurong Community Hospital
  • National University Polyclinics
  • Jurong Medical Centre
  • National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
  • National University Heart Centre, Singapore
  • National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore (NUCOHS)
  • NUHS Disgnostics
  • NUHS Pharmacy
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  • NUS - Yong Loo Lin, School of Medicine
  • NUS - Faculty of Dentistry
  • NUS - Saw Swee Hock, School of Public Health

 

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