Room 230, HSRF
University of Vermont, College of Medicine
149 Beaumont Ave.
Burlington, VT. 05405

Voice: (802) 656-8918 Fax: (802) 656-8908

Email: Gil.Allen@uvm.edu

• B.S. (1988) Psychology; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
• Post-Bacc.(1989-1991) Biology; University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
• M.D. (1995) with Honors; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
• Internship (1995-1996) Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Affiliated Hospitals, Denver, CO.
• Residency (1996-1998) Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University / Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
• Attending Physician Instructor (1998-1999) Department of Medicine, Sinai Hospital Baltimore, MD.
• Fellowship (1999-2002) Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, University of Vermont.
• Assistant Research Professor (2002-present) Department of Medicine, University of Vermont.

My main research interests encompass the pathogenesis and mechanical manifestations of acute lung injury and ventilator-induced lung injury, under both the laboratory and clinical conditions.

• Acute Lung Injury (ALI)
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury (VILI)
• Fibrin and coagulation in ALI
• Lung Mechanics
• In vivo microscopy

• The transient mechanical benefits of a deep inflation in the injured mouse lung. J Appl Physiol published July 12, 2002, 10.1152/japplphysiol.00473.2002
   
   
• Asthma chapter in Critical Care Secrets, 3rd edition, currently in press, co-authored with Dr. David Kaminsky, Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont