Dr. Allen is a full-time, board-certified, oculoplastic surgeon in Houston, Texas.  He will be practicing ophthalmology in Stockholm Sweden at Sankt Eriks Ögonsjukhus starting in September 2024.  His procedures range from routine outpatient surgeries to extremely complex, multi-disciplinary inpatient cases. 

He is deeply committed to medical education and exceptional patient care.  To this end, he created Oculoplastic Surgery Videos, an archive of over 300 narrated videos that are available to all, free of charge.  Currently over 10,000 people follow OSV online on Facebook, and over 20,000 follow him on YouTube.  On these sites, Dr. Allen introduces a new topic weekly and answers questions from physicians all over the world.  It is a singular project without equal in ophthalmology today.  The "classic" (pre-2015) videos are hosted by The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where Dr. Allen both trained and worked on faculty prior to returning to Texas.  To access the videos, please click here.  His YouTube page includes these classic videos as well as his new videos.  To access his YouTube page, please click here.

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Dr. Allen is happily married to his wife of 30 years, Missy.  She is an enthusiastic advocate for his domestic and international medical education initiatives, working as his partner in his Oculoplastic Surgery Videos programs, and working towards a more democratic and barrier-free access to excellent education and health care.  They have two children, Augustus and Astrid, and currently divide their time between Stockholm and Houston.  In his increasingly rare time away from ophthalmology, he enjoys long distance bicycling, running, and listening to music.