Prof Roger Allen (Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist)
- Name
- Prof Roger Allen
- Qualifications
- MBBS University of Queensland 1975
- FRACP
- PhD
- Occupation
- Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- French
- Greek
- Medical Specialties
- Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
- Links
- http://sarcoidosis.com.au/
- http://ballinaboy.wordpress.com
- Phone
- 07 3719 5577
- Fax
- 07 3719 5177
Professor Roger Kennedy Allen is a Consultant Thoracic and Sleep Physician whose area of expertise encompasses a range of conditions including asthma, emphysema, asbestosis, mesothelioma, silicosis, sarcoidosis and bronchitis.
He also sees a wide-range of patients with sleep disorders including sleep apnoea, periodic leg movement disorder, insomnia, narcolepsy, idiopathic CNS hypersomnia and has done medico-legal reports on patients with a range of these disorders.
He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1975 with 1st Class Honours (with University Medal) and did his internship year at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
Following graduation he completed specialty training at the Austin and Repatriation General Hospitals, Melbourne where he gained a FRACP in 1982, and a Ph.D. at the University of Melbourne for his thesis on Sarcoidosis.
He has particular interest in this condition and has published numerous papers on this. Professor Allen did his PhD at the University of Melbourne on sarcoidosis and has been an active member of WASOG (the World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Diseases).
In 1985 he was appointed as Thoracic Physician at The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Brisbane.Professor Allen is a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) and has been credentialed by the Health Insurance Commission to receive Medicare reimbursement for sleep studies for which he writes reports. He is also a member of the Australian Sleep Association and attends regular conferences by this association and associated bodies.
- Hospital Affiliations
- The Wesley Hospital
- St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- GenesisCare Centre for sleep medicine - Wesley Hospital Auchenflower
- Affiliated Organisations
- The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)
- American College of Chest Physicians
- GenesisCare Centre for sleep medicine
- Australian Sleep Association (ASA)
- Affiliated Universities
- Bond University
- Medical Conditions
- Narcolepsy
- Parasomnia
- Insomnia
- Sarcoidosis
- Periodic limb movement disorder
- Sleep apnea
- Occupational lung disease
- Medical Interventions
- Bronchoscopy
- Topics
- Medico-legal
- asbestos diseases
- sleep medicine
- Postal Address
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Practice Locations
QLD
- GenesisCare Centre for sleep medicine - Wesley Hospital Auchenflower
- Address
- The Wesley Hospital
40 Chasely Street
Auchenflower QLD 4066
Australia
- Phone
- 1800 155 225
- Fax
- 07 3217 8190
