Department of Surgery

Division of Ophthalmology

Richard C. Allen, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Oculoplastic Surgery

Ophthalmology
MSC10-5610
Department of Surgery
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 272-6120
Fax: (505) 272-6125
RiAllen@salud.unm.edu

Professional Experience


Education


Honors

Profession Affilations

American Academy of Ophthalmology
New Mexico Academy of Ophthalmology
Greater Albuquerque Medical Association

Certification

American Board of Ophthalmology
American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Selected Recent Publications

Allen RC, Oetting TA (2007). Indocyanine green toxicity. Ophthalmology 114:197.

Allen RC, Nerad JA, Kattah JC, Lee AG (2006). Resolution of optic nerve edema and improved visual function after optic nerve sheath fenestration in a patient with osteopetrosis. American Journal of Opthalmology 141:945-7.

Allen RC, Russell SR, Schluter ML, Oetting TA (2006). Retained posterior segment indocyanine green dye after phacoemulsification. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 32:357-60.

Allen RC, Russell SR, Streb LM, Alisheikheh A, Stone EM (2006). Phenotypic heterogeneity associated with a novel mutation (Gly112Glu) in the Norrie disease protein. Eye 20:234-41.

Ebenezer ND, Patel CB, Hariprasad SM, Chen LL, Patel RJ, Hardcastle AJ, Allen RC (2005). Clinical and molecular characterization of a family with autosomal recessive cornea plana (CNA2). Archives of Ophthalmology, 123:1248-53. Comment in Archives of Ophthalmology 2006; 124:1371-2; author reply 1372.

Hariprasad SM, Moon SJ, Allen RC, Wilhelmus KR (2002). Keratopathy from congenital syphilis. Cornea, 21:608-9.

Allen RC, Kherani A, Folberg R, Oetting TA (2001).  Angle-closure glaucoma secondary to systemic anticoagulant and antithrombotic therapy in two patients with age-related macular degeneration. Middle East Journal of Ophthalmology, 9:122-124.

Allen RC, Webster AR, Sui R, Brown J, Taylor CM, Stone EM (2001). Molecular characterization and ophthalmic investigation of a large family with type 2A von Hippel-Lindau disease. Archives of Ophthalmology, 119(11):1659-65.

Allen RC, Gupta RR, Poblete R, Oetting TA (2001). Traumatic phacocele. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 27(8):1333-4.

Allen RC, Kherani A, Russell SR, Kwon YH and Oetting TA (2001). Cryptophacolytic glaucoma in two patients with ectopia lentis et pupillae. Middle East Journal of Ophthalmology, 9:81-82.

Mathers WD, Nelson SE, Lane JL, Wilson ME, Allen RC and Folberg R (2000). Confirmation of confocal microscopy diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis using polymerase chain reaction analysis. Archives of Ophthalmology, 118:178-183.

Qiong L, Rohrer J, Allen RC, Larche M, Greene JM, Shigeoka AO, Gatti RA, Derauf DC, Belmont JW and Conley ME (1996). Single strand conformation polymorphism study of CD40 ligand. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 97:196-201.

Oeltjen JC, Liu X, Lu J, Allen RC, Muzny D, Belmont JW and Gibbs RA  (1995). Sixty-nine kilobases of contiguous human genomic sequence containing the alpha-galactosidase A and Bruton’s tyrosine kinase loci. Mammalian Genome, 6(5):334-8.

Allen RC, Nachtman RG, Rosenblatt HM and Belmont JW  (1994). Application of carrier testing to genetic counseling for X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA). American Journal of Human Genetics, 54:25-35.

Allen RC and Belmont JW (1993). Trinucleotide repeat at the DXS101 locus. Human Molecular Genetics, 2:1508.

Allen RC, Spriggs MK and Belmont JW  (1993). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism in the human CD40 ligand gene. Human Molecular Genetics, 2(6):828.

Tsukada S, Saffran DC, Rawlings DJ, Parolini O, Allen RC, Klisak I, Sparkes RS, Kubagawa H, Mohandas T, Quan S, Belmont JW, Cooper MD, Conley ME and Witte ON (1993). Deficient expression of a B-cell cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase in human X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Cell, 72:279-290.

Allen RC, Armitage RJ, Conley ME, Rosenblatt H, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Bedell MA, Edelhoff S, Disteche CM, Simoneaux DK, Fanslow WC, Belmont J and Spriggs MK (1993). CD40 ligand gene defects responsible for X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome. Science, 259:990-993.

Wengler GS, Allen RC, Parolini O, Smith H and Conley ME  (1993). Nonrandom X-chromosome inactivation in natural killer cells from obligate carriers of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency. Journal of Immunology, 150:700-704.

Parolini O, Hejtmancik JF, Allen RC, Belmont JW, Lassiter GL, Henry MJ, Barker DF and Conley ME (1993). Linkage analysis and physical mapping near the gene for X-linked agammaglobulinemia at Xq22. Genomics, 15:342-349.

Allen RC, Belmont JW (1992). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the DXS178 locus. Human Molecular Genetics, 1(3):216.

Allen RC, Zoghbi HY, Moseley AB, Rosenblatt H and Belmont JW  (1992). Methylation of Hpa II and Hha I sites near the polymorphic CAG repeat in the human androgen-receptor gene correlates with X chromosome inactivation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 51:1229-1239.


Book Chapters

Allen R. Commentary to "Injury to the Eye", Eds. Moore EE, Feliciano DV, and Mattox KL. Trauma, 5th edition; New York, McGraw-Hill (2004), pp 421-422.

Allen RC, Murphy ML, Nerad JA. Benign Lid Tumors, Eds. Krachmer JH, Mannis MJ, Holland EJ. Cornea, 2nd edition, Elsevier Mosby (2005), pp 443-462.

Allen RC, Nerad JA. Current management of traumatic enophthalmos, Eds. Guthoff RF, Katowitz JA. Essentials in ophthalmology; volume oculoplastics and orbit, Berlin, Springer-Verlag (2006), pp 237-251.

Non-Peer Review Publications

Allen RC, Kherani A, Russell SR, Kwon YH and Oetting TA (2001). Cryptophacolytic glaucoma in two patients with ectopia lentis et pupillae. Middle East Journal of Ophthalmology, 9:81-82.

Allen RC, Kherani A, Folberg R, Oetting TA (2001). Angle-closure glaucoma secondary to systemic anticoagulant and antithrombotic therapy in two patients with age-related macular degeneration. Middle East Journal of Ophthalmology, 9:122-124.

Moon SJ, Hariprasad SM, Bohra L, and Allen RC (2002). The wolf who wore sheep’s clothing. Eyenet (Morning Rounds), 6(7):35-37.

Chong EM and Allen RC (2003). Uncoiling an unexpected solution. Eyenet (Morning Rounds), 7(1):37-38.

Allen RC and Nerad JA (2005). The little boy with an allergy that wouldn’t go away. Eyenet (Morning Rounds), 9(6):41-42.

Presentations

Allen R, Avery R, Johnson C, and Nerad J 2007. Methotrexate treatment for orbital angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. 25th meeting of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Ljubljana, Slovenia. P-82.

Allen RC and Carter KD 2007. Is a Jones tube contraindicated in patients with sleep apnea? 2007 Spring Symposium of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Key Largo, Florida.

Jaramillo J, Black R, Sandoval D, and Allen RC 2004. Surgical outcomes for ptosis correction in Hispanic New Mexicans with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the European Society of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, Louisiana. Poster PO309.

Jaramillo J, Black R, Sandoval D, Chapin J, Morrison L, and Allen RC 2004. Ophthalmic and molecular characterization of Hispanic New Mexicans with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 45:4579.

Ebenezer ND, Patel CB, Hariprasad SM, Chen LL, Patel RJ, Bhattacharya SS, Webster AR and Allen RC 2002. A potential pathogenic change in keratocan causes autosomal recessive cornea plana (CNA2). Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 43:S2868.

Allen RC, Russell SR, Andorf JL and Stone EM 2000. Phenotypic heterogeneity associated with a novel mutation (Gly112Glu) in the Norrie disease protein (NDP). Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 41(4):S30 #152.

Allen RC, Webster AR, Taylor CM, Andorf JL and Stone EM 1999. Molecular characterization and ophthalmic investigation of type 2A von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 40(4):S576 #3031.

Oeltjen JC, Allen RC, Muzny D, Lu J, Liu M, Gibbs R and Belmont JW 1994. Genomic sequence analysis of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (btk) and 35 kb 5’ to btk. 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal, Quebec.

Belmont JW, Allen RC, Nachtman RG and Rosenblatt H 1993. Application of quantitative X chromosome inactivation analysis to carrier detection in X-linked agammaglobulinemia. 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Belmont JW, Spriggs M, Allen RC, Armitage RJ, Fanslow WC, Simoneaux DK, Rosenblatt H and Conley ME 1993. Molecular analysis of CD40 ligand in X-linked immunodeficiency with hyper IgM. The American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research 1993 Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Allen RC, Parolini O, Nachtman RG, Conley ME and Belmont JW 1993. Molecular genetics approaches to X-linked agammaglobulinemia. The American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research 1993 Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Rosenblatt HM, Allen RC, Nachtman R, Shearer WT and Belmont JW 1993. Carrier detection in X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based assay for X-chromosome (XC) inactivation in B cells. 49th annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, Chicago, IL.

Allen RC, Parolini O, Conley ME, Chinault AC and Belmont JW 1993. Physical mapping in the vicinity of the X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) locus using yeast artificial chromosome clones. Keystone Symposia: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Taos, New Mexico.

Parolini O, Belmont JW, Allen RC and Conley ME 1992. A linkage and physical map of the X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) locus. 42nd annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, San Francisco, CA.

Allen RC, Parolini O, Conley ME, Chinault AC and Belmont JW 1992. Isolation and characterization of yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clones in the vicinity of the X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) locus. 42nd annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, San Francisco, CA.

Conley ME, Parolini O, Allen RC, Belmont JW, Lassiter GL, Henry MJ and Barker DR 1992. A linkage and pulse field map of the X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) locus. X Chromosome Workshop, Amalfi, Italy.

Allen RC, Zoghbi HY, Moseley AB, Rosenblatt HM and Belmont JW 1992. Diagnosis of X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research 1992 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Allen RC, Edwards AO, Caskey CT and Belmont JW 1991. Methylation status of an X-linked HpaII site 20 base pairs from a polymorphic trimeric repeat correlates with X-inactivation. 8th International Congress of Human Genetics, Washington D.C., USA.

Allen RC, Hejtmancik FJ, Buckley R, Caskey CT and Belmont JW 1990. Conversion of DXS178 to a PCR-based assay in the analysis of XLA-1 families. American Journal of Human Genetics 47(3):A172 #675.

Abstracts

Ebenezer ND, Patel CB, Hariprasad SM, Chen LL, Patel RJ, Bhattacharya SS, Webster AR and Allen RC 2002. A potential pathogenic change in keratocan causes autosomal recessive cornea plana (CNA2). Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 43:S2868.

Allen RC, Russell SR, Andorf JL and Stone EM  2000. Phenotypic heterogeneity associated with a novel mutation (Gly112Glu) in the Norrie disease protein (NDP). Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 41(4):S30 #152.

Allen RC, Webster AR, Taylor CM, Andorf JL and Stone EM 1999. Molecular characterization and ophthalmic investigation of type 2A von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 40(4):S576 #3031.

Oeltjen JC, Allen RC, Muzny D, Lu J, Liu M, Gibbs R and Belmont JW 1994. Genomic sequence analysis of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (btk) and 35 kb 5’ to btk. 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal, Quebec.

Belmont JW, Allen RC, Nachtman RG and Rosenblatt H  1993. Application of quantitative X chromosome inactivation analysis to carrier detection in X-linked agammaglobulinemia. 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Belmont JW, Spriggs M, Allen RC, Armitage RJ, Fanslow WC, Simoneaux DK, Rosenblatt H and Conley ME 1993. Molecular analysis of CD40 ligand in X-linked immunodeficiency with hyper IgM. The American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research 1993 Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Allen RC, Parolini O, Nachtman RG, Conley ME and Belmont JW  1993. Molecular genetics approaches to X-linked agammaglobulinemia. The American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research 1993 Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Rosenblatt HM, Allen RC, Nachtman R, Shearer WT and Belmont JW  1993. Carrier detection in X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based assay for X-chromosome (XC) inactivation in B cells. 49th annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, Chicago, IL.

Allen RC, Parolini O, Conley ME, Chinault AC and Belmont JW  1993. Physical mapping in the vicinity of the X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) locus using yeast artificial chromosome clones. Keystone Symposia: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Taos, New Mexico.

Parolini O, Belmont JW, Allen RC and Conley ME  1992. A linkage and physical map of the X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) locus. 42nd annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, San Francisco, CA.

Allen RC, Parolini O, Conley ME, Chinault AC and Belmont JW 1992. Isolation and characterization of yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clones in the vicinity of the X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) locus. 42nd annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, San Francisco, CA.

Conley ME, Parolini O, Allen RC, Belmont JW, Lassiter GL, Henry MJ and Barker DR 1992. A linkage and pulse field map of the X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) locus. X Chromosome Workshop, Amalfi, Italy.

Allen RC, Zoghbi HY, Moseley AB, Rosenblatt HM and Belmont JW 1992. Diagnosis of X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research 1992 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Allen RC, Edwards AO, Caskey CT and Belmont JW  1991. Methylation status of an X-linked HpaII site 20 base pairs from a polymorphic trimeric repeat correlates with X-inactivation. 8th International Congress of Human Genetics, Washington D.C., USA.

Allen RC, Hejtmancik FJ, Buckley R, Caskey CT and Belmont JW 1990. Conversion of DXS178 to a PCR-based assay in the analysis of XLA-1 families. American Journal of Human Genetics 47(3):A172 #675.