About
Brian Allen, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician who specializes in pediatric infections and antimicrobial stewardship — using the correct medication effectively in dosage and time. He helps patients and their family treat and manage neonatal and congenital infections; infections of the bone, joint, skin and soft tissue; meningitis and other infections in the central nervous system; and community- and hospital-acquired pneumonias.
Allen emphasizes being an informative, welcoming presence for children and their families who takes time to explain the ‘why’ behind an approach. He is excited to join a team that is fully devoted to putting the health of the child in our area first.
An avid baseball and sports fan generally, Allen is married and enjoys hiking with his wife and dogs Buddy and Mabel, and spending time with their cat, Poppy. He also plays pickleball and ultimate Frisbee when he has time.
Education & Training
Medical School
St. George's University School of Medicine-Grenada
Graduate Institution
Residency
Pediatrics
- Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Fellowship
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Boards
Insurances
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Academic Information
Research Profile
Brian Allen, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician with clinical interest in antimicrobial management, antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship and a broad array of infections including Staph aureus, bone and joint, skin and soft tissue, neonatal and congenital infections. Having completed his training during the COVID-19 pandemic, Allen has expertise in treating children with COVID-19 pneumonia and MIS-C.
His research efforts include a retrospective study of a committee-based approach to using metagenomic next generation sequencing at our hospital, and a retrospective epidemiologic study to describe rates of infections in COVID-19 pneumonia patients and their corresponding antibiotic use.
Research Interests
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Diagnostic stewardship
Areas of Expertise
- Bone and joint infections
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Neonatal and congenital infections
- Community- and hospital-acquired pneumonias
- Meningitis and other central nervous system infections
- Antimicrobial stewardship