
Anne Elizabeth Allan, MD
Academic Appointments
1994–1999 Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine
1993–1994 Clinical Instructor of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Training
1995–1997 Fellow, Dermatopathology, Boston University School of Medicine
1989–1992 Resident, Dermatology, Boston University/Tufts Integrated Residency Program
1982–1983 Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Massachusetts
1981–1982 Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
1980–1981 Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Education
1980 MD, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
1976 B.A. Natural Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Johns Hopkins University
Certifications
2011 Re-Certified, American Board of Dermatology
1995 Diplomate, American Board of Pathology and Dermatology, Special Qualification in Dermatopathology
1992 Diplomate, American Board of Dermatology
1986 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
Professional Societies
American Academy of Dermatology
American Society of Dermatopathology
Massachusetts Academy of Dermatology
Massachusetts Medical Society
New England Dermatologic Society
Select Publications
Gutin P, Hilton J, Fein V, Allan A, Walker M. DNA damage in the intercerebral rat gliosarcoma treated with 1-(2-Chloroethyl)-3-Cylohexyl-l-nitrosurea. Cancer Research 1977; 37:3761-3765.
Gutin P, Hilton J, Fein V, Allan A, Rottman A, Walker M. S1, Nuclease from aspergillus oryzae for the detection of DNA damage and repair. Radiation Research 1977; 72:100-106.
Pandolf K, Allan A, Gonzalez R, Sawka M, Stroschein L, Young A. Chemical warfare protective clothing: Identification of performance limitations and their possible solutions. Trends in Ergonomics/Human Factors IV. SS Asfour (ed.) North Holland 1987.
Stephenson L, Kolka M, Allan A, Santee W. Heat exchange during encapsulation in a chemical warfare agent protective patient wrap in four hot environments. Aviation Space Environment Medicine 1988; 59:345-351.
Kolka M, Stephenson L, Allan A, Rock P. Atropine-induced cutaneous vasodilation decreases esophageal temperature during exercise. Am J Physiol 1989; 257:R1089-R1095.
Speckman K, Allan A, Sawka M, Young A, Muza S, Pandolf K. Perspectives in microclimate cooling involving protective clothing in hot environments, technical report. Intl J Industrial Ergonomics 1988; 3:121-147.
Weinstein GD, Nigra TP, Pochi PE, Savin RC, Allan A, Benik K, Jeffes E, Lufrano L, Thorne EG. Topical tretinoin for the treatment to photodamaged skin: A multicenter study. Archives of Dermatology 1991; 127:659-665.
Allan A, Tsou H, Harrington A, Stasko T, Grande D, Peacocke M. Clonal origin of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 1993; 100:99-102.
Allan A, Archambult M, Messena E, Gilchrest, BA. Topically applied diacylglycerols increase pigmentation in guinea pigskin. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 1995; 105:687-692.
Gilchrest BA, Allan A. Diacylglycerol-induced tanning – response to the editor. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 1997; 108:120-122.
Rohrer TE, Allan A. Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia successfully treated with a long-pulsed tunable day laser. Dermatologic Surgery 2000; 26(3)211-214.
Allan A, Shoji T, Li N, Burlage A, Davis B, Bhawan J. Two cases of Kaposi’s sarcoma mimicking Stewart-Treves syndrome found to be human herpes virus-8 positive. Am J Dermpath, 2001; 23(5)431-436.
Kroumpouzos G, Travers R, Allan A. Generalized hyperpigmentation with daunorubicin chemotherapy. J Am Acad Dermatol 2002; 46:S1-3.
Mendese G, Wisco O, Allan A, Quinn T, Grande DG. Concomitant Merkel cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. Dermatol Surg 2012; 38(10)1753-5.
Case Reviews
Iacocca MV, Abernethy J, Stefanato C, Allan A, Bhawan J. Mixed Merkel cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. A report of four cases. J Am Acad Dermatol 1998; 39:882-887.
Allan A, Andersen W, Rosenbaum M, Bhawan J. Histologic features of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus in a surgical scar. Am J Dermatopath 1999; 21(4):387-391.
Allan A, Fenner J. Subcutaneous nodules on the head and neck heralding giant cell arteritis: A second case report. In progress, 2022.
Allan A, Alavian, C, Cosgrove R. Buruli-like ulceration caused by M.marinum. In progress, 2022.
Abstracts
#442 Topically applied diacylglycerols increase pigmentation in guinea pig skin, presented, Society of Investigative Dermatology, Washington, D.C., April 1994.
#74 Atypical necrobiotic xanthogranuloma: a case report, presented as a poster, American Society of Dermatopathology, March 1997.
#114 Features of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus in a surgical scar, presented as a poster, American Society of Dermatopathology, March 1997.
Kaposi’s sarcoma arising in chronic post-mastectomy lymphedematous arms is found to be HHV8 positive
by polymerasechain reaction. American Society of Dermatopathology, oral presentation, March 1998.
#7 A unique mucin-producing adnexal carcinoma of the eyelid, presented as a poster, American Society of Dermatopathology, October 2000.
Atypical scalp nevi in young individuals have melanocytes with a characteristic cytomorphology: An analysis of 117 cases. J Cut Pathol 2001; 10, 585.
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like changes in calciphylaxis: A second case report, presented as a poster, American Society of Dermatopathology, Sept. 2002.
Cutaneous larva migrans, presented as a poster, American Society of Dermatopathology, Oct. 2004.
Allan, A. PIlar arrector muscle involvement in leprosy: An underappreciated finding, presented as a poster, American Society of Dermatopathology, 2016.
Book Chapters
Papulosquamous Disorders. Chapter 143, Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, eds SC McKean et al, McGraw Hill, 2012.
Noninfectious Vesiculobullous and Vesicopustular Diseases. Chapter 9, Lever’s Histopathology of the Skin, ed David E. Elder, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015.