Education

Medical School:  Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons – New York, NY

Internship

Internal Medicine: Kaiser Permanente – San Francisco, CA

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center – Bronx, NY

Fellowship

Neuroradiology:  Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA

Board Certifications

American Board of Radiology 2008

Certificate of Added Qualification in Neuroradiology 2011

Publications & Presentations

Allan JS, Rose GA, Choo JK, Arn JS, Vesga L, Mawulawde K, Slisz JK, Allison K, Madsen JC. Morphometric analyses to predict appropriate donor size for swine-to-human cardiac xenotransplantation. Transplantation Proceedings 1999; 31: 975-77.

Haller GW, Esnaola N, Yamada K, Wu A, Shimizu A, Hansen A, Ferrara VR, Allison KS, Colvin RB, Sykes M, Sachs DH. Thymic transplantation across an MHC class I barrier in swine. The Journal of Immunology 1999; 163: 3785-92.

Lee RS, Yamada K, Womer KL, Pillsbury EP, Allison KS, et al. Blockade of CD28-B7, but not CD40-CD154, prevents costimulation of allogeneic porcine and xenogeneic human anti-porcine T cell responses. The Journal of Immunology 2000; 164: 3434-44

Schwarze ML, Menard MT, Fuchimoto Y, Huang CA, Houser S, Mawulawde K, Allison KS, Sachs DH, Madsen JC. Mixed hematopoietic chimerism induces long-term tolerance to cardiac allografts in miniature swine. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000; 70: 131-9.

Yamada K, Mawulawde K, Menard MT, Shimizu A, Allison KS, et al. Mechanisms of tolerance induction and prevention of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in miniature swine… The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2000; 119 ((4 Pt 1): 709-19

Allan JS, Rose GA, Choo JK, Arn JS, Vesga L, Mawulawde K, Slisz JK, Allison K, Madsen JC. Morphometric analysis of miniature swine hearts as potential human xenografts. Xenotransplantation 2001; 8: 90-3.

Menard MT, Schwarze ML, Allan JS, Johnston DR, Mawulawde K, Shimizu A, Yamada K, Houser SL, Allison KS, Sachs DH, Madsen JC. Composite “thymoheart” transplantation improves cardiac allograft survival. American Journal of Transplantation 2004; 4:79-86

Allison KS, Miller TS, Bello JA. “Neuroradiological Imaging in Children.” In: Walker AM, Kaufman DM, Pfeffer CR, and Solomon GE, eds. Child and Adolescent Neurology for Psychiatrists, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2008; 13-45.

Allison KS. “Posterior Element Lesions.” In: Small JE and Schaefer PW, eds. Neuroradiology: Key Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Questions. Philadelphia: Elsevier 2013; 239-42.

Allison KS. “Vertebral Compression Fractures.” In: Small JE and Schaefer PW. Neuroradiology: Key Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Questions. Philadelphia: Elsevier 2013; 253-56.