James Stuart Allan, MD
Assoc. Chief, Thoracic Surgery; NSMC-Salem Hospital
Co-Director, Surgical Intensive Care; NSMC-Salem Hospital
Co-Director, Cardiothoracic Transplantation Lab, MGH/HMS TBRC
- Phone: 617-724-1103
- Departments
- Thoracic Surgery
- Department of Surgery
Specialties
- Cancer Center
- Thoracic Cancers
- Thymoma
- Esophageal Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Transplant Center
- Lung Transplant
- Clinical Interests
- Lung cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Hyperhidrosis
- Benign and malignant diseases of the chest
- Myasthenia gravis
- Airway surgery
- Lung transplant
- Locations
- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Salem: North Shore Medical Center
- Medical Education
- MD, Harvard Medical School
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Board Certifications
- Surgery, American Board of Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery), American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- Gender
- Male
- Patient Gateway
- Yes, learn more
- Patient Age Group
- Adult and pediatric
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Biography
Education: Harvard College (A.B. magna cum laude in Chemistry); Harvard Medical School (HMS) (M.D. magna cum laude in Medicine); 2005 Suffolk University (M.B.A. with highest honors in Finance)
Residency: 1990-1995 Resident in Surgery (Massachusetts General Hospital); 1995-1996 Research Fellowship in Transplantation Immunology (MGH/HMS Transplantation Biology Research Center); 1996-1999 Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery (MGH and Children's Hospital, Boston)
Dr. Allan is a thoracic surgeon practicing at MGH and NSMC-Salem Hospital. He has a full-time HMS faculty appointment, and is a member of the MGH Lung Transplantation Team. He also serves as the Associate Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Co-Director of Surgical Intensive Care at NSMC-Salem Hospital. Dr. Allan's clinical interests include the surgical management of benign and malignant diseases of the lungs and esophagus, with an emphasis on lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and hyperhidrosis.
ResearchDr. Allan is an NIH-funded principal investigator in the area of lung transplantation, and has won numerous other grants and awards for his research. He is published in the fields of human physiology, thoracic surgery, and transplantation, with special expertise in the experimental use of large-animal models in cardiothoracic transplantation.
Publications
Dr. Allan is extensively published in the areas of thoracic surgery and transplant immunology. Please use the Pub Med URL provided and search "Allan JS and (lung or esophagus or transplantation)" for representative publications.55 Fruit Street
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Phone: 617-724-1103
Phone 2: 978-745-1581
Fax: 978-745-9024
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