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Paul B. Allen, Sr., DSc, MPAS, PA-C, FAAPA

Associate Professor

Program Director and Chair

Dr. Paul Allen joined the US Army in 1989 serving in the Intelligence Corps.  He began his career in medicine in 1993 as a Special Forces Medical Sergeant and EMT-Paramedic deploying worldwide on contingency operations for the US Army, then later in his career becoming a Physician Assistant (PA) as mentors encouraged him to take his medical knowledge to the next level.  Upon graduation from the Inter-service PA program, he was assigned as a battalion PA with the 82nd Airborne Division for the invasion of Iraq.  After completing a yearlong tour with the infantry treating disease non-battle injury, conducting multiple trauma resuscitations and evacuations of combat casualties, he was nominated for an assignment as a surgical team leader back within the special operations community.  While there, he continued to deploy in support of combat operations, leading surgical teams in austere and remote locations in support of special operations and training, participating in damage control resuscitations, prolonged field care and damage control surgeries.  In order to further his understanding of emergency medicine and resuscitation, he attended the US Army/Baylor University Physician Assistant Doctoral Residency in Emergency Medicine at Brooke Army Medical Center and upon graduation, he was assigned as the Research Director, Associate Program Director and Program Director within the residency while continuing to deploy as an individual augmentee in support of special operations forces until his retirement after 27 years of military service at the rank of Major.  Since then he has stayed active in the pre-hospital academic community and continues to volunteer his time teaching tactical medical subjects to US Army Physician Residents each year here in San Antonio, and advises the Defense Health Agency (DHA) as a subject matter expert on Austere Resuscitation and Surgical Teams with the Committees on Surgical Combat Casualty Care (CoSCCC), Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) and Enroute Combat Casualty Care (CoERCCC).  He is also the current Military Vice President for the Special Operations Medical Association.  

His military awards and decorations include the Combat Field Medic badge, Military Freefall Jumpmaster badge, Master Parachutist badge, Special Forces tab, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal 4th award, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, US Army Meritorius Service Medal, Air Medal, and the Joint Service Commendation Medal amongst others. He is a member of US Army Medical and Dental Departments Order of Military Medical Merit. 

Dr. Allen Currently serves as the Chair of the Department of PA studies, and the Program Director of the UT Health Physician Assistant program. His current research interests focus on emergency medicine, pre-hosptial medicine, combat trauma management, damage control resuscitation and damage control surgery.

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2008 - DSc - Physician Assistant Studies - Baylor University
    • 2004 - MPAS - Physician Assistant Studies - University of Nebraska
    • 2002 - BS - Physician Assistant - University of Nebraska

    Training

    • 2008 - Physician Assistant Residency in Emergency Medicine - San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

    Highlights

    Pi Alpha Honor Society Member, Alpha Eta Honor Society Member, 2024 Presidential Excellence in Teaching Sustained award, 2022 Presidential Service to the Institution award, SHP Teaching Excellence Award AY 16-17, 17-18, 20-21, 22-23, Order of Military Medical Merit Member, US Army Legion of Merit, Department of Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal 4th award, Air Medal, Honor Graduate Interservice Physician Assistant Program, and US Army Special Forces Medical Sergeant Course.

    Appointments

    • 9/2020 - Tenured Associate Professor - University of Texas Health Science Center, Physician Assistant Studies, San Antonio
    • 9/2019 - Assistant Professor, College of Allied Health Science - Uniformed Services University of Health Science
    • 12/2016 - Assistant Professor - University of Texas Health Science Center, Emergency Medicine, San Antonio
    • 8/2016 - Program Director - University of Texas Health Science Center, Physician Assistant Studies, San Antonio
    • 8/2015 - Assistant Professor and Department Chair - University of Texas Health Science Center, Physician Assistant Studies, San Antonio
    • 1/2009 - Assistant Professor, US Army/Baylor University Graduate School - Baylor University
    • 1/2013 - Assistant Dean for Physician Assistant Posgraduate Education - US Army
    • 01/2011 - Alternate Assistant Dean for Pyhsician Assistant Postgraduate Education - US Army
    • 01/2011 - Program Director, US Army/Baylor University Physician Assistant Doctoral Residency in Emergency Medicine - San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio Military Medical Center
    • 01/2010 - Associate Program Director, US Army/Baylor University Physician Assistant Doctoral Residency in Emergency Medicine - San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio Military Medical Center
    • 01/2009 - Clinical Teaching Faculty, US Army/Baylor University Physician Assistant Doctoral Residency in Emergency Medicine - San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio Military Medical Center
    • 01/2009 - Clinical Teaching Faculty and Associate Director for Operational Medicine, US Army Emergency Medicine Physicians Residency - San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio Military Medical Center
    • 01/2009 - Research Director, US Army/Baylor University Physician Assistant Doctoral Residencies - San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio Military Medical Center

  • Instruction & Training

    • 2015-Present, Course Director PHAS 6013 Clinical Research and Evidence Based Medicine, UT Health, San Antonio
    • 2016-Present, Course Director PHAS 5011 Ethics and Professionalism, UT Health, San Antonio
    • 2016-Present, Course Director PHAS 5000 Physician Assistant Policy and Practice, UT Health San Antonio
    • 2012-2019, Co-Course Director and Skills instructor Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio Military Medical Center
    • 2009-2013, Course Director, US Army Physician Assistant Doctoral Research Course, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), San Antonio Military Medical Center
    • 2005-2012, Co-Course Director, Operational Medical Skills Training Course, US Army, Fort Bragg, NC
    • 2004-2007, Co-Course Director, Combat Trauma Managmeent Skills Sustainment Program, US Army, Fort Bragg, NC
    • 2002-2003, Course Director, Paratrooper Tactical Medicine Course, US Army, Fort Bragg, NC

  • Research & Grants

    Developed and implemented an 80-contact hour clinical research curriculum for the US Army Physician Assistant post-graduate doctoral training programs which resulted in the successful Dissertation defense of 75 Doctor of Science candidates over an 8-year period for the US Army-Baylor University Doctor of Science Programs. Current research interests include emergency medicine, pre-hospital medicine, combat trauma managment, prolonged field care, damage control resuscitation and damage control surgery.  Current projects include investigations into different modalities for the treatment of penetrating chest trauma, austere medical evacuation and surgery, and geospatial injury mapping.

  • Service

    Department

    2016 - present, Program Director Department of PA studies, 2015 - present, Chair of the Department compliance committee, 2015 - present, Member of the Department curriculum committee, 2015 - present, Member of the Department clinical committee, 2015 - present, Member of the Department admissions and recruitment commmittee.

    School

    2015 - present, Member of the School of Health Professions Faculty Council, 2015-2020, Member of the School of Health Professions Research Advisory Council, 2019-2020, Member of the Physical Therapy Department Chair search committee, 2018, Member of the School of Health Professions Associate Dean for Research search committee, 2016 - Chair of the special advisory council to the Dean.

    Institutional

    11/2020-03/2022 Member of the UT Health Covid-19 vaccine assessment and allocation task force, 3/2020-present, Member of the UT Health Covid-19 Task Force, 10/2019-present, Member of the UT Health ad hoc committee on the management and oversight of conflicts of interest, oversight and outside activities, 01/2016-present, Member of the UT Health infection policy and education committee.

    National

    05/2020-present, Subject Matter Expert, Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care, Defense Health Agency Committee on Trauma, 05/2019-present, Subject Matter Expert, Committee on Surgical Combat Casualty Care, Defense Health Agency Committee on Trauma, 05/2019-present, Subject Matter Expert, Committee on Enroute Combat Casualty Care, Defense Health Agency Committee on Trauma.

    Community

    07/2018-present, Board Member at Large, Joint Medical Association, 501c4 charity organization, 11/209-present, Member, American Legion veterans charity organization.

    Global

    05/2024-Present, Military Vice President, Special Operations Medical Association Board of Directors, 05/2019-05/2021, Civilian Vice President, Special Operations Medical Association Board of Directors, 06/2017-Present, Associate editor, Journal of Special Operations Medicine

  • Publications

      Journal Article

      Paquette, R; Bierle, R; Wampler DA; Allen, P;Cooley, C; Ramos, R; Michalek J; Gerhardt, R. External Soft-Tissue Hemostatic Clamp Compared to a Compression Tourniquet as Primary Hemorrhage Control Device in Pilot Flow Model Study Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 2019 Apr;34(2):175-181.

      Costello JT, Allen PB, Levesque R. A Comparison of Ventilation Rates Between a Standard Bag-Valve-Mask and a New Design in a Prehospital Setting During Training Simulations Journal of Special Operations Medicine 2017 Sep;17(3):59-63.

      Von Schweinitz BA1, De Lorenzo RA, Cuenca PJ, Anschutz RL, Allen PB. Does a non-invasive hemoglobin monitor correlate with a venous blood sample in the acutely ill? Internal and Emergency Medicine 2015 Feb;10(1):55-61.

      Kheirbadi BS, Terrazas IB, Koller A, Allen PB, Klemcke HG, Convertino VA, Dubick MA, Gerhardt RT, Blackbourne LH.. Vented versus unvented chest seals for treatment of pneumothorax and prevention of tension pneumothorax in a swine model Journal of Trauma Acute Care and Surgery 2013 Jul;75(1):150-156.

      Allen PB, Salyer SW, Dubick MA, Blackbourne LH, Holcomb JB. Preventing Hypothermia:Comparison of current Devices Used by the US Army in an In Vitro Warmed Fluid Model Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care 2010 Jul;69(1):S154-S162. 

      Michael Nesbitt, DSc, PA-C, Paul Allen, DSc, PA-C, Alec Beekley, MD, FACS, Frank Butler, MD, FACS, Brian Eastridge, MD, FACS, and Lorne Blackbourne, MD, FACS. Current practice of thermoregulationduring the transport of combat wounded The Journal of TRAUMA Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 2010 Jul;69(1):162-167.