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Allen Keller, MD

Allen Keller, MD

Allen Keller, MD; Associate Professor; Director, NYU/Bellevue Survivors of Torture Program

Phone: 212-263-8269
Fax: 212-263-8234
E-mail: allen.keller@med.nyu.edu

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Dr. Allen Keller is Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine.  He is Society Master for the May Chinn Society for Bioethics and Human Rights and in this capacity oversees ethics and human rights related activities at the medical school. Dr. Keller is Director of the NYU School of Medicine Center for Health and Human Rights and the founder and Director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture.  Since the program began in 1995, more than 2,000 refugees and asylum seekers from more than 70 different countries have received care. The Program has established an international reputation for excellence in its clinical, educational and research activities.  Dr. Keller is recognized internationally as an expert in the documentation, evaluation and treatment of torture victims.    

Dr. Keller co-chairs the Bellevue Hospital Bioethics Committee and is a past member of the American College of Physicians Ethics and Human Rights Committee. He is on the Advisory Council of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and has written and spoken about a number of issues relating to health and human rights including the medical and social consequences of land mines in Cambodia, refugee health, access to health care for prisoners, political asylum and caring for victims of torture.  Dr. Keller has received several awards for his work, including the Barbara Chester Award from the Hopi Foundation in recognition of his work with torture victims, the Arthur C. Helton Human Rights Award from the American Immigration Lawyers Association and twice he was honored by the graduating medical school class at NYU with the Humanism in Medicine Award.  Dr. Keller’s teaching and research interests are in medical ethics and health and human rights.

Education/Training:
Medical Education
 NYU 1988
Residency Training
 NYUMC Primary Care Program; Chief Resident 1991-1992
 

Selected Publications:

1. Keller, Allen S; Stewart, Samantha A; Eppel, Shari. "Health and human rights under assault in Zimbabwe". Lancet. 2008; 371: 1057 (#J0137670)
2. Sachs, E; Rosenfeld, B; Lhewa, D; Rasmussen, A; Keller, A. "Entering exile: Trauma, mental health, and coping among Tibetan refugees arriving in Dharamsala, India". Journal of traumatic stress. 2008; 21: 199 (#J0137729)
3. Hooberman, Joshua B; Rosenfeld, Barry; Lhewa, Dechen; Rasmussen, Andrew; Keller, Allen. "Classifying the Torture Experiences of Refugees Living in the United States". Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2007; 22: 108 (#J0122239)
4. Kalet, Adina L; Sanger, Joseph; Chase, Julie; Keller, Allen; Schwartz, Mark D; Fishman, Miriam L; Garfall, Alfred L; Kitay, Alison. "Promoting professionalism through an online professional development portfolio: successes, joys, and frustrations". Academic medicine. 2007; 82: 1065 (#J0132504)
5. Keller, A. "Non-invasive tissue oximetry for flap monitoring: An initial study". Journal of reconstructive microsurgery. 2007; 23: 189 (#J0128021)
6. Lhewa, Dechen; Banu, Sophia; Rosenfeld, Barry; Keller, Allen. "Validation of a Tibetan translation of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire". Assessment. 2007; 14: 223 (#J0128860)
7. Rasmussen, Andrew; Rosenfeld, Barry; Reeves, Kim; Keller, Allen S. "The effects of torture-related injuries on long-term psychological distress in a Punjabi Sikh sample". Journal of abnormal psychology. 2007; 116: 734 (#J0132648)
8. Rasmussen A; Smith H; Keller AS. "Factor structure of PTSD symptoms among west and central African refugees". Journal of traumatic stress. 2007; 20: 271 (#J0127397)
9. Rasmussen, Andrew; Rosenfeld, Barry; Reeves, Kim; Keller, Allen S. "The subjective experience of trauma and subsequent PTSD in a sample of undocumented immigrants". Journal of nervous & mental disease. 2007; 195: 137 (#J0126298)
10. Eisenman, David; Weine, Stevan; Green, Bonnie; de Jong, Joop; Rayburn, Nadine; Ventevogel, Peter; Keller, Allen; Agani, Ferid. "The ISTSS/Rand guidelines on mental health training of primary healthcare providers for trauma-exposed populations in conflict-affected countries". Journal of traumatic stress. 2006; 19: 5 (#J0120363)
11. Keller, Allen S. "Torture in Abu Ghraib". Perspectives in biology & medicine. 2006; 49: 553 (#J0123830)
12. Keller A; Lhewa D; Rosenfeld B; Sachs E; Aladjem A; Cohen I; Smith H; Porterfield K. "Traumatic experiences and psychological distress in an urban refugee population seeking treatment services". Journal of nervous & mental disease. 2006; 194: 188 (#J0113979)
13. Dodson JA; Keller AS. "STUDENTJAMA. Medical student care of indigent populations". JAMA. 2004; 291: 121 (#J0067194)
14. Heisler, Michele; Moreno, Alejandro; DeMonner, Sonya; Keller, Allen; Iacopino, Vincent. "Assessment of torture and ill treatment of detainees in Mexico: attitudes and experiences of forensic physicians". JAMA. 2003; 289: 2135 (#J0120364)
15. Keller AS; Ford D; Sachs E; Rosenfeld B; Trinh-Shevrin C; Meserve C; Leviss JA; Singer E; Smith H; Wilkinson J; Kim G; Allden K; Rockline P. "The impact of detention on the health of asylum seekers". Journal of ambulatory care management. 2003; 26: 383 (#J0071271)
16. Keller AS; Rosenfeld B; Trinh-Shevrin C; Meserve C; Sachs E; Leviss JA; Singer E; Smith H; Wilkinson J; Kim G; Allden K; Ford D. "Mental health of detained asylum seekers [Letter]". Lancet. 2003; 362: 1721 (#J0071576)
17. Moreno, A; Heisler, M; Keller, A; Iacopino, V. "Documentation of torture and ill treatment in Mexico: A review of medical forensic investigations, 2000 and 2002". Journal of general internal medicine. 2003; 18: 233 (#J0052295)
18. Iacopino, Vincent; Keller, Allen; Oksenberg, Deborah. "Why torture must not be sanctioned by the United States". Western journal of medicine. 2002; 176: 148 (#J0120365)
19. Keller AS. "Caring and advocating for victims of torture". Lancet. 2002; 360 Suppl: s55 (#J0050401)
20. Keller, A; Meserve, C; Trinh, C; Ford, D; Leviss, J; Kim, G; Rosenfeld, B. "Psychological morbidity and perceived access to health care among detained asylum seekers [Abstract]". Journal of general internal medicine. 2002; 17: 162 (#J0030312)
21. Iacopino V; Frank MW; Bauer HM; Keller AS; Fink SL; Ford D; Pallin DJ; Waldman R. "A population-based assessment of human rights abuses committed against ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo". American journal of public health. AJPH. 2001; 91: 2013 (#J0050402)
22. Eisenman DP; Keller AS; Kim G. "Survivors of torture in a general medical setting: how often have patients been tortured, and how often is it missed?". Western journal of medicine. 2000; 172: 301 (#J0050403)
23. Keller AS; Saul JM; Eisenman DP. "Caring for survivors of torture in an urban, municipal hospital". Journal of ambulatory care management. 1998; 21: 20 (#J0009685)
24. Heller, K S; Dubner, S; Keller, A. "Long-term evaluation of patients undergoing immediate mandibular reconstruction". American journal of surgery. 1995; 170: 517 (#J0125368)
25. Keller AS; Horn SK; Sopheap S; Otterman G. "Human Rights Education for Cambodian Health Professionals". Health & human rights. 1995; 1: 256 (#J0009362)
26. Stover E; Keller AS; Cobey J; Sopheap S. "The medical and social consequences of land mines in Cambodia". JAMA. 1994; 272: 331 (#J0050404)
27. Keller AS; Link RN; Bickell NA; Charap MH; Kalet AL; Schwartz MD. "Diabetic ketoacidosis in prisoners without access to insulin [see comments]". JAMA. 1993; 269: 619 (#J0011501)
28. KELLER, AS; LINK, RN; BICKELL, NA; CHARAP, MH; KALET, AL; SCHWARTZ, MD. "PRISONERS ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS - REPLY". JAMA. 1993; 269: 2507 (#J0096886)

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