Dr. Scott Allen Biography
Allen Scott an American Clinician and medical advisor to PHR’s working on health in detention. He started his career in health and human rights at the age of 17 in Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand, listening to the stories of those who had escaped the Khmer Rouge’s torture and killing fields.
He is as well a professor emeritus of medicine and former chair of medicine and associate dean of academic affairs at the University of California, Riverside.
Dr. Scott Allen Age
Dr. Scott’s age and date of birth is publicly unknown, he was born in Michigan, United States. This section will be updated as soon as it’s available.
Dr. Scott Allen PHR
He served for seven years as a full-time physician for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, acting as the department’s medical program director between 2001 and 2004.
In 2004, Scott left that position and joined PHR in its investigations into the treatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib and the examination of the Bush Administration’s interrogation program particularly of the participation of health professionals
Dr. Scott Allen serves as a medical advisor to PHR’s work on health in detention. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, he joined PHR’s campaign to stop the torture. He worked extensively with PHR in efforts to ensure that the American Medical Association (AMA), the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC).
He has also written and spoken extensively about the proper role of health professionals in the management of hunger strikes. Dr. Allen was the lead medical author of PHR’s reports “Experiments in Torture” and “Aiding Torture” and in 2007, he served as the lead researcher for PHR’s report on enhanced interrogation techniques, “Leave No Marks: Enhanced Interrogation Techniques and the Risk of Criminality.”
Dr. Scott Allen Covid-19
One of the doctors contracted by the Department of Homeland Security to advise on detention health conditions appeared before Congress on Tuesday to personally criticize the Trump administration as COVID-19 continues to spread through civil immigration detention centers.
Dr. Scott Allen, an independent health expert, and medical school professor told lawmakers that the novel coronavirus’ persistence in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities was in part due to “some gaping holes” in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
“And the fact is in the real world the use of those guidelines has been associated with failure,” Allen told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Dr. Scott Allen Net Worth
Dr. Scott estimated net worth is under review.
Dr. Scott Allen Education
Allen enrolled and later graduated from Brown University Medical School with honors in 1991. He as well finished his residency in internal medicine at The Miriam Hospital, Brown University and became board certified in internal medicine in 1995. He worked in the National Health Service Corps at community health centers in Mississippi and Rhode Island.
He as well worked internationally and in the U.S. with refugee and immigrant populations, as well as incarcerated populations. After his17 years on the faculty of Brown Medical School, he joined the University of California, Riverside in 2011 as a founding clinical faculty member and eventually served as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Chair of Medicine.
He is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine Emeritus at UCR. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians of Clinical Medicine Emeritus at UCR. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Scott Allen Height and Weight
Dr. Scott stands tall at an average height and has a moderate body weight.
Dr. Scott Allen Family
Dr. Scott information about his family is publicly unavailable. This section will be updated as soon as it’s available.
Dr. Scott Allen Wife
Dr. Allen is married to Emma Simmons a doctor, Dr. Emma Simmons, founded and sees patients at the Access Clinic, a primary care clinic in Southern California for adults with developmental disabilities.