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Office
30 Choctaw St
Asheville, NC 28801Phone+1 828-255-7733
Summary
- Robotic Bronchoscopy, Lung Cancer
Clinical Expertise
- Asthma, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Pulmonary fibrosis, Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy, Respiratory failure, Interstitial lung disease, Lung cancer, Robotic bronchoscopy
Education & Training
- Louisiana State University (Shreveport)Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2017 - 2020
- East Tennessee State University/Quillen College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2016
- Prisma Health/University of South Carolina SOM Greenville (Greenville)Internship, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2012
- Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 2011
- Duke UniversityBS, Neuroscience, Chemistry, 2003 - 2007
Certifications & Licensure
- NC State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- TN State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Chief Resident Quillen College of Medicine, 2015-2016
- Systems-Based Practice Award Quillen College of Medicine, 2015
- Silver Star Award for Excellence in Patient Care USC-Greenville School of Medicine, 2011-2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 7 citationsDual radiotracer analysis of cholinergic neuronal changes in prediabetic mouse pancreas.Paige B. Clark, Michael J. Plaza, Jonathan Kraas, Nicole S. Burbank, Allen W. Elster
Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 2009-01-16 - 26 citationsGlutaric aciduria type I: value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing acute striatal necrosis.Allen W. Elster
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 2004-01-01
Abstracts/Posters
- Reducing mortality in septic shock: a lean Six Sigma study.Elster AW, Curran W, USC-Greenville Medical Student Research Conference, Greenville, SC, 5/1/2012
- Reduced hip bone mineral density in patients with knee osteoarthritis.Elster AW, Carr JJ, Wake Forest University Medical Student Research Conference, Winston-Salem, NC, 8/21/2008
Committees
- Supervisor, Advanced Practitioner Committee 2024 - Present
- Member, Physician Compliance Committee 2023 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Member
- Member
External Links
- Board Certification ABIM/ABMShttps://www.abim.org/verify-physician/?type=id&id=347221&q=type%3dname%26ln%3delster%26fn%3d
- Asheville Pulmonaryhttps://ashevillepulmonary.com/doctor/allen-elster-md/
- Mission Healthhttps://missionhealth.org/provider-finder/profile/52594
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