LarryAllenMDMHS

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Professor of Medicine, University Colorado School of Medicine

Overview of Dr. Allen

Dr. Larry Allen is the Associate Division Head for Clinical Affairs in Cardiology, Medical Director of Advanced Heart Failure, Co-Director of the Colorado Program for Patient Centered Decisions, and holds the Kenneth Poirier Chair in Medicine at the University of Colorado. Dr. Allen’s interests include improving our ability to anticipate progression into end-stage heart failure and then helping patients make tough choices regarding invasive therapies and palliative care options. Dr. Allen recently completed the PCORI-funded multicenter trial of decision support for patients and their caregivers offered a left ventricular assist device (the DECIDE-LVAD trial) as well as an American Heart Association Network Award investigating tools to increase patient engagement around heart failure medication prescribing (the EPIC-HF trial). Meanwhile, Dr. Allen keeps himself clinically grounded by regularly seeing patients with heart failure, LVADs, and transplants, and is consistently voted as one of Denver’s “Top Doctors” in 5280 Magazine.

Office
12505 E 16th Avenue
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2 Third Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
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Education & Training

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2004 - 2008
Duke UniversityMHS, Health Sciences, 2008
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2001
University of Colorado BoulderBA, Chemistry, Biology, Summa Cum Laude, 1994

Certifications & Licensure

CO State Medical License 2008 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2004 - 2008
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctor 5280 Magazine, 2010-2018
Fellow (FAHA) American Heart Association, 2014
Pioneer Award Medical Staff, University of Colorado Hospital, 2012
"Top Doctor", Heart Failure 5280 Magazine, 2012
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) 2010
Outstanding Cardiology Educator Award University of Colorado, 2009
Good Citizen Award Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado, 2009
Martinez Award Duke University, 2007
Best Fellow Award Duke University, 2006
Floyd Award Duke University, 2006
Teaching Award Massachusetts General Hospital, 2004
Scholar Award Massachusetts Medical Society, 2001
Outstanding Graduate: Top Graduate University of Colorado Boulder, 1994
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Clinical Trials

Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness in Chronic Heart Failure (CASA) Trial Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
LUX-Dx TRENDS Evaluates Diagnostics Sensors in Heart Failure Patients Receiving Boston Scientific's Investigational ICM System. Start of enrollment: 2021 Mar 20
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Patients' and Caregivers' Perspectives on the Role of Ambulatory Specialty Palliative Care for People with Heart Failure.
Dora Lendvai, Yan Zhan, Dio Kavalieratos, Lynne Iannone, Kathleen M Akgün
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2025-03-25
Multiregional Implementation Initiative's Impact on Guideline-Based Performance Measures for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: IMPLEMENT-HF.
Andrew J Sauer, Chandler Beon, Sruthi Cherkur, Lynn Mallas-Serdynski, Kathie Thomas
Circulation. Heart Failure. 2025-03-21
Health Literacy in Heart Failure: A Review of the Gaps and Challenges.
Ruxandra Ionescu, Larry A Allen, Khadijah Breathett, Brian K Fowler, Elizabeth A Jackson
JACC. Advances. 2025-03-01

Journal Articles

Clinical Research Caregivers of Patients Considering a Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device and a Shared Decision-Making Intervention: The DECIDE-LVAD Trial
Shannon M Dunlay, Larry A Allen, Colleen K McIlvennan, Chetan B Patel, Shane J LaRue, Keith M Swetz, ScienceDirect
Clinical Research Ambulatory Inotrope Infusions in Advanced Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Larry A Allen, Colleen K McIlvennan, Shannon M Dunlay, ScienceDirect
Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment Patterns Across Serial Ambulatory Cardiology Visits in Patients with Heart Failure: Insights from the NCDR PINNACLE® Registry
Larry Allen, MD, BioMed Central
Effectiveness of an intervention supporting shared decision making for destination therapy left ventricular assist device: the DECIDE-LVAD randomized stepped-wedge trial
Allen LA, McIlvennan CK, Thompson JS, Dunlay SM, LaRue SJ, Lewis JS, Patel CB, Blue L, Fairclough DL, Leister EC, Glasgow RE, Cleveland JC, Phillips C, Baldridge V, Wa..., JAMA-IM, 1/1/2018
Implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, Readmissions, and Mortality in Heart Failure
Gupta A, Allen LA, Bhatt DL, Cox M, DeVore AD, Heidenreigh PA, Hernandez AF, Peterson, ED, Matsouaka RA, Yancy CW, Fonarow G, JAMA Cardiology, 1/12/2017
Use of Risk Model to Predict Death in the Next Year Among Individual Ambulatory Patients with Heart Failure
Allen LA, Matlock DD, Shetterly SM, Xu S, Levy WC, Portalupi LB, McIlvennan CK, Gurwitz JH, Johnson ES, Smith DH, Magid DJ, JAMA Cardiology, 1/1/2016
Digoxin Use and Subsequent Outcomes Among Patients in a Contemporary Atrial Fibrillation Cohort
Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Simon DN, Thomas LE, Marzec LN, Pokorney SD, Gersh BJ, Go AS, Hylek EM, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Chang P, Peterson ED, Piccini JP; ORBIT-AF Investi..., J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/30/2015
Development of a Decision Aid for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure Considering a Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device
Thompson JS, Matlock DD, McIlvennan CK, Jenkins AR, Allen LA, JACC: Heart Failure, 1/1/2015
Advanced (Stage D) Heart Failure: A Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America Guidelines Committee
Fang JC, Ewald GA, Allen LA, Butler J, Westlake Canary CA, Colvin-Adams M, Dickinson MG, Levy P, Gattis Stough W, Sweitzer NK, Teerlink J, Whellan DJ, Albert NM, Krish..., J Card Fail, 1/1/2015
Clinical Outcomes After Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Systematic Review
McIlvennan CK, Magid K, Ambardekar AV, Sterling JA, Matlock DD, Allen LA, Circ Heart Failure, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

How to Use Simulation to Teach the Art of Shared Decision Making
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
Case Presentation: When to Refer the Stable Heart Failure Patient to a HF Specialist
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/16/2019

Press Mentions

Using AI to Coordinate Health Care Delivery for AllMarch 30th, 2025
What’s Going to Be Hot at ACC 2025?March 26th, 2025
KeynotesMarch 17th, 2025
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Committees

Member, Committee for Scientific Session Planning, AHA 2015 - 2019

Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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External Links

Colorado Program for Patient Centered Decisionshttps://patientdecisionaid.org/

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