Dr. Allan holds appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Medicine (Cardiology) at Weill Cornell Medical College and Professional Associate, New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He has been named psychologist for Weill Cornell's Center for Comprehensive Spine Care. Dr. Allan is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. He and Dr. Stephen Schiedt coined the term "cardiac psychology" in the title of their seminal 1996 book, Heart and Mind: The Practice of Cardiac Psychology, now in its second edition.