Dr. Larry A. Allen is a Professor of Medicine, the Division Head for Cardiology (2022-), member of the Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (CCOR, 2008-) consortium, and Co-Director of the Colorado Program for Patient Centered Decisions (2012-) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Allen’s clinical research interests include improving equitable delivery of evidence-based heart failure treatments, anticipating progression into Stage D heart failure, and helping end-stage patients make tough choices regarding invasive therapies and palliative options. Dr. Allen recently completed the PCORI-funded DECIDE-LVAD trial on decision making and the AHA-funded EPIC-HF trial on patient engagement; he is the principal investigator for the PCORI I-I-CAPTAIN multicenter trial of heart failure medication prescribing. He is Chair for the Clinical Cardiology Council of the American Heart Association (2023-2025) and an Associate Editor at Circulation: Heart Failure. 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.

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