Lisa Allee | Profiles RNS

Lisa C. Allee, MSW, LICSW

Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Surgery

Other Surgery

MSW, University of Pennsylvania
BS, Northeastern University

Websites

	Surgery Faculty
	CVRT

ORCID : 0000-0002-4623-0528

Lisa Allee, MSW, LICSW currently holds an appointment at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She graduated with her Bachelors in Psychology from Northeastern University and her Masters in Social Work from University of Pennsylvania. She previously worked for ten years as a Clinical Social Worker for Inpatient Pediatrics and Pediatric Intensive Care here at BMC. Since 2006 she has been spearheading evidenced based injury prevention programs and in 2011 created and became Director of BMC’s Community Violence Response Team. Her responsibilities include overseeing development, deployment and maintenance of injury prevention programs for the department.

Her clinical research interests involve injury prevention throughout the lifespan. Her current research projects include research on community violence, firearm injuries, older adult trauma patient’s depression and suicide risk, trauma informed care and secondary traumatic stress. Our injury prevention programming efforts include Cribs for Kids, BMC Child Passenger Safety Program and the Community Violence Response Team amongst others

Apart from her duties and responsibilities at BMC, she is also involved in various membership and leadership roles in professional chapters across New England as well as Nationally. She currently co-chairs MassPINN, The Massachusetts Prevent Injuries Now! Network which was founded in March 2006 as part of Centers for Disease Control-funded project to support injury prevention efforts at the state level. She is an appointed liaison to the American College of Surgeons Committe on Trauma, Injury Prevention and Control Committee, a member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and MA COT amongst others. She also continues to serve as a mentor to many medical students performing research projects for the department.

Boston Medical Center

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Hatchimonji JS, Hatchimonji DR, Allee L, Scantling DR. Trends in youth risk behaviours and firearm injury in the USA over 20 years. Inj Prev. 2025 May 20; 31(3):236-241.View Related Profiles.

Scantling, Dane
Allee, Lisa

PMID: 38802244

Kartiko S, Atahar J, Rattan R, Zebley JA, Tatebe LC, Perea L, Ruggiero KJ, Levett P, Wassertzug D, Koenig S, Mashbari H, Smith RN, Hink AB, Allee L, Ortiz D, Hai SA, Butler C, Prince H, Murphy P, Teichman AL. Posttraumatic stress disorder mitigation in trauma patients: An evidence-based systematic review from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 May 13. PMID: 40358601

Laudon AD, Franks JA, Davis ES, Zhao X, Kenzik K, Torres CM, Smith S, Allee L, Scantling DR. 110,000 Preventable Deaths: The Most Impactful Gaps in Firearm Suicide Prevention Laws 2010-2019. Ann Surg. 2025 Apr 11.View Related Profiles.

Laudon, Aksel
Torres, Crisanto
Scantling, Dane
Kenzik, Kelly
Allee, Lisa

PMID: 40211951

Waddle SD, Sambaraju L, Peters XD, Borrup K, Croteau A, Jacome TH, Allee L, Daley B, Schroeppel TJ, Lamis DA, Fish M, Davis G, Bard H, Nordstrom C, Tuggle D, Bulger EM, Nathens AB, Campbell BT. Geri-screen: A multicenter trial of a novel screening tool for depression and suicide risk among US trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Jun 01; 98(6):885-889. PMID: 40135999

Bedi NS, Carpenter E, Tsering D, Zhou Y, Raubenhold R, Allee L, Mahoney EJ, Wurcel A, Byhoff E. An assessment of bias in driver's license suspension based on toxicology screening of patients in serious motor vehicle collisions. Acad Emerg Med. 2025 Jan 24.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Allee, Lisa
Bedi, Neil

PMID: 39853800; DOI: 10.1111/acem.15118;

Janeway MG, Cornell E, Smith SM, Buck AK, Neufeld M, Weinberg J, Talutis SD, Jreige N, Liang V, Munzert T, Dechert T, Sanchez SE, Allee L. Disparities in Rehabilitation Services for Victims of Violence. J Surg Res. 2025 Feb; 306:317-326.View Related Profiles.

Weinberg, Janice
Allee, Lisa
Janeway, Megan
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 39842045

Desai PJ, Chugh PV, Sanchez SE, Allee L. Advancing Surgical Research for Immigrant Patients: A Call to Action. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Feb 01; 240(2):229-232.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Desai, Priya
Chugh, Priyanka
Sanchez, Sabrina

PMID: 39087692

Myers S, Kenzik K, Allee L, Dechert T, Theodore S, Jaffe A, Sanchez SE. Social Determinants of Health Associated With the Need for Urgent Versus Elective Cholecystectomy at an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2024 Mar; 25(2):101-108.View Related Profiles.

Jaffe, Abraham
Kenzik, Kelly
Allee, Lisa
Sanchez, Sabrina
Myers, Sara
Theodore, Sheina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 38301176

Bedi NS, Tsering D, Raubenhold R, Allee L, Mahoney EJ, Wurcel A, Byhoff E. Analysis of bias in toxicology screening of patients in serious motor vehicle collisions. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Feb; 31(2):185-186.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Allee, Lisa
Bedi, Neil

PMID: 37606997

Jang H, Scantling D, Allee L, Brahmbhatt TS. Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Surgical Profession. J Surg Res. 2023 Dec; 292:176-181.View Related Profiles.

Scantling, Dane
Allee, Lisa

PMID: 37625207

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Poulson MR, Neufeld MY, Laraja A, Allee L, Kenzik KM, Dechert T. The effect of historic redlining on firearm violence. J Natl Med Assoc. 2023 Aug; 115(4):421-427.View Related Profiles.

Kenzik, Kelly
Allee, Lisa
Poulson, Michael
Neufeld, Miriam
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 37365061

Neufeld MY, Plaitano E, Janeway MG, Munzert T, Scantling D, Allee L, Sanchez SE. History repeats itself: Impact of mental illness on violent reinjury and hospital reencounters among female victims of interpersonal violence. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jul 01; 95(1):143-150.View Related Profiles.

Scantling, Dane
Allee, Lisa
Janeway, Megan
Neufeld, Miriam
Sanchez, Sabrina

PMID: 37068014; DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003984;

Poulson MR, Neufeld MY, LaRaja A, Allee L, Kenzik KM, Dechert T. Historic redlining, social mobility, and firearm violence. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Feb 01; 94(2):312-319.View Related Profiles.

Kenzik, Kelly
Allee, Lisa
Poulson, Michael
Neufeld, Miriam
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 35939375

Allee L, Faul M, Guntipalli P, Burke PA, Rao SR, Reed DN, Gross R, Duncan TK, Palmieri TL, Cooper Z, Bulger EM, Stewart RM, Kuhls DA. The Role of the US Trauma Centers in Older Adult Fall Prevention: A National Survey. Am Surg. 2023 Apr; 89(4):968-974.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Burke, Peter

PMID: 34748452

Poulson M, Neufeld MY, Dechert T, Allee L, Kenzik KM. Historic redlining, structural racism, and firearm violence: A structural equation modeling approach. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2021 Nov; 3.View Related Profiles.

Kenzik, Kelly
Allee, Lisa
Poulson, Michael
Neufeld, Miriam
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 34888540; DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100052;

Bonne S, Hink A, Violano P, Allee L, Duncan T, Burke P, Fein J, Kozyckyj T, Shapiro D, Bakes K, Kuhls D, Bulger E, Dicker R. Understanding the makeup of a growing field: A committee on trauma survey of the national network of hospital-based violence intervention programs. Am J Surg. 2022 Jan; 223(1):137-145. PMID: 34446215

Poulson M, Cornell E, Madiedo A, Kenzik K, Allee L, Dechert T, Hall J. The Impact of Racial Residential Segregation on Colorectal Cancer Outcomes and Treatment. Ann Surg. 2021 06 01; 273(6):1023-1030.View Related Profiles.

Kenzik, Kelly
Allee, Lisa
Poulson, Michael
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 33234793

Janeway MG, Sanchez SE, Rosen AK, Patts G, Allee LC, Lasser KE, Dechert TA. Disparities in Utilization of Ambulatory Cholecystectomy: Results From Three States. J Surg Res. 2021 10; 266:373-382.View Related Profiles.

Rosen, Amy
Lasser, Karen
Allee, Lisa
Janeway, Megan
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 34087621

Neufeld MY, Poulson M, Stolarski AE, Dunnington C, Burke PA, Allee L. Amplifying inequity: The compounding impact of COVID-19 and violence. J Natl Med Assoc. 2021 Oct; 113(5):528-530.View Related Profiles.

Stolarski, Allan
Allee, Lisa
Poulson, Michael
Neufeld, Miriam
Burke, Peter

PMID: 33992433; DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2021.04.003;

Janeway MG, Zhao X, Rosenthaler M, Zuo Y, Balasubramaniyan K, Poulson M, Neufeld M, Siracuse JJ, Takahashi CE, Allee L, Dechert T, Burke PA, Li F, Kalesan B. Clinical diagnostic phenotypes in hospitalizations due to self-inflicted firearm injury. J Affect Disord. 2021 01 01; 278:172-180.View Related Profiles.

Kalesan, Bindu
Takahashi, Courtney
Siracuse, Jeffrey
Allee, Lisa
Rosenthaler, Max
Janeway, Megan
Poulson, Michael
Neufeld, Miriam
Burke, Peter
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 32961413

Poulson M, Geary A, Annesi C, Allee L, Kenzik K, Sanchez S, Tseng J, Dechert T. National Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes between Black and White Americans. J Natl Med Assoc. 2021 Apr; 113(2):125-132.View Related Profiles.

Geary, Alaina
Tseng, Jennifer
Kenzik, Kelly
Allee, Lisa
Poulson, Michael
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 32778445; DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2020.07.009;

Neufeld MY, Janeway MG, Lee SY, Miller MI, Smith EA, Kalesan B, Allee L, Dechert T, Sanchez SE. Utilization of mental health services in pediatric patients surviving penetrating trauma resulting from interpersonal violence. Am J Surg. 2021 01; 221(1):233-239.View Related Profiles.

Kalesan, Bindu
Allee, Lisa
Janeway, Megan
Neufeld, Miriam
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 32690211; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.06.031;

Janeway MG, Lee SY, Caron E, Sausjord IK, Allee L, Sanchez SE, Dechert TA. Surgery service learning in preclinical years improves medical student attitudes toward surgery, clinical confidence, and social determinants of health screening. Am J Surg. 2020 02; 219(2):346-354.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Janeway, Megan
Sanchez, Sabrina
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 31761297

Campbell BT, Thaker S, Fallat ME, Foley DS, McClure E, Sakran JV, Nasr IW, Ziegfeld S, Ehrlich PF, Snodgrass M, Levy M, Naik-Mathuria BJ, Johnson B, Demello AS, Jones S, Watters JM, Burke P, Allee L, Kozyckyj T, Letton RW, Kuhls DA, Bulger EM, Stewart RM. A Multicenter Evaluation of a Firearm Safety Intervention in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan; 55(1):140-145. PMID: 31753607

Hink AB, Bonne S, Levy M, Kuhls DA, Allee L, Burke PA, Sakran JV, Bulger EM, Stewart RM. Firearm injury research and epidemiology: A review of the data, their limitations, and how trauma centers can improve firearm injury research. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Sep; 87(3):678-689.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Burke, Peter

PMID: 31033891

Allee L, Dechert T, Rao SR, Crandall M, Christmas A, Eastman A, Duncan T, Foster S. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma's Injury Control and Violence Prevention Committee's annual distracted driving outreach event: Evaluating attitude and behavior change in high school students. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 01; 84(1):31-36.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Dechert, Tracey

PMID: 28538628

Kuhls DA, Campbell BT, Burke PA, Allee L, Hink A, Letton RW, Masiakos PT, Coburn M, Alvi M, Lerer TJ, Gaines BA, Nance ML, Schuerer DJE, Palmieri TL, Davis JW, Geehan DM, Elsey JK, Sutton BH, McAndrew MP, Gross RI, Reed DN, Van Boerum DH, Esposito TJ, Albrecht RM, Sarani B, Shapiro DS, Wiggins-Dohlvik K, Stewart RM. Survey of American College of Surgeons Committee on trauma members on firearm injury: Consensus and opportunities. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 May; 82(5):877-886.View Related Profiles.

Allee, Lisa
Burke, Peter

PMID: 28240673; DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001405;

Mark Faul, PhD, MA; Judy A. Stevens, PhD; Scott M. Sasser, MD; Lisa Allee, MSW; Angela J. Deokar, MPH; Deborah A. Kuhls, MD; Peter A. Burke, MD . Older Adult Falls Seen by Emergency Medical Service Providers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016; 50(6):719-726.
Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, MD, MPH; Lisa Allee Barmak MSW, LICSW; Angela Park BA, MA; Jonathan Howland PhD, MPH, MPA; Vonne Lee, MPH; Emma Lodato, MPH; Cassandra Driscoll, MPH; Peter Burke, MD, FACS; Tracey Dechert, MD, FACS. Evaluating Three Methods to Encourage Mentally Competent Older Adults to Assess Their Driving Behavior. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2015; 79(1):125–131.

Saxe GN, Miller A, Bartholomew D, Hall E, Lopez C, Kaplow J, Koenen KC, Bosquet M, Allee L, Erikson I, Moulton S. Incidence of and risk factors for acute stress disorder in children with injuries. J Trauma. 2005 Oct; 59(4):946-53. PMID: 16374286

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Bar chart showing 29 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2021 and 2025