• Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgeon of the year – 1999-2000 in the Columbia HCA hospital system.

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• First lifetime achievement award honoree (2009) of the Save a Limb, Save a Life nonprofit foundation which is dedicated to preventing amputations.

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• Lifetime achievement award honoree (2007) by the multidisciplinary Superbones Conference which consists of non-vascular specialists including podiatrist, orthopedic surgeons, wound care specialists, diabetic specialists, etc.

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• Founder and Co-Director of New Cardiovascular Horizons and Diabetic Foot and Wound Care Conference” (NCVH) (1999), which is held in New Orleans, Louisiana. NCVH was the first truly multidisciplinary conference that “truly walked the walk” of a multidisciplinary conference in which all members of the healthcare team that were together for a single educational focus with multiple agendas appropriate for all physicians, MDs, DPMs, DOs, RNs, PAs, NPs, interventionalists, surgeons, diabetes educators and specialists, venous specialists, technicians and administrators.  This event currently attracts greater than 3,500 participants a year with a renowned imminent multidisciplinary faculty.

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• Creator and Co-Director of the inaugural international multidisciplinary CLI Summit in 2005.

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• Co-Director of the 2nd – 10th International Multidisciplinary CLI Summit to be held within the annual NCVH conference.  The CLI Summit was the first event to put all disciplines including podiatry, diabetes specialists, vascular specialists, vascular surgeons and interventionalists, wound care specialists, primary care givers and all members of the multidisciplinary “limb salvage team” together on the same podium for a single focused “limb salvage” conference.  This CLI Summit is in its 16th year.

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• Founder and Co-Director of the highly successful CIS “Hands On” PVD training program (1996) in which over 2,000 interventional cardiologists, interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons and cardiothoracic surgeons from around the world have visited CIS facilities in Louisiana for “hands on” endovascular training primarily in the treatment of PAD with a special focus on CLI and “limb salvage”.  An additional 4,000 healthcare givers and techs have been trained.  Dr Allie currently is the Director of Louisiana Cardiovascular Training & Educators, which provides similar training today.

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• Creator and Director of the Renaissance Summit, “Reinventing the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon” the inaugural conference advocating that classically trained surgeons adapt percutaneous catheter-based technologies into their treatment armamentarium.

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• Founder and director of the “Instituto Cardiovascular del Sur” (Cardiovascular Institute of the South – Latin America) that was founded between 1992-94 and still actively treats patients from Latin America, South America and internationally.

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• Elected as a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)

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• First Peripheral Vascular CTA training site for CTA accreditation sponsored by the SCCT.

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• First Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) minimally invasive Endovascular Aneurysm Revascularization (EVAR) training site in the Gulf South Region.

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• Either Director or Co-director of the Vascular/Endovascular Department of Columbia HCA Southwest Medical Center in Lafayette from 1990-2016 in which this facility was often the highest volume vascular treatment center in the world and was consistently given the highest achievable scores during National scoring.  Consistently the #1 Vascular and Vascular Surgery Hospital in Louisiana and in the 99th percentile nationwide.

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• Currently completing 20 years of research and development of Microcyn/Dermacyn (Hypochlorus Acid), a new potentially disruptive technology (PKU-60, 95 and 151) to treat a widespread variety of worldwide major healthcare issues dealing with infections, sterilization, sepsis, antibiotic resistant infections, etc.

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• Presented a special honorary citation by the American Podiatry Association for multidisciplinary education presented to the specialty of podiatry.

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• Currently creating the world’s first truly Vascular and Limb Salvage outpatient facility providing all limb salvage care under one 39,000 square foot outpatient center to include Hyperbaric Oxygen (HB0) therapy, complex wound care center, all needed office/outpatient peripheral vascular diagnostic and endovascular (non-surgical) treatments needed.

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• Has completed over 10,000 cardiac, vascular and general surgical procedures in 35 years of medical practice.

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• Has performed over 12,000 endovascular (non-surgical) procedures (use of wires, balloons, lasers, stents, etc.).

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• Has provided over 300,000 hospital and office patient visits.

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• Founder and Director of the Louisiana Cardiovascular & Limb Salvage Center in 2009.  This was one of the world’s first practices dedicated to limb salvage.

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• Founded and opened the first outpatient Endovascular treatment center in the state of Louisiana in 2013 and now expanding to 3 outpatient cath lab facilities.  This model is considered by leaders in this field as the premier model worldwide at this time.  (Arise Lafayette Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and Arise Louisiana Cardiovascular and Nephrology Center of Excellence).

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• 2019 Marshall University Athletic Hall of Fame Nominee/Candidate (Baseball)

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• 2019 Marshall University Alumni of the Year Nominee/Candidate

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• Awarded the Marshall University 2019 Alumni of the Year Award

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• Founder and Director of the first (2019) CLI and Limb Salvage Club.  This is a multidisciplinary non-profit organization dedicated to the treatment of CLI and Limb Salvage.

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• Primary laser training site for RA Medical company with the most recently FDA approved laser catheter for the treatment of PAD and CLI.

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• Currently being trained as the first tier user and trainer for the creation of percutaneous AV Fistulas for permanent hemodialysis access.