Education and Post Graduate Training	1975-79 B.A Harvard College, Boston MA                                                                                                             1979-83 M.D. -New York University School of Medicine                                                                                         1983-1986 Internal Medicine Residency, Harlem Hospital Center NYC 1989-92 Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Board Certification	1993, 2003 Diplomate - Critical Care Medicine 1992, 2002 Diplomate - Pulmonary Disease 1987 Diplomate - American Board of Internal Medicine
Academic Appointments	2003-Present, 1996-98 Clinical Assistant  Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 1994-96 Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Professional Employment	2003 -present Attending Physician, Medical ICU ,Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte NC 1999 - present Carolina Pulmonary Physicians, P.A., Rock Hill, SC 1996-99 Mecklenberg Medical Group, Charlotte, NC 1992-96 Associate Chief - Critical Care Medicine Beth Israel Medical Center - North Division, New York, NY 1986-89 Chief Physician - Montefiore Riker's Island Health Services, NY 1986-88 Assistant Attending Physician - Medical Intensive Care Unit, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY
Presentations	2005 "COPD: Diagnopsis and Management" Grand Rounds - Univ. of Texas Medical Center at Tyler                                                                                                                                                                                      "COPD: Diagnosis and Management" Grand Rounds - Brooklyn Hospital Center 2003 "Asthma: Diagnosis and Management" National Medical Association Annual Convention 2003 "COPD: Diagnosis and Management" Grand Rounds - Forsythe Medical Center 2002 "Lung Cancer" National Medical Association Annual Convention 2002 "Hospital Acquired Pneumonia" Grand Rounds - Palmetto Baptist Medical Center 1998 "Asthma, Diagnosis and Management" Charlotte Medical Society 1997 "Is it Asthma or COPD" South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Annual Meeting 1995 "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease" - Grand Rounds - Cabrini Medical Center 1995 "Antibiotic Use in the ICU" - Grand Rounds - North General Hospital 1994 "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease" - Grand Rounds - Metropolitan Hospital 1993 "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease" - Grand Rounds - North General Hospital 1992 "Chest Trauma" - Grand Rounds - AECOM-Montefiore Medical Center 1991 "Intramuscular Triamcinolone in Moderate Asthma" - Poster Presentation American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting
Media and Publications	1993-95 Medical Consultant to the Weekend TODAY Show, NBC Studios, NY 1994 Karpel J., Kotch A., Zinney M., Pesin J., Alleyne W. Comparison of Ipratroprium, Theophylline Plus B-agonist, and All Three in Patients with COPD. CHEST. 1994; 105: 1089-94 1991 Alleyne W., Ogirala R. High-dose Intramuscular Triamcinolone in Moderate Asthma. CHEST. 1991; 100:2; 19S (Abstract)
Awards and Honors	2002-2004 Chief of Medicine, Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill SC 1999 Attending Physician of the Year, Department of Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC 1993 Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians 1993 New York Newsday Profiles 1992 Physician-Nurse Communication Award AECOM-Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 1977-79 Dean's List, Harvard College, Boston, MA
Professional Affiliations	American College of Chest Physicians American College of Physicians American Thoracic Society Society of Critical Care Medicine