Daniel von Allmen, MD

Daniel von Allmen, MD, is the Regional President of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital subsidiary Cincinnati Children’s Global Health Consultancy. He leads the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital partnership with Pure Health, SEHA and the Sheik Kalifa Medical City Hospital to bring world class pediatric care to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.   

As a leader in research, education, patient care, advocacy and innovation, Cincinnati Children’s is ranked No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 list of best children’s hospitals in the nation and is the No. 2 recipient of pediatric research grants from the National Institutes of Health. In this role, von Allmen oversees the implementation of the long term agreement between Cincinnati Children’s and SEHA to extend the capabilities and capacity of SKMC to serve as a national referral center and destination hub for children with complex medical conditions in the region. 

von Allmen received his bachelor’s degree from Williams College and his medical degree from the University of Vermont. He completed his surgical internship and residency at the University of Cincinnati, followed by his pediatric surgery fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s before accepting a faculty position at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. After two years, he transitioned to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a faculty member and physician. He was recruited back to North Carolina as division director and surgeon-in-chief at North Carolina’s Children’s Hospital. In 2009, he returned to Cincinnati Children’s as division director in Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery. In 2015, he assumed the role of surgeon-in-chief at Cincinnati Children’s with responsibility for the entire surgical department composed of one hundred pediatric surgical subspecialists and researchers. 

von Allmen has been a long-term participant in the surgical section of the Children’s Oncology Group, the Pediatric Surgery Program Directors Association, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, and the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group. He has held leadership positions in several pediatric surgical societies and has authored 87 articles and 31 book chapters. He has been a strong supporter of innovation and holds patents on devices related to image-guided surgery.