Allan Robert Tunkel MD, PhD, MACP

Allan Tunkel is an undergraduate of Seton Hall University, Dr. Tunkel later pursued a Ph.D. in experimental pathology followed by a medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School. He completed his residency and chief residency in Medicine at the Hospital of the Medical College of Pennsylvania followed by a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Virginia. He is widely acknowledged as an international expert in bacterial meningitis and other central nervous system infections.

Dr. Allan R. Tunkel is the Associate Dean for Medical Education at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Tunkel comes to Brown with an extensive background in medical education, administration, clinical expertise, and scholarship. He had held significant academic leadership positions at Drexel College of Medicine and Monmouth Medical Center. As Senior Associate Dean for Academic Campuses, he supervised Drexel's relationship with its 25 clinical academic campuses throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.