Dr. Allen Cherer
Pediatrician, Neonatologist, and Doctor in Concord, North Carolina
A Board-certified Pediatrician and Neonatologist, Dr. Allen Cherer has dedicated his career to caring for sick newborns and supporting their families. For nearly three decades, he has served in Level III newborn intensive care units (NICUs) in Georgia, California, and North Carolina.
Dr. Allen Cherer graduated with a B.A. in Biology from the University of Virginia before going on to obtain his M.D. at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Cherer then completed his Pediatrics training at Kosair Children’s Hospital at the University of Louisville School of Medicine where he earned the Robert G. Spurling Memorial Award as the outstanding senior house officer. Following residency, Dr. Allen Cherer was commissioned in the United States Air Force Medical Corps where he became Chief of Pediatrics at the USAF Regional Hospital Minot (North Dakota).
Following his Pediatrics training at the University of Louisville's Kosair Children's Hospital, Dr. Allen Cherer was commissioned in the USAF Medical Corps and served as Chief of Pediatrics at USAF Regional Hospital Minot (North Dakota). While there, he was particularly interested in improving the management of children with chronic illnesses, such as asthma and diabetes.
Following military service, Dr. Allen Cherer completed a Neonatal-Perinatal fellowship in the Joint Program of Neonatology at Harvard Medical School. His primary clinical interests included intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in the preterm infant and the long term follow-up of high risk newborns.
Dr. Allen Cherer coupled the two in his fellowship research project and in a published manuscript proposing a management protocol for intraventricular hemorrhage.
Dr. Allen Cherer has also participated in the clinical teaching programs of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and the Cabarrus (North Carolina) Family Medicine Residency Program. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and the North Carolina Pediatric Society.