Dr. Pullen studied bacteriology at the University of Michigan and received his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. He published his first of many peer-reviewed scientific articles and several books. Dr. Pullen continued his studies at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, in Otorhinolaryngology. Dr. Pullen served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist and vice commander of the 7272 USAF Hospital, where he obtained Major’s rank. After his service, he returned to academic medicine at the University of Miami, becoming a clinical professor in the Otolaryngology department and a consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General. In his private practice, he began treating allergic diseases using skin testing and oral and subcutaneous immunotherapy. Dr. Pullen was a founder of Interactive Telemedicine Systems, The Hearing, Education and Research Foundation (HEAR), American Educational Designers (First use of Videotape teaching in medicine), Chief editor of Video-digest, The National Hearing Conservation Association, and Allertemp, providing allergy services to physicians offices throughout south Florida. Dr. Pullen is currently a Fellow with several leading medical organizations: American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (emeritus), American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society, American Neurotology Society, Past President. In addition, he is a member of other prestigious and respected medical organizations, including the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy and the American Medical Association. Dr. Pullen is also a recipient of the Honor Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology.