Orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Christina Allen specializes in the treatment of knee and shoulder injuries, especially those of women athletes. An avid soccer player, she's an expert in treating anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and shoulder instability. She is the orthopedic doctor for Cal athletics at the University of California at Berkeley, the U.S. national soccer team and the U.S. national taekwondo team. In addition, she has served as a team physician at the 2011 Pan American Games for judo wrestling and taekwondo teams and will be team physician for the U.S. national taekwondo team at the 2012 Olympic games in London.
Allen earned a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering at Duke University and was chief of biomedical engineering at the Veterans Affairs medical centers in Philadelphia and San Francisco before attending the UCLA School of Medicine.
Sports Medicine Center
1500 Owens St.
San Francisco, CA 94158
Appointments: (415) 353–2808
Main: (415) 353–9400
Fax: (415) 885–3862
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UCLA 1995
University of Pittsburgh, Orthopaedic Surgery 2001
University of Pittsburgh, Sports Medicine 2002
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