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 an Orthopaedic Team physician for the United States Soccer Women's National teams and has traveled with teams to Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Germany, and the Netherlands. She recently traveled with the US Soccer team to Russia in August of 2006 for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She is also an Orthopaedic team physician for Cal Athletics at the University of California at Berkeley, and U.S. Taekwondo. In addition, she has served as a team doctor at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and at regional and world Olympic qualifying competitions for US soccer and US Taekwondo
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.
