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Christina Allen, MD

Professor Sports Medicine

Christina Allen, MD

Dr. Christina Allen specializes in the treatment of knee and shoulder injuries, especially those of women athletes. An avid soccer enthusiast, she is an expert in treating Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries and shoulder athletic injuries. She has a special interest in meniscus transplantation, ACL Revision surgery, and proximal hamstring avulsion repairs, which are focus areas for her research.

Dr. Allen is an Orthopaedic team physician for US Soccer. She has traveled extensively with the Women's and Men's teams to Russia, China, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Poland and Mexico and will be traveling with the U-20 Women's National Soccer Team in 2020 on the road to their U-20 FIFA Women's World Cup in Nigeria. She was also the Orthopaedic Team physician for the San Francisco Deltas professional soccer team which won the NASL championship in 2017.

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Knee Knowledge: Learn the Signs of Common Injuries Video

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Orthopedic surgeon Christina Allen, MD, shows primary care physicians the best tests for assessing pain and limited range of motion in the knee – and explains when speedy referral to a specialist is crucial.

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