Allyson joined Nuheights Pediatrics in April 2024 after moving with her family from New York City. She completed her undergraduate education in Neuroscience at Union College in upstate New York, and attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee for her graduate education. She trained at Boston Children’s Hospital and has practiced at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, in private practices in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and spent 5 years working with children in foster care, group homes and in juvenile detention centers in the South Bronx. Allyson has a passion for working with children with special health care needs, working with new parents and their newborn, and has specialized training working with children who have experienced various forms of trauma. In her spare time she loves being with her family, spending time outdoors, practicing yoga and traveling.