Dr. Allhusen completed her undergraduate degree at Santa Clara University. She spent a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA designing and leading a community health outreach program in an underserved community prior to attending University of Washington School of Medicine. She completed her residency training at Seattle Children’s/University of Washington SOM.

Dr. Allhusen is interested in community pediatric hospital medicine, medical education, and wellness in health care professionals. She currently practices at Seattle Children’s affiliated regional sites as well as at Seattle Children’s main campus and enjoys working with medical students and trainees. She is involved in medical student curriculum development and teaching. Dr. Allhusen oversees the medical student newborn rotation at EvergreenHealth and serves as the Premedical Observership Program Director for Hospital Medicine at Seattle Children’s.