Dr. Allen is the Medical Director of Rushford, Chief of Psychiatry at Midstate Medical Center, and Vice President of Addiction Services for the Behavioral Health Network at Hartford Healthcare.

Dr. Allen co-chairs the treatment subcommittee for the state of Connecticut’s Alcohol and Drug Policy Council, is on the Advisory Board for the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, as well as the Addiction Medicine Committee and Opioid Task Force for the State Medical Society.

Dr. Allen lectures and advocates locally and nationally for prevention, screening, early intervention and treatment access for Substance use and other Psychiatric disorders throughout the lifespan.

Dr. Allen is board certified in Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine.