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CLINICIANSVirginia Allen, MD Child, Adolescent, and Adult PsychiatristEmail Virginia Allen If you are a current patient and you need to reach your clinician, you may call your provider after hours by dialing 713-621-9515 and press 0 to have your clinician paged.
Dr. Allen evaluates children, adolescents, and adults with emotional and behavioral disturbances, and where indicated, provides medication management. She has a particular interest in early childhood evaluations and intervention. Because she believes early intervention provides the best prognosis, Dr. Allen has a strong dedication to mental health education in families, schools, and medical communities. She has received training in both the psychopharmacologic treatment of psychiatric illness as well as different psychotherapeutic modalities, giving her an informed and balanced view toward the treatment of emotional illnesses Currently in addition to her position at the Tarnow Center, Dr. Allen is an active member of American Psychiatry Association (APA) working in the Healthcare Access and Economics group. |
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Dr. Allen is trained as a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. She completed her medical student education at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where she was chosen for the General Internal Medicine Statewide Preceptorship Program. She completed her general psychiatry residency program at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, and her child and adolescent fellowship with the Medical University of South Carolina. During her child fellowship, she was awarded the MUSC Institute of Psychiatry Patient Satisfaction Survey Award.