Dr. Philip Allen obtained his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State University. He then spent a year performing a rotating medicine/surgery internship at Tufts University. Following his internship, Dr. Allen traveled to Minneapolis to complete a three-year surgical residency at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Allen became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2019. Prior to joining GCVS in 2019, Dr. Allen worked as a surgeon at a specialty hospital in Kansas City. Dr. Allen’s surgical interests include minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, fracture repair), joint replacement therapy, and interventional radiology procedures.