Barbara Allen, MD, MBA

Barbara Allen, MD, MBA

Barbara Allen, MD leads the office of clinician experience and partners with regional medical leadership to optimize clinical performance from a quadruple-aim perspective. She is a board-certified family physician who also serves as co-chair of Optum physician executive council.

Dr. Allen most recently served as chief medical officer for Optum Florida and WellMed Florida employed clinics. Prior to joining Optum Care in 2015, she served as vice president of medical affairs and system chief quality officer for Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital and Healthcare System in Tyler, Texas.

She has also served on multiple medical group and system governance boards, as chief of primary care for Trinity Clinic and held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Mayo Clinic Health System, including president and CEO of Mayo Clinic Health-Fairmont.

She is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and served in the USAF as an aerospace physiologist prior to attending medical school at University of South Carolina