Allison Wheeler, M.D., was raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, before coming to Nashville to complete her Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Transfusion Medicine fellowships at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She completed her medical training at the University of Massachusetts and residency in Pediatrics at Baystate Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts. She is now an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology with a special interest in coagulation abnormalities and bleeding disorders, including women with bleeding disorders.