Dr. Tara Allen has been in private practice in Nashville for 9 years. She is currently the Chief of Urologic Surgery at Centennial Medical Center. Dr. Allen completed her undergraduate training at the University of Southern Mississippi followed by her Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Mississippi in Jackson. Both her general surgery internship and urologic surgery residency were completed at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.

Dr. Allen is board certified by the American Board of Urology as well as Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS). Dr. Allen’s scope of practice includes the urologic disease processes of both women and men although she was drawn to Nashville due to the small number of female urologists in practice in Nashville.

She offers laparoscopy, robotic surgery, treatment of pelvic floor prolapse and urinary leakage, Interstim® neuromodulation for bladder dysfunction, Botox bladder treatments, laser treatment of stones, minimally invasive prostate surgery, treatment of female and male sexual dysfunction and treatment of all cancers of the urinary tract.

Dr. Allen is a diplomat of the American Board of Urology. She is a member of the American Urological Association, the Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology, American Urogynecologic Society, and the International Society for Sexual Medicine.

Locally, she is involved in Tennessee Women in Medicine, Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation and Hands on Nashville.