Summer Allen, MD

About Dr. Allen

Dr. Summer Allen completed medical school, residency, and fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Originally from Dallas, she completed her undergraduate degree in Texas and taught school for several years before deciding to pursue a medical career. She attended UMMC and graduated medical school in 2010, finished her fellowship in pulmonary critical care in 2016, and was chief fellow her last year in school. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care.  She currently works as a pulmonologist and intensivist at Memorial Health System and Merit Health in Biloxi. Her passion is using navigational bronchoscopy to biopsy lung nodules and diagnose lung cancer at an early stage. Dr. Allen presented at the CHEST conference in Nashville, discussing lung biopsies using different navigational systems. Dr. Allen also presented at the American Thoracic Society in Washington, DC, discussing navigational systems to diagnose interstitial lung disease.

She lives in Biloxi with her two daughters and two dogs.  She enjoys watching her daughters play sports and traveling.