Allison Yeh, M.D.

"I was born and raised in the suburbs of Houston and enjoyed the unique combination of Texas barbecue and home-cooked Taiwanese food. I journeyed a little ways from home to The University of Texas at Austin (Hook ‘Em!), where I majored in Human Development and Family Sciences and learned how social factors can largely influence health and development. Medical school brought me back home to Baylor College of Medicine, where I had the privilege of working with an incredibly diverse patient population. I continued to serve the Houston community through volunteering at a bereavement support center and at a group for special needs young adults. During my third year, I served as the Texas representative in the student congress at the AAFP National Conference, sparking my desire to learn more about patient advocacy. I joined other Baylor medical students as part of the Primary Care Leadership Collaborative and aimed to recruit more students to primary care through a preclinical longitudinal elective. My love for diverse patient populations and pathologies, patient advocacy, and community service ultimately drew me to family medicine. I am so excited to learn more about all of those through training at Swedish First Hill! I am both sad and excited to journey out of the land of kolaches, breakfast tacos, and barbecue to the Pacific Northwest! I will slowly warm up to doing outdoor activities, since it seems that’s what everyone enjoys to do here. Outside of medicine, I like to play music (violin, piano, acoustic guitar), pet other people’s dogs and wish I had one, eat, and cook. I am looking forward to more food adventures in Seattle, especially new sushi and ice cream places!"