About
Allyson Sanders, MD, is a board-certified family medicine physician who has additional fellowship training in sports medicine and offers pediatric sports medicine care such as injury prevention and stress fracture treatment. She treats young women who experience low energy, reduced bone density and menstrual disturbance because of physical activity — also called the “female athlete triad” — and offers expert care for runners and endurance athletes who have general health concerns as well as acute and overuse injuries.
Dr. Sanders chose to become a doctor to make a real impact in her community, and family medicine best fit her love of building relationships with her patients and working together to improve their health. Those relationships help her tailor care to each patient’s specific needs and life goals. As a runner, she wanted to learn more about musculoskeletal medicine to treat pain and injuries in patients from high school athletes to active older adults.
Dr. Sanders’ hobbies include running, hiking and strength training. She and her husband, Brad, met in medical school and moved to Columbia for their residency training. They have a big dog named Louie who is full of energy and keeps them busy.
Education & Training
Medical School
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency
Family Medicine
- University of Missouri School of Medicine
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Research Profile
Allyson Sanders, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained family medicine physician with an interest in musculoskeletal injuries in athletes and active people. Her practice includes caring for female athlete triad patients, runners and endurance athletes and pediatric populations with sports medicine injuries.
Dr. Sanders' research work is currently focused on a project investigating optimal imaging for spondylolysis, working closely with musculoskeletal radiologists. She has also published a review article about the management of glenohumeral arthritis in patients younger than 50 and a book chapter focused on caring for the female athlete is pending publication.
Research Interests
- Musculoskeletal imaging for spondylolysis and other musculoskeletal injury
- Glenohumeral arthritis
- Caring for female athletes and improving care for the female athlete triad
Areas of Expertise
- Female athlete triad and relative energy deficiency in sport
- Runners and endurance athletes — general health concerns, overuse injuries and acute injuries
- Injury prevention
- Pediatric sports medicine
- Stress fractures