Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Dr. Daniel Christopher Allison, a tall man with short, brown hair tinted silver and bright blue eyes, is an orthopedic and reconstruction surgeon working at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
- A brilliant doctor, Daniel also the current husband of actress Monica Potter, who is known most recently as Alex Hale in the TV series Wisdom of the Crowd.
Personal Life : Family, Marriage and Children
- Dr. Allison first met Monica at a mutual friend’s house for a party. After dating for a while, the pair got married on February 14, 2005.
- On August 3, 2005, the couple had their first child together, a baby girl that they named Molly Brigid.
- Currently, Molly Brigid is the only biological child of this couple, but Potter also has two sons from her previous marriage to Tom Potter.
- Monica & Tom were married for eight years, from 1990 to 1998.
- The family continued to live together in Los Angeles until February 2018, when Potter & Daniel announced that they were separating.
- Earlier, there were speculations that Monica is pregnant when she shared a photo on Instagram, but it was revealed that she was diagnosed with colitis.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
Bachelor’s
- Before Dr. Allison went on to receive his numerous accolades and accreditations, he first studied to get his bachelor’s degree.
- He majored in biology with a pre-med track, then moved on to get his master’s immediately.
Master’s
- Dr. Allison attended Rice University, located in Houston, Texas. There, he went on to study the business side of the medical world and graduated from the university’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business.
- He graduated with a Master’s degree in health/healthcare administration and management.
Doctorate
- While working on his master’s, Dr. Allison also began the work for his doctorate by attending the Baylor College of Medicine, also based in Houston.
- The small college was deeply intertwined with the Houston community, and it gave Dr. Allison the chance to get hands-on experience in nearly every class he took.
- In 2002, he graduated with an MD with Honors.
Internship
- From 2002 to 2003, Dr. Alison took an internship at the University of Southern California (USC). There, he studied top surgeons and got his first real taste of the working surgery world.
Residency
- After his internship, he began his residency program through that same university and specialized in orthopedic surgery, which focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries that occur within the musculoskeletal system.
- He completed his program in 2007.
Fellowship
- From 2007 to 2008, he worked as a fellow under the surgeon Dr. Lawrence Menendez, who focuses on surgical oncology.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Daniel currently works through his own practice and covers everything from joint injuries and traumas to oncology work.
- He is part of the limited number of orthopedic oncologists in the country and often treats ailments like bone tumors and metastatic lesions.
- Dr. Allison’s practice also reconstructs joints and skeletal issues brought on by severe trauma.
- He continues to work in the Los Angeles area but sometimes does consults or surgeries in different cities.