Dr. McAllister was born and raised in Andover, Massachusetts. The fourth of five sons, Dr. McAllister was educated at Philip's Academy Andover, Colby College and Tufts School of Medicine. After graduating from medical school in 2000, Dr. McAllister fulfilled a six-year commitment to the US Air Force stationed first at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio and then Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. When Major McAllister's military commitment ended in June 2006, he decided to return to his home-state of Massachusetts to start Performance Pediatrics.