Dr. Allada was born and raised in Michigan and attended the University of Michigan for his undergraduate and medical school education. From there, he completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1998, he began his pulmonary and critical care fellowship at OHSU. He has since become board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care, and sleep medicine. He currently serves as the general pulmonary clinic director, pulmonary clinic quality improvement director, the OHSU adult cystic fibrosis director and the medical director of the OHSU Physician Assistant school.

In addition, he participates in clinical research trials for promising cystic fibrosis therapies. He serves on the national Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) Center committee, the national CFF Education committee and is a board member of the Oregon Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.