People news: Saleem joins St. Joseph’s Health as hospitalist

Dr. Aleena Saleem has joined the staff at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital as a hospitalist. (Photo credit: St. Joseph’s Health)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Aleena Saleem, MD, has recently joined the team of hospitalists at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital.

The hospitalist team offers diverse specialties to provide a wide range of specialized care to the Syracuse community, St. Joseph’s Health said in a release.

Dr. Saleem, a board-certified family physician, completed her residency at St. Joseph’s Health in 2021. Prior to that, she gained experience as a physician in Pakistan and in the U.S. From 2014-2017, she served as a physician and researcher in Pakistan and later as an observer at medical centers in Michigan.

Saleem received her bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery degrees from Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan. She is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is seeing patients at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital.

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