Dr. Alexandra Saltman

Dr. Alexandra ("Alex") Saltman is a clinician teacher in the Divisions of Rheumatology and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and the University Health Network, and an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

She completed her medical school, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology residency training at the University of Toronto. She subsequently pursued a fellowship in Palliative Care at the University Health Network, and completed additional training through the Palliative Care Education Practice course at Harvard University and the Master Teaching Training Program at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Saltman practices at the intersection of Rheumatology and Palliative Medicine – caring for patients with life-limiting systemic rheumatic diseases, as well as patients with immunotherapy-related autoimmune side effects and other cancer-related arthropathies. Dr. Saltman sees this intersection as addressing an unmet patient need and as a model for teaching trainees about an interdisciplinary and patient-centered approach to the management of complexity, multi-morbidity, and chronic disease.