Dr Alexander Salerno
East Orange
Dr. Alexander Salerno has been a name in the medical community owing to his passion and skills. He is a second generation lead physician in a multi specialty practice that currently cares for more than 15,000 patients. In addition to being a board certified internist, Dr. Alexander Salerno has a Masters degree in Health Administration as well. These two formal degrees and disciplines provide the skills allowing him to focus and reinvent the delivery of healthcare and, in turn, the standards of healthcare.
Academic BackgroundIn 1998, Dr. Salerno completed his formal studies and achieved his Medical Doctorate degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in St. George’s, Grenada. He entered residency in St Michaels Medical Center in Newark, NJ and affiliate of Seton Hall Graduate School of Health Sciences. In addition to his residency program, Dr. Alexander Salerno also completed Masters in Health Administration at Seton Hall University.
He holds his undergraduate degree in political science from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs New York.
Professional Achievements:- Ten years service as a United States Air Force general medical officer, rank Captain. (1998-2008)
- Finalist in Horizons Heroes in Health (2011)
- Patients Choice Award (2011)
- Patients Choice Award (2010)
- Physician of the Year St Michaels Hospital (2010)
- The Frances Black Humanitarian Award in Healthcare (November 2005)
In order to bridge gaps in certain health care populations and communities, he has incorporated old methodologies as well as new inventive models.
OLD Methodologies: In 2002, Dr Alexander Salerno turned to the old concept of house calls and began delivering medical services to inner city seniors in Essex and and in later years Passaic counti