St. Joseph’s Health recently welcomed three physicians to its staff.
• Aleena Saleem joined the hospitalist team. She is a board-certified family physician who completed her residency at St. Joseph’s Health in 2021.
Prior to St. Joseph’s Health, Saleem gained experience as a physician in Pakistan and the U.S. From 2014 to 2017, she served as a physician and researcher in Pakistan and later as an observer at medical centers in Michigan.
Saleem holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan and is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
• Abigail Tillman joined the primary care team. She joins St. Joseph’s Health after two years of providing primary care to the Central New York community with another practice. Before that, Tillman provided inpatient and outpatient care at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a member of Trinity Health of New England, in West Hartford, Massachusetts.
Tillman earned her Doctor of Medicine from St. George’s University in Grenada, West Indies, and her bachelor’s degree from Colgate University. In 2017, she completed her residency at Middlesex Hospital, a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, in Middletown, Connecticut.
Tillman is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
• Gregory Faughnan joined the team of primary care physicians. He is a board-certified family physician. He completed his residency at St. Joseph’s Health. Faughnan earned his Doctor of Medicine from SUNY Upstate Medical University and his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Saint Bonaventure University. Faughnan is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
A physician with a passion for giving back to the community, Faughnan volunteered at the Syracuse Refugee Clinic and provided primary care for refugees from 2014 to 2016.
Faughnan sees patients at St. Joseph’s Primary Care in Camillus.