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Swetha A. Alexander

Swetha A. Alexander, MBBS

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Greenwood Health Center

Midvale
801-213-9400

University of Utah Hospital

Rheumatology, Area E
Salt Lake City
801-581-7724
  • Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
  • Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Academic Divisions Rheumatology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

    Education history

    Fellowship Rheumatology - University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Clinical Fellow
    Internal Medicine - University of Connecticut School of Medicine Resident
    Post Graduate Training Family Medicine - Christian Medical College Postgraduate Diploma
    Medicine and Surgery - Christian Medical College Intern
    Undergraduate Medicine and Surgery - Christian Medical College M.B.B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Najjar R, Alexander SA, Hughes GC, Yazdany J, Singh N (2022). Predictors of Thirty-Day Hospital Readmissions in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the United States: A Nationwide Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 75(5), 989-997. (Read full article)
    2. Fernandez-Ruiz R, Duarte-Garca A, Rolle NA, Sattui SE, Saygin D, Dowell S, Alexander SA, Kumar B, Danila MI, Singh N (2022). Supporting International Medical Graduates in Rheumatology: A Call to Action. Arthritis Rheumatol, 75(2), 145-148. (Read full article)
    3. Ezeanuna MN, Prince DK, Alexander SA, Richards JS, Kerr GS, Jalal D, Bansal N, Liew JW, Singh N (2022). Association of rheumatoid arthritis with mortality in chronic kidney disease: a cohort study. Clin Rheumatol, 41(9), 2669-2676. (Read full article)
    4. Alexander S, Swami U, Kaur A, Gao Y, Fatima M, Ginn MM, Stein JE, Grivas P, Zakharia Y, Singh N (2020). Safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with cancer and pre-existing autoimmune disease. Ann Transl Med, 9(12), 1033. (Read full article)
    5. Alexander SA, Kim E, Mandhadi R (2021). Approaching Reactive Arthritis Associated With Poor Prognostic Factors: A Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus, 13(2), e13555. (Read full article)
    6. Nguyen S, Alexander SA, Apenteng S, Castiglione A (2020). Statin-Associated Necrotizing Myopathy: A Feared Complication. Cureus, 12(11), e11689. (Read full article)
    7. Chango Azanza JJ, Calle Sarmiento PM, Lopetegui Lia N, Alexander SA, Modi V (2020). Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: An Early Skin Biopsy Makes a Difference. Cureus, 12(5), e7912. (Read full article)
    8. Mathew Thomas V, Alexander SA, Hadfield MJ, Vredenburgh J (2020). A Rare Case of Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Cervix with No Intrauterine Diethylstilbestrol Exposure. Cureus, 12(4), e7796. (Read full article)
    9. Alexander SA, Mathew Thomas V, Savage JA (2020). Elevated C-reactive Protein and Role of Steroids in Cocaine-associated Levamisole-induced Vasculitis. Cureus, 12(4), e7597. (Read full article)
    10. Chango Azanza JJ, Mathew Thomas V, Calle Sarmiento PM, Singh M, Alexander SA (2020). Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome Due to Endometrial Carcinoma. Cureus, 12(3), e7220. (Read full article)
    11. Mathew Thomas V, Bindal P, Ann Alexander S, McDonald K (2019). Nivolumab-induced hepatitis: A rare side effect of an immune check point inhibitor. J Oncol Pharm Pract, 26(2), 459-461. (Read full article)
    12. Mathew Thomas V, Alexander SA, Bindal P, Vredenburgh J (2020). Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis-A Mystery Yet to be Unraveled: A Case Series and Review of Literature. Cureus, 12(2), e6895. (Read full article)