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Cheema, Faiqa Alam, MD

Title
Director, Transplant Infectious Disease, Hartford Hospital & Assistant Director, General Infectious Disease, Hartford Hospital

Language

English

Providing the best care to our patients and their companions requires communicating in a way everyone understands. Interpreter services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. All spoken languages are available, as well as American Sign Language (AS/L).


Specialties
Accepting New Patients
  • Infectious Disease – Board Certified

Areas of Expertise
Immunocompromised Infections, International Health, Transplant Infectious Disease, Transplantation

Hospitals and Organizations

  • Hartford HealthCare Medical Group
  • Windham Hospital
  • Backus Hospital
  • Hartford Hospital
  • Integrated Care Partners

Education

Medical School
Dow Medical College

Residency
Henry Ford Health System ‐ Internal Medicine

Fellowship
University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, UHN Network ‐ Transplant Infectious Disease
Henry Ford Health System ‐ Infectious Disease

Reviews

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5 out of 5 stars

Dr Cheema is so wonderful person .She is one of my best Dr on my husband recovery by to life.She is extremely intelligent and a patient person to talk us through my husband recovery. We really appreciate her support us through the years of his health.She is a amazing Dr always listening to our concerns for his treatment.I am so grateful and appreciative to have her in my husband life.She is a god sent person very special to my family we are blessed to have her.

5 out of 5 stars

I've met a great many doctors over the years, but Dr. Cheema has earned a place on my very short “Best Doctors” list — a distinction that demands exceptionally high standards. Dr. Cheema is brilliantly intelligent and deeply thoughtful. She carefully reviewed every treatment option with me, thoughtfully selecting the very best one because she genuinely wanted what was right for me. She answered every one of my many questions with patience and kindness, always making time to respond with such care that I never once felt alone in the process. One moment that stood out was when I asked what she would be if she weren’t a doctor. She smiled and said, “A doctor — that’s what I was meant to be.” That simple reply revealed the depth of her passion and calling. The treatment she prescribed fit my busy life perfectly — gentle yet powerfully effective. Thanks to her, I recovered fully from a serious, life-threatening infection and feel stronger and healthier. She has truly given me my life back, and my entire family is grateful. Dr. Cheema is compassionate, brilliant, and lovingly dedicated to her patients. If you need an infectious disease specialist who will care for you like family, she is the best.

5 out of 5 stars

I felt in great hands under Dr Faiqa Cheema’s care. She really listened to my concerns and quickly establish my trust and respect. I really appreciated her support and lightning responsiveness to my questions and concerns. She took ownership of my care and was proactive with communicating, collaborating and driving alignment with the broader care team. She makes you feel like more than just a patient: she makes you feel like she is personally invested in your well being.

5 out of 5 stars

Dr. Cheema truly saved my father’s life, and our family will always be grateful for her care. From the very beginning, she reassured us by saying, “This is 100% treatable. It will present its challenges, but we will get him through it.” Those words meant everything to us during such a frightening time. My father is a kidney transplant survivor and also lives with lupus, which made his infection especially dangerous and complicated. Dr. Cheema carefully managed his medications and coordinated closely with his other specialists to make sure every aspect of his care was handled correctly. Her expertise, attention to detail, and ability to look at the whole picture were incredible. Beyond her medical knowledge, Dr. Cheema showed genuine compassion and confidence that helped our entire family stay hopeful. Because of her dedication and leadership in his care, my father recovered from a very serious infection. We will always be thankful for Dr. Cheema and would highly recommend her to anyone in need of an infectious disease specialist.

5 out of 5 stars

Dr. Cheema, Faiqa Alam, MD provided exceptional care for my father. She went above and beyond to make sure he received the best treatment possible, and her compassion truly stood out. She consistently followed up, offered clear insight, and provided solutions in a way no one else ever has. Her dedication, thoroughness, and genuine concern made an enormous difference for our family. We are incredibly grateful for her outstanding care.

5 out of 5 stars

I was admitted to Hartford hospital because of high fever and other complications that’s when we met Dr Cheema she's very pleasant to talk to she takes her time to explains what was going on with me. I feel that she actually saved my life the way she pursued my bad infection .She is a very dedicated and professional doctor

5 out of 5 stars

Dr Cheema is awesome!

5 out of 5 stars

Dr. Cheema has been an absolute gift to our family! My mother’s case has been long and challenging. Dr. Cheema continues to follow her case closely with unwavering dedication, patience, care, and attention to detail. She takes the time to listen, explain options clearly, and ensures my mother receives the best possible care. It’s rare to find a doctor who cares so deeply—not just about the condition, but about the person. My family is continually grateful for the kindness and commitment Dr. Cheema has shown our mom. We wholeheartedly recommend Dr. Cheema and feel truly honored to have had her continuous support throughout this journey.

5 out of 5 stars

I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have met Dr. Cheema approximately one and a half years ago during my recovery from a kidney transplant at Hartford Hospital. Although the transplant procedure itself was successful, I encountered several complications afterward, one of which continues to affect me. Over the past eighteen months, I required hospitalization on more than one occasion due to a severe, potentially life-threatening infection. During these trying times, Dr. Cheema’s medical expertise and her exceptional management of my condition were instrumental to my recovery. I genuinely believe that, without her guidance and knowledge, I might not be here today to share this experience. Dr. Cheema is truly outstanding. My satisfaction with her care cannot be overstated, and I trust her completely. She approaches my treatment with remarkable thoroughness, listens attentively to my concerns, and consistently offers clear, informative feedback about my health and recovery process. What sets Dr. Cheema apart is her commitment to her patients—even after my discharge from the hospital, she reached out to follow up on my progress several times. Not even the transplant surgeons provided that level of personal attention. I often find myself wishing I could clone Dr. Cheema so that all my doctors would share her dedication and exemplary care.

5 out of 5 stars

We met Dr Cheema at Hartford Hospital where my husband had been transferred from another state and had been dealing with a severe persisting infection for more than two months. The whole team of doctors, which included cardiology , GI , infection disease and transplant team was extremely professional, but I believe that a crucial part of his care and recovery was because of Dr Cheema's assertive management of his lingering infection. We are very grateful.

Bio

Dr. Faiqa Cheema is a board-certified Infectious Disease specialist who is currently serving transplant patients at Hartford Hospital - an 819-bed acute care teaching hospital located in Hartford, Connecticut. More specifically, she is affiliated with the Transplant Surgical Program and Comprehensive Liver Center at Hartford Hospital that successfully performs kidney, heart, and liver transplants. The Transplant Surgical program at Hartford Hospital is a center of excellence for living donor kidney and a Living Donor Champion Program. Transplantation in HIV patients is also conducted at this program.

In 2017, Hartford Hospital Transplant program performed 84 kidney transplants, 24 liver transplants, and 12 heart transplants. In 2018 over 112 kidney transplant, 32 liver transplants and 13 heart transplants were successfully performed.

Dr. Cheema is board-certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Dr. Cheema completed her medical degree from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan in 2001. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan in 2006, followed by a fellowship in Infectious Disease at Henry Ford Hospital in 2011. She has additional fellowship training in Transplant Infectious Disease from University of Toronto, Canada, one of the busiest transplant programs in North America with 607 adult transplants every year.

Upon return from her transplant fellowship training in 2016, Dr. Cheema, started the Transplant Infectious Disease program at Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, to provide a unique service to the community of Hartford.

Dr. Cheema works collaboratively with surgical transplantation teams to facilitate the evaluation, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases in solid organ transplant recipients at Hartford Hospital. She provides skillful recommendations to the medical and surgical teams on a continuous basis and provides niche area of expertise to this at-risk population. Dr. Cheema also participates in the development of antimicrobial and immuno-suppressive protocols for the transplant surgical program and facilitates listing of patients for organ transplantation.

In addition, Dr. Cheema also provides educational opportunities for Infectious Disease fellows and medical residents from University of Connecticut School of Medicine in the area of infectious diseases and management of immuno-compromised hosts.

Dr. Faiqa Cheema is also recipient of Top Doctor Award in Infectious Disease and Transplant Infectious Disease for 2019.

She is also recipient of the prestigious David Hull, Young Practitioner Award for year 2020 for her recognition of leadership, excellence in clinical care and research, innovation, teaching, advocacy and activism on behalf of the art and science of medicine.

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