Alexandra Lee Strauss, MD
Gastroenterology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman
Make an appointmentCall 215-349-8222
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Gastroenterology)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

274 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

October 2025
she is very knowledgeable and polite
October 2025
dr. strauss is a caring and deeply talented physician. she is both attentive to the patients (and their questions) and up to date with her specialty
October 2025
dr. strauss is a wonderful physician, both patient and attentive.
October 2025
she is a good listener. she doesn't preach to you, she has good bed side manners

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Strauss is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Cory J Ketchem and Alexandra Strauss Starling Insights into the natural history and disease course of eosinophilic esophagitis , Annals of Allergy and Immunology , 135(2): 2025

Anwesh Dash, Alexandra Strauss Starling, Sydney Shaffer, Amanda Muir, Kristle L. Lynch Comparison of two different scoring systems for Esophageal Lichen Planus , Digestive Disease Week : 2025

Alexandra Strauss Starling*, Shivani U. Thanawala*, Claire A. Beveridge, Gary W. Falk and Kristle L. Lynch Look above the IRP: predicting abnormal confirmatory testing in patients with esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction , Therapeutic advances in Gastroenterology, 17: 2024

Alexandra Strauss Starling 1, Yue Ren 2, Hongzhe Li 2, Jonathan M Spergel 3, Amanda B Muir 4, Kristle L Lynch 1, Chris A Liacouras 4, Gary W Falk 1 Reducing Eosinophil Counts in Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children Is Associated With Reduction in Later Stricture Development , American Journal of Gastroenterology , 119(10): 2024,2002-2009

Aditya Jog 1, Alexandra L Strauss Starling 2, Isha Kaur 3, Kenneth Um 3, Luke J Keele 4, Joseph R Triggs 5, Maria S Altieri 4, Jenny M Shao 6 Paraesophageal hernia recurrence following repair: making the case for reoperative surgery in a propensity-matched cohort , Surgical Endoscopy , 38(6): 2024,3138-3144

Strauss A, Ren Y, Spergel JM, Muir AB, Lynch KL, Liacouras CA, Falk GW. Chronic therapy for eosinophlic esophagitis in children reduces later stricture development. , Digestive Diseases Week: 2023

Thanawala SU, Strauss AL, Beveridge CA, Falk GW, Lynch KL. Look Above the IRP-Peristaltic Subtypes in EGJOO. , Digestive Diseases Week: 2023

Strauss AL, Fortuna D, Falk GW. Esophageal Lichen Planus and Development of Dysplasia. , Gastro Hep Advances, 2: 2023,35–36

Strauss AL, Falk GW. Refractory Eosinophilic Esophagitis: What to Do When the Patient Has Not Responded to PPIs, Steroids, and Diet. , Curr Opinions Gastroenterol, 38(4): 2022,395-401

Strauss, A. L., Shao, J. M., Rosato, F., Dumon, K.R., Williams, N.N., Wernsing, D.S, Kirkland, M, Lynch, K.L., Falk, G.W., Ginsberg, G.G., Dempsey, D., Triggs, J.R. Treatment Outcomes for POEM, Heller, and Pneumatic Dilation: A retrospective analysis at a tertiary care center. , Digestive Disease Week: 2022