Professor Souha Kanj

Professor Souha Kanj is a tenured Professor of Medicine at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), where she served as Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases until September 2024. She is Chair of the Infection Control Program, co-Chair of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, and Consulting Professor at Duke University Medical Center where she trained in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

Extensively published, Professor Kanj has co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and UpToDate® cards.

She collaborates with WHO on programs in infection control, antimicrobial resistance, and fungal infections. Her research focuses on viral pandemics, antimicrobial stewardship, infectious diseases during wars, and fungal infections in immunocompromised patients.

A distinguished fellow of several professional societies, including ACP, IDSA, RCP, ESCMID, and ECMM, she is President of the Lebanese Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology and President of ISAC. Her accolades include awards from the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research, Shoman Award for Research excellence in Arabs, Arab league excellence in Medicine award and has received the Valkhof Professorship then an honorary doctorate degree from Radboud University, NL. She has ranked in the top 2% cited researchers in the Stanford University citation indicator.