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Professor Samer Faraj elected to France's Académie nationale de médecine

Published: 16 March 2026

Prof. Samer Faraj has been elected Membre Associé étranger of the Académie nationale de médecine, one of France's most prestigious scientific institutions. The academy's foreign associate membership, limited to 60 scholars worldwide, recognizes researchers whose work makes a significant contribution to health and medicine internationally.

Faraj's election reflects the growing importance of organizational and management research to healthcare innovation. He will be formally inducted at the academy's annual ceremony in January 2027. 

A Canada Research Chair in Technology, Innovation and Organizing, Faraj is also an associate member of the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓÆµ. He serves as director of the new ³ÉÈËVRÊÓÆµ Institute for Transforming Healthcare (ITH), anchored at Desautels.

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