Dr. Kanaan earned her medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency training at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital in Providence and a fellowship at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Kanaan is board-certificated in internal medicine, pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. As a mother of four young children, including a set of twins, she has a special interest in pediatric and adolescent sleep.

As an assistant professor of medicine, Dr. Kanaan is actively involved in teaching medical students, residents and fellows. She is the site director of the UConn Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship where she is involved in curriculum development.

Dr. Kanaan gives presentations and interviews throughout the region on the importance of sleep in both children and adults. She is the recipient of the American College of Chest Physicians Junior Faculty award.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BA	Bucknell University	Biology
MD	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Medicine

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Internship	Rhode Island Hospital, Brown School of Medicine	Internal Medicine
Residency	Rhode Island Hospital, Brown School of Medicine	Internal Medicine
Fellowship	New England Medical Center, Tufts School of Medicine	Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Best Clinical Cases 2000 Presentation, Massachusetts Thoracic Society Annual Meeting	Massachusetts Thoracic Society

Journal Articles

Other

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Introduction to Ethics	Lecture	Danbury Hospital	2006	Danbury, Connecticut
ARDS	Lecture	Danbury Hospital	2002	Danbury, Connecticut
Preoperative Respiratory Assessment	Talk	Danbury Hospital	2002	Danbury, Connecticut
Near Fatal Asthma	Talk	Tufts- New England Medical Center	2001
Tracheobronchomalacia Presenting Post- Operatively in a Down Syndrome Patient	Talk	Massachusetts Thoracic Society Annual Meeting	2000