Dr Manel Haj is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Section Head of Medical Oncology at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. She is also the current Fellowship Program Director in The Department of Hematology Oncology.

She graduated from the University Tunis, and undertook her Core Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology training the most prestigious University Hospitals in Tunisia where she received her certificate of completion in 2017. She has also received part of training at the Gustave Roussy Institute of cancer treatment in Paris, France.

She has previously worked as consultant medical oncologist and lecturer at Abdurrahman Mami University Hospital, Tunisia and at a leading health care facility in Nairobi.

Dr Haj is passionate about increasing cancer awareness and promoting screening and early detection. She has also a special interest in precision oncology and clinical research and is currently investigator in several clinical trials in the Cancer Research Unit at Aga Khan University Hospital.

She is a member of American (ASCO), European (ESMO) ,Tunisian and Kenyan societies of medical oncology ((STOM and KESHO).