Soha Tashkandi

Consultant Clinical Laboratory Cytogeneticist

Soha Tashkandi is a consultant clinical cytogeneticist with more than thirty years of experience, a leader in laboratory governance and healthcare strategy who holds a PhD and an MBA. She has pioneered initiatives including a genetics testing localisation programme, work that addresses how a country moves specialised genetic tests from send-out arrangements abroad to validated domestic capacity. Her professional interests span the technical evolution of cytogenetics from chromosome banding to genomic methods, and the regulatory role in driving effective laboratory governance.