Geehan Suleyman, MD

Biographical Statement

Dr. Geehan Suleyman is a board-certified infectious diseases physician specializing in the management of complex bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Her clinical expertise includes antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, healthcare-associated infections and emerging infectious diseases. She collaborates closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver evidence-based care and improve patient outcomes.

Dr. Suleyman earned her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Connecticut. She subsequently completed an epidemiology fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital, where she developed expertise in infection prevention, epidemiologic surveillance, and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance. She currently serves in a system leadership role overseeing infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship programs across Henry Ford Health.

In addition to her clinical and leadership responsibilities, Dr. Suleyman is actively engaged in research focused on antimicrobial stewardship and resistance, healthcare epidemiology and quality improvement. Her work advances infection prevention, promotes responsible antimicrobial use, and enhances understanding of infectious disease outbreaks and emerging pathogens. She is committed to improving patient safety and advancing evidence-based infection control across healthcare settings.

Research Interests

• Molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and transmission dynamics
• Antimicrobial stewardship and resistance, including optimization of antimicrobial use
• Healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention, including device-associated infections
• Outbreak investigation, genomic surveillance, and advanced epidemiologic methods
• Pathogenesis and clinical epidemiology of key pathogens (including Staphylococcus. aureus, multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms, and Candida auris)

Email: GSULEYM2@hfhs.org