Kimberly D. Manning

Kimberly Dyan Manning is an American physician. She currently serves as a Professor of Medicine as well as the Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Department of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Manning has been recognized at the national level for her mentorship and teaching as well as her blogging and public speaking. She is the winner of the ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage To Teach Award, the Evangeline Papageorge Award, and her blog “Reflections of a Grady Doctor” was named as one of the top four medical blogs by “O” The Oprah Magazine.

Early life and education Manning was born in California and grew up in inner city Los Angeles. In high school, Manning's father told her that, as a Black man in Alabama, people warned him that becoming a physician was not attainable. Hearing this story from her father motivated her to pursue a career in medicine. After completing her pre-medical studies in 1992, Manning was still set on a path to a career in medicine. She pursued her medical degree training at Meharry Medical College, also an HBCU. She has since become an Associate Professor of Medicine as well as the Associate Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Her leadership led to the development of the strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Emory University School of Medicine.

In addition to the roles she plays in enhancing diversity and equity at Emory, she is also a prominent educator, and is known nationally for her teaching at both the level of medical students as well as residents. She also serves as the director for the Transitional Year Residency Program at Emory where she provides a clinical base to students that match into Emory's residency program. At the medical school level, Manning is an advisor for the Semmelweiss Society where she mentors and supports a small group of medical students throughout their time at Emory Medical School. She has been an advisor in this role since 2007. Her blog was recognized by Oprah.com as one of the best Doctor's Blogs in 2010. The practice of writing often, Grady calls “habitual reflection” and she teaches that it is vital in the practice of becoming a good doctor.

As a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Manning is also a weekly writer for the American College of Physicians Hospitalist Blog, sharing narratives of medical experiences on the wards and educating readers on key topics in medicine such as owning medical mistakes, imposter syndrome, and physician burnout.

In addition to her blogging, Manning writes for several top tier journals and publishers including the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Annals of Internal Medicine, and Academic Medicine.

Awards and honors

2019 Master Clinician Visiting Professor at University of California, San Francisco 2016 Best Conference Faculty Teaching Award 2013 Juha P. Kokko Teaching Award 2011 Juha P. Kokko Teaching Award for best overall teacher Three time Golden Apple Teaching Award Winner of Emory University School of Medicine The Curbsiders Podcast - Hotcakes: Imposter syndrome 2019 CNN - Discussing health concerns after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan WebMD Biography and Parenting

Select publications

Manning KD. Black Women in Medicine—A Documentary. JAMA. 2017;318(14):1306–1307. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.11551 Manning KD. Professionalism in Hospital Medicine. In: Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. McKean S, Ross J, Dressler D, Ginsberg J, Brotman D eds. McGraw-Hill, 2015 Manning KD. The Death of a Clinician-Educator. In: On Being a Doctor Volume 4, Laine C, LaCombe M eds. American College of Physicians. 2014 Manning KD, Winawer N, Murali M. Allergy and Anaphylaxis. In: Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. McKean S, Ross J, Dressler D, Ginsberg J, Brotman D eds. McGraw-Hill, 2012 DeFilippis AP, Tellez I, Winawer NH, Di Francesco L, Manning KD, Kripalani S. (2010) On-site Night Float by Attending Physicians: A Model to Improve Resident Education and Patient Care. Journal of Graduate Medical Education: Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 57–61 Manning KD, Kripalani S. The use of standardized patients to teach low-literacy communication skills. American Journal of Health Behavior, 2007; 31 (Suppl) S105 – S110 Kripalani S, Jacobson KL, Brown S, Manning KD, Rask KJ, Jacobson TA. Development and implementation of a health literacy training program for medical residents. Medical Education Online 2006;11 (13):1-8