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Kimberly Manning MD

  • Department of Medicine
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  • (404) 778-1619
  • kdmanni@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Manning is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine for Emorys School of Medicine. She earned her BS at Tuskegee University, her MD at Meharry School of Medicine, and she completed her residency in combined internal medicine/pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth.

Dr. Manning is known for her innovative approach to medical education and has been recognized nationally for her mentorship and teaching, as well as her blogging and public speaking. She received the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Black Women Physicians and the 2022 AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion Exemplary Leadership Award alongside her mentor, Dr. Bussey-Jones. Dr. Manning was also awarded the ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award in 2018 and the Emory School of Medicines Evangeline Papageorge Distinguished Teaching Award in 2012. Her work has been published in such prestigious journals asJAMA, The Annals of Internal Medicine, and The Lancet.In addition, her blog Reflections of a Grady Doctor was named one of the top four medical blogs by O the Oprah Magazine. She can be found on Twitter @gradydoctor where she has over 100,000 followers.

Dr. Manning is one of 32 School of Medicinefaculty appointed as small-group advisors forthe undergraduate medical curriculum. She leads the Distinction in Teaching and Leadership for theInternal MedicineResidency Program andis a past chair of the DOMAcademy of Medical Educators. Dr. Manning also recently chaired the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force in the School of Medicine. As the Associate Vice Chair, Dr. Manning leads the RYSE Virtual Visiting Clerkship and the RYSE Fellowship Applicant Experience Program, both of which have been extremely successful in recruiting more diverse classes of trainees to the Department.

Academic Appointment

  • Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Meharry Medical College
  • BS from Tuskegee University

Research

Focus

  • My academic interests include reflective writing as a means of enhancing patient-doctor communication and fostering humanistic behaviors and professionalism in medical students and residents. My participation in workshops on an institutional, regional and national level has strengthened this interest, as have my lectureships and publications in this area.

Publications

  • RYSEFAX: A Virtual Recruitment Initiative Targeting Internal Medicine Fellowship Applicants Committed to Program Inclusion.
    J Grad Med Educ Volume: 17 Page(s): 304 - 307
    06/01/2025 Authors: Wiley Z; Bussey-Jones J; Cobb J; Hall MAK; Manning KD
  • The Journal of Hospital Medicine turns 20.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 20 Page(s): 5 - 7
    01/01/2025 Authors: Shah SS; Journal of Hospital Medicine Editorial Leadership Team
  • Beyond Traditional: Clearing the Roadblocks to Advancement in Academic Medicine.
    Perspect Med Educ Volume: 14 Page(s): 286 - 295
    01/01/2025 Authors: Ortega P; Becker ML; Chan TM; Manning KD
  • Spreading social capital to improve diversity in medicine.
    Lancet Volume: 404 Page(s): 1298 - 1299
    10/05/2024 Authors: Manning KD; Jenkins L
  • Catalyzing Restructure of a Broken Health Care System.
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes Volume: 17 Page(s): e010009
    02/01/2024 Authors: Breathett K; Manning KD
  • Leadership & professional development: Finding and making the most of your "professional home".
    J Hosp Med Volume: 19 Page(s): 51 - 52
    01/01/2024 Authors: Lessing JN; Manning KD
  • Microaggressions: Be An Active Bystander.
    Acad Pediatr Volume: 24 Page(s): 1031 - 1032
    01/01/2024 Authors: Delerme AA; Kasick R; Manning K; Rossetti A
  • The Other Side of the Bounce Back.
    JAMA Volume: 330 Page(s): 1625 - 1626
    11/07/2023 Authors: Manning KD
  • Bigger than us.
    Lancet Volume: 402 Page(s): 1318 - 1319
    10/14/2023 Authors: Manning KD
  • An innovative approach to career development and promotion of diverse faculty.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 234 - 238
    03/01/2023 Authors: Jones D; Fluker S-AN; Walker TA; Manning KD; Bussey-Jones JC
  • Leadership & professional development: Using our voice to promote and redefine leadership and professional development.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 163
    02/01/2023 Authors: Jerardi KE; Manning KD
  • Ten Steps for Writing an Exceptional Personal Statement.
    J Grad Med Educ Volume: 14 Page(s): 522 - 525
    10/01/2022 Authors: Jones D; Pittman JR; Manning KD
  • The No Judgment Zone: Building trust through trustworthiness.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 17 Page(s): 491 - 495
    06/01/2022 Authors: Manning KD; Isaacsohn M; Agrawal S; Wimberly YH
  • A reckoning of racial reckoning.
    Lancet Volume: 399 Page(s): 784 - 785
    02/26/2022 Authors: Manning KD
  • Leadership & professional development: Running a race for us all to win.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 17 Page(s): 112 - 113
    02/01/2022 Authors: Nolen L; Manning KD; Marcelin JR
  • Tweetorials for Medical Educators.
    J Grad Med Educ Volume: 13 Page(s): 723 - 725
    10/01/2021 Authors: Breu AC; Abrams HR; Manning KD; Cooper AZ
  • Addressing and Inspiring Vaccine Confidence in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.
    Open Forum Infect Dis Volume: 8 Page(s): ofab417
    09/01/2021 Authors: Marcelin JR; Swartz TH; Bernice F; Berthaud V; Christian R; da Costa C; Fadul N; Floris-Moore M; Hlatshwayo M; Johansson P
  • Web Exclusive. Annals On Call - The Importance of Clinician-Educators.
    Ann Intern Med Volume: 174 Page(s): OC1
    07/01/2021 Authors: Centor RM; Manning KD
  • Microaggressions, Accountability, and Our Commitment to Doing Better.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 16 Page(s): 325
    06/01/2021 Authors: Shah SS; Manning KD; Wray CM; Castellanos A; Jerardi KE
  • Web Exclusive. Annals On Call - Vaccine Hesitancy: Choosing Our Battles.
    Ann Intern Med Volume: 174 Page(s): OC1
    02/01/2021 Authors: Centor RM; Manning KD
  • The micro revolution: effect of Bite-Sized Teaching (BST) on learner engagement and learning in postgraduate medical education.
    BMC Med Educ Volume: 21 Page(s): 69
    01/21/2021 Authors: Manning KD; Spicer JO; Golub L; Akbashev M; Klein R
  • March On - Diversity in the Face of Adversity.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 383 Page(s): e145
    12/31/2020 Authors: Jain S; Arora VM; Manning KD
  • More than medical mistrust.
    Lancet Volume: 396 Page(s): 1481 - 1482
    11/07/2020 Authors: Manning KD
  • Leadership & Professional Development: Fighting Reputational Inertia.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 15 Page(s): 677
    11/01/2020 Authors: Manning KD; Spicer JO
  • When Grief and Crises Intersect: Perspectives of a Black Physician in the Time of Two Pandemics.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 15 Page(s): 566 - 567
    09/01/2020 Authors: Manning KD
  • The Nod.
    JAMA Volume: 323 Page(s): 1684 - 1685
    05/05/2020 Authors: Manning KD
  • Bite-Sized Teaching: Engaging the Modern Learner in Psychiatry.
    Acad Psychiatry Volume: 43 Page(s): 315 - 318
    06/01/2019 Authors: Schwartz AC; Cotes RO; Kim J; Ward MC; Manning KD
  • Association Between In-Office Gait Velocity Assessments and Processing Speed in Geriatrics Clinic Patients
    Volume: 66 Page(s): S282 - S282
    04/01/2018 Authors: Vu S; Kuchel G; Manning K; Fan Z; Gao R; Barry LC
  • Black Women in Medicine-A Documentary.
    JAMA Volume: 318 Page(s): 1306 - 1307
    10/10/2017 Authors: Manning KD
  • Encouraging Student Interest in Teaching Through a Medical Student Teaching Competition.
    Acad Med Volume: 92 Page(s): 1128 - 1132
    08/01/2017 Authors: DeSimone AK; Haydek JP; Sudduth CL; LaBarbera V; Desai Y; Reinertsen E; Manning KD
  • Preparing the ground for interprofessional education: Getting to know each other
    Journal of Humanistics in Rehabilitation
    06/20/2016 Authors: Manning K; Abraham C; Kim JS; Foster J; Lepp E; O'Neill LB; Lund MB; Batisky D; Pittman JR; Branch Jr. WT
  • BST MODE (BITE-SIZED TEACHING MODE): AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MAXIMIZING RESIDENTS' EDUCATIONAL EFFICIENCY THROUGH A FACULTY-COACHED PEER TEACHING EXERCISE
    Volume: 30 Page(s): S489 - S489
    04/01/2015 Authors: Spicer JO; Lucas G; Manning KD
  • A piece of my mind. N of 1.
    JAMA Volume: 312 Page(s): 1975 - 1976
    11/19/2014 Authors: Manning KD
  • A piece of my mind. If these walls could talk.
    JAMA Volume: 312 Page(s): 599 - 600
    08/13/2014 Authors: Manning KD
  • A piece of my mind. The nod.
    JAMA Volume: 312 Page(s): 133 - 134
    07/01/2014 Authors: Manning KD
  • PELVIC ACTINOMYCOSIS MASQUERADING AS PYELONEPHRITIS AND NEPHROLITHIASIS
    Volume: 29 Page(s): S406 - S407
    04/01/2014 Authors: McClung RP; Holzman SA; Lee JE; DeMoss BD; Manning KD
  • DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF AN INTERNAL MEDICINE SUBSPECIALTY FELLOW TEACHING COMPETITION
    Volume: 28 Page(s): S457 - S457
    06/01/2013 Authors: Smith DT; Armstrong WS; Ford RM; Law KL; Manning KD
  • AL AMYLOIDOSIS: WHEN YELLOW MEETS CONGO RED
    Volume: 28 Page(s): S275 - S275
    06/01/2013 Authors: Gwynn KB; Walker T; Manning KD; Lundberg KL; Klein R
  • A piece of my mind. Tall buildings.
    JAMA Volume: 306 Page(s): 2068 - 2069
    11/16/2011 Authors: Manning KD
  • TROPICAL MIGRATORY POLYARTHRITIS AND FEVER IN A RETURNED TRAVELER: THE CASE OF CHIKUNGUNYA AND THE TOGAVIRIDAE-RELATED ILLNESSES
    JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE Volume: 26 Page(s): S411 - S412
    05/01/2011 Authors: Acosta A; Franco-Paredes C; Manning K; Winawer N
  • Through the looking glass: how reflective learning influences the development of young faculty members.
    Teach Learn Med Volume: 23 Page(s): 238 - 243
    01/01/2011 Authors: Higgins S; Bernstein L; Manning K; Schneider J; Kho A; Brownfield E; Branch WT
  • A piece of my mind. Do something.
    JAMA Volume: 303 Page(s): 1018
    03/17/2010 Authors: Manning KD
  • On-site Night Float by Attending Physicians: A Model to Improve Resident Education and Patient Care.
    J Grad Med Educ Volume: 2 Page(s): 57 - 61
    03/01/2010 Authors: Defilippis AP; Tellez I; Winawer N; Di Francesco L; Manning KD; Kripalani S
  • Southern hospitality.
    Ann Intern Med Volume: 152 Page(s): 190 - 191
    02/02/2010 Authors: Manning KD
  • A lifetime investment.
    Acad Med Volume: 84 Page(s): 1312
    09/01/2009 Authors: Manning KD
  • Being there for patients: another view.
    Health Aff (Millwood) Volume: 28 Page(s): 928
    03/01/2012 Authors: Manning KD
  • The death of a clinician-educator.
    Ann Intern Med Volume: 149 Page(s): 281 - 282
    08/19/2008 Authors: Manning KD
  • A person of status.
    JAMA Volume: 300 Page(s): 483 - 484
    08/06/2008 Authors: Manning KD
  • The use of standardized patients to teach low-literacy communication skills.
    Am J Health Behav Volume: 31 Suppl 1 Page(s): S105 - S110
    01/01/2007 Authors: Manning KD; Kripalani S
  • Development and Implementation of a Health Literacy Training Program for Medical Residents.
    Med Educ Online Volume: 11 Page(s): 4612
    12/01/2006 Authors: Kripalani S; Jacobson KL; Brown S; Manning K; Rask KJ; Jacobson TA
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