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Kimberly D. Manning, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, United States


Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP, FAAP is a general internist/hospitalist in the Department of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Manning is Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair of RYSE initiatives, and immediate past program director of the Emory University Transitional Year Residency program. Her clinical work is at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta’s safety net facility, where she has been for over two decades.

Dr. Manning is known for her innovative and mission-driven approach to medical education and has been recognized nationally for her mentorship and teaching, as well as her blogging and public speaking. She was awarded the ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award in 2018, 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. Most recently, the City of Atlanta honored her with the 2024 Spirit of Atlanta Award for her exemplary service to patients and learners. Her work has been published in such prestigious journals as JAMA, Academic Medicine, and The Lancet.

Dr. Manning has a strong passion for storytelling as a means to build and strengthen diverse and humanistic clinical environments as well as cultivating psychologically safe learning climates. She is on the board of directors for the ACGME, the board of trustees for the Arnold P. Gold Foundation and is also on the editorial board for the Journal of Hospital Medicine. In addition to being a prolific writer of narratives in journals and a sought after speaker, she co-hosts a podcast called The Human Doctor.

She is a proud alumnus of two historically Black colleges—Tuskegee University and Meharry Medical College. She completed training in combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve/MetroHealth and served as chief resident. In addition to caring for patients at Grady Memorial Hospital, Dr. Manning is a happily married mother of two college-aged sons.

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