Kimberly Manning, MD, named the next Vice Chair of DOM Diversity Equity and Inclusion

The Department of Medicine is excited to announce that as of October 1, 2023, Kimberly Manning, MD, FACP, FAAP, will serve as the new Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Dr. Manning, who until now has served as the inaugural Associate Vice Chair of Diversity Equity, and Inclusion, is taking over for Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, who has served as the inaugural Vice Chair. Both positions were created in 2019 to better promote a departmental culture that values and supports diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Manning will also chair the DOM Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.

Dr. Manning is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine for Emory’s 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 Medicine’s Evangeline Papageorge Distinguished Teaching Award in 2012. Her work has been published in such prestigious journals as JAMA, 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 Medicine faculty appointed as small-group advisors for the undergraduate medical curriculum. She leads the Distinction in Teaching and Leadership for the Internal Medicine Residency Program and is a past chair of the DOM Academy 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.

Dr. Bussey-Jones is stepping down from her role as Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Department of Medicine as her role as the School of Medicine’s Associate Dean for Professional Development at Grady has recently been expanded. The Department expresses sincere appreciation to Dr. Bussey-Jones for her tireless work as the inaugural Vice Chair in leading the efforts to build a DEI program that is now viewed as a national leader.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Manning on her new leadership role. We are thrilled to have her continued leadership and dedication to the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion and RYSE within the Department of Medicine.