Manoj K Jain

Manoj K Jain
Born Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India
Residence Memphis, Tennessee, US
Education Boston University
Occupation Infectious disease physician, writer
Website MjainMD.com

Manoj Jain MD MPH (born September 16, 1963) is an Indian American infectious disease physician and a writer.[1]

He is an adjunct faculty at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a contributing health writer for The Washington Post,[2] Huffington Post[3] and The Commercial Appeal.[4] He lives in Memphis, Tennessee. He is running for public office for[5] in August 2014 Elections.

He is known for his writings under the " A Trained Eye" column in the Washington Post since 2007 and the "Healthy Memphis" column in the Commercial Appeal since 2003. He was one of the founding member for the Healthy Memphis Common Table, a city wide collaborative and the Memphis Quality Initiative. In 2003 he co-founded the Gandhi King Conference in Memphis along with Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi.

His writings has earned him the SAJA ( South Asian Journalists Association ) award for the best commentary in 2008.

.[6] Additionally his articles appear in the New York Times,[7] The Times of India and interviews on CNN and NPR.[8] Jain was the recipient of 2009 National Health Journalist Fellowship from[9] at University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

Life and career

Jain was born in a small town of Mhow, near Indore, in Madhya Pradesh India. He moved to Boston in 1973 and did his high school at Needham, Massachusetts and college and medical education in Boston.

Work in Healthcare Quality Improvement

Infectious Disease

Writings and work on Spirituality and Nonviolence

Charity

Charitable work in Memphis

Charitable work in Indore

Writings on Vegetarian Cooking

Co-authored Melody of Indian Cuisine Co-authored ABC of Indian Cooking Co-authored Jain Food- compassionate with Tarla Dalal and his mother Laxmi Jain www.laxmijain.com

Personal life

He is married to Sunita Jain, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician from Parsippany, New Jersey and a graduate of Wellesley College. They were married in 1989 and have three children, Sapna, Monika and Rishab.

Education

New England Medical Center Tufts University Boston (Infectious Disease Fellowship). Did his residency at Boston City Hospital. Boston University School of Public Health (MPH). Boston University School of Medicine (MD). Boston University School of Engineering (BE).

Occupation

Infectious disease consultant, Memphis Health writer Adjunct assistant clinical professor Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta Medical Director of Tennessee's Quality Improvement Organization, QSource.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Columnist" Accessed March 10, 2015
  2. ↑ Washingtonpost "Columnist"
  3. ↑ Huffington Post "Columnist"
  4. ↑ Commercial Appeal "Columnist"
  5. ↑ "County Commission for Shelby County"
  6. ↑ South Asian Journalists Website. "Outstanding editorial/op-ed/commentary on any subject: For South Asian Journalists" Accessed March 11, 2015
  7. ↑ NYTimes "Columnist"
  8. ↑ "NPPR : Talk of the nation"
  9. ↑ "California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships"
  10. ↑ QSource
  11. ↑ "Management of infectious diseases"
  12. ↑ http://www.qsource.org/about-qsource/who-we-are/structure-governance-2/corporate-leadership/ Quality Program Medical Director
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