Website MjainMD.com Name Manoj Jain | ||
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Occupation Infectious disease Physician, writer |
Manoj Jain MD MPH (born September 16, 1963) is an Indian American infectious disease physician and a writer.
Contents
- Life and career
- Work in Healthcare Quality Improvement
- Infectious Disease
- Writings and work on Spirituality and Nonviolence
- Charitable work in Memphis
- Charitable work in Indore
- Writings on Vegetarian Cooking
- Personal life
- Education
- Occupation
- References
He is an adjunct faculty at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a contributing health writer for The Washington Post, Huffington Post and The Commercial Appeal. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee. He is running for public office for 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 citywide 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.
. Additionally his articles appear in the New York Times, The Times of India and interviews on CNN and NPR. Jain was the recipient of 2009 National Health Journalist Fellowship from 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
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.