Manoj Jain

Manoj Jain, MD MPH is an infectious disease physician, a writer, an international leader in healthcare quality improvement and a philanthropist.

Dr. Jain is a founder and president of infectious disease practice, Mid-south Infectious Disease Associates, with ten providers who care for the infectious disease needs of over twenty-five percent of patient-load in the Memphis metropolitan area. Dr. Jain is Board-certified in infectious diseases actively practicing in-person and on telemedicine in the mid-south at Baptist Memorial Hospitals and Methodist Hospitals. He is also a clinical Associate Professor at University of Tennessee, Memphis and Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta where he teaches a graduate level class on “Physician Performance.” During the pandemic, Dr. Jain serves as the medical lead and advisor for the Memphis and Shelby County Covid-19 Taskforce and has been dubbed as “Dr. Fauci of Memphis” by the city Mayor.

Dr. Jain received his engineering, doctorate, and public health degree from Boston University. He did his residency, fellow and executive public health training at Boston City Hospital, New England Medical Center, Tufts University and Harvard School of Public Health, respectively. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank on HIV, World Health Organization on tuberculosis, and has been interviewed by CNN and National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation. Dr. Jain has published numerous scientific articles, chapters and books and has conducted research on HIV epidemiology, quality improvement, and spirituality & meditation.