Manoj K Jain

About the AuthorManoj Jain, MD, MPH, is an infectious disease physician, writer, healthcare quality improvement leader, and philanthropist. He is the founder and president of Mid-South Infectious Disease Associates, caring for a significant portion of patients in the Memphis metropolitan area, and serves as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, and the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was the medical lead and advisor for the Memphis and Shelby County COVID-19 Taskforce, earning recognition as the “Dr. Fauci of Memphis.”Dr. Jain received his engineering, medical, and public health degrees from Boston University, and completed advanced training at Boston City Hospital, Tufts University, and the Harvard School of Public Health. An international consultant to the World Bank and World Health Organization, he has published extensively in scientific journals and major media outlets including The Washington Post, USA Today–TN, The New York Times, and The Times of India.Beyond medicine, Dr. Jain is a dedicated advocate of mindfulness, nonviolence, and social change. He is the founder of the Gandhi-King Conference and has led global initiatives in tuberculosis eradication through CETI, a nonprofit working across India. He lives in the Mid-South with his wife, Dr. Sunita Jain, and their three children.