Emily Cleveland Manchanda, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Emily Cleveland Manchanda is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, the Program co-Director for the Ravin Davidoff Executive Fellowship in Health Equity at Boston Medical Center, and works clinically in the Emergency Department at Boston Medical Center. She is also the Director for Social Justice Education and Implementation at the American Medical Association (AMA) Center for Optimal Health Outcomes. At the AMA, Dr. Cleveland Manchanda leads and oversees the Center'ss education portfolio, including the National Health Equity Grand Rounds series. At BU she is an active member of the Disability Inclusion Vertical Integration Group (VIG), supporting student-led efforts to address ableism in the undergraduate medical school curriculum. Both at the AMA and at BU/BMC, her work focuses on creating learning and action networks to coordinate effective action across sectors to promote social justice and equity in health, pushing health systems and professional societies to address social and structural drivers of health, and supporting the development of health care leaders equipped to effectively advance justice in healthcare for patients, families, staff, communities and populations.

After graduating from Yale with a degree in Art History and French, Dr. Cleveland Manchanda spent two years working in the public health sector in Liberia with the Clinton Foundation before attending medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. She obtained her MPH from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and subsequently completed her residency training at the Harvard-Affiliated (MGH-BWH) Emergency Medicine Residency, where she served as a chief resident. She joined the faculty at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine in 2020, and the AMA in 2021.

Publications

  • Published 3/20/2026

    Mell AJ, Germain M, Yadavalli G, Schneider J, Cleveland Manchanda EC. Racism in Medicine 101: A Simple and Engaging Approach to Challenging Topics in Resident Medical Education. Cureus. 2026 Mar; 18(3):e105568. PMID: 42017106.

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  • Published 2/1/2026

    Aviña-Cadena A, Geary AD, Cleveland Manchanda EC. Beyond Personal Resilience: Confronting the Minority Tax in Health Equity Leadership in Academic Emergency Medicine. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 Feb; 33(2):e70242. PMID: 41711466.

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  • Published 6/27/2025

    Salinger M, Nguyen M, Kessler A, Triano SE, Betchkal R, Cleveland Manchanda EC, Ortega P, Sheets ZC, Charnsangavej N, Low C, Abrams G, Basaviah P, Bowen L, Dhanani Z, Cooke JM, Ikedionwu I, McGrane A, Rastogi S, Rydberg LL, Schroth SL, Theiler E, Wallace AM, Poullos P, Curry RH, Meeks LM. Advancing Disability Equity and Inclusion in Undergraduate Medical Education: Proceedings From the Access in Medicine Summit. Acad Med. 2025 Oct 01; 100(10S Suppl 1):S54-S63. PMID: 40577172.

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  • Published 6/24/2025

    Cleveland Manchanda EC, Addams AN, Roberts CA, Messman A, Ortega P. Reframing Disability: The Role of Professional Organizations in Fostering Inclusion for Disabled Physicians. Acad Med. 2025 Oct 01; 100(10S Suppl 1):S74-S78. PMID: 40550212.

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  • Published 6/3/2025

    De Maio F, Aikens B, Cleveland Manchanda EC, Brown J, Jordan W, Maybank A. Development of the American Medical Association's Health Equity in Organized Medicine Survey. J Natl Med Assoc. 2025 Aug; 117(4):235-240. PMID: 40461334.

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