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LEAWOOD, Kans. — Jeffrey D. Manning, MD, a physician and medical director of Sports Medicine Associates in Danielson, is among a select group of physicians honored by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Foundation for his commitment to education in the field of family medicine. Dr. Manning was selected to receive a 2012 Pfizer Teacher Development Award based on his scholastic achievement, leadership qualities and dedication to family medicine.
“Pfizer Teacher Development Awards spotlight the best of our profession: those in active practice who give of themselves to teach, mentor, and inspire residents and students. My congratulations to Dr. Manning, and my thanks to Pfizer for preserving the noble tradition of the clinician-teacher,” said Mary Jo Welker, MD, AAFP Foundation president.
In addition seeing patients at Sports Medicine Associates and Day Kimball’s Walk-In Center in Plainfield, Connecticut, Dr. Manning is also a part-time instructor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and The University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Manning grew up in West Harford, earned his medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine and completed his residency in family medicine at Brown University and went on to complete a fellowship in sports medicine at the University of Massachusetts.