Shanthi Manivannan, MD, PhD, FACP

Vice Chair Clinical Affairs: Inpatient & Transitions
Associate Professor and Section Chief, General Internal Medicine

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

• MD, University of Madras, India
• PhD, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, School of Life Science, Okazaki, Japan, 1992

• Dod H, Bhardwaj R, Sajja V, Weidner G, Hobbs G, Konat G, Manivannan S, Gharib W, Warden B, Nanda N, Beto R, Ornish D, Jain A. Effect of intensive life style changes on endothelial function and on inflammatory markers of atherosclerosis. American Journal of Cardiology, Feb 2010;105:362-367

• Davisson L, Warden M, Manivannan S, Kolar MM, Kincaid C, Bashir S, Layne R. Osteoporosis screening: factors associated with bone mineral density testing of older women. Journal of Women’s Health. July 2009; 18(7):989-994.   

• Davisson L, Nuss M, Bruno C, Long M, Warden M, Manivannan S, et al. Women’s health tutorial. MedEdPORTAL; 2009. Available from: http://services.aamc.org/30/mededportal/servlet/s/segment/mededportal/?subid=1060 

• Minhas K, Manivannan S, Bukeirat FA. A case report of gallbladder cancer with extensive lymphadenopathy mimicking klatskin tumor.  Practical Gastroenterology. June 2007;31(6): 83-85

• Palmer HC, Armistead NS, Manivannan S et al. Results of a three year hospitalist intervention; Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17, Supp 1, April 2002

• Palmer HC, Armistead N, Elnicki DM, Halperin AK, Ogershok PR, Manivannan S, Hobbs GR, Evans K. The effect of a hospitalist service with nurse discharge planner on patient care in an academic teaching hospital. American Journal of Medicine 2001;111(8): 627-32.

• Armistead NS, Palmer HC, Manivannan S, et al. Understanding the reasons for cost savings associated with a hospitalist service. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 15, Supp 1, April 2000.

• Palmer HC, Manivannan S, Armistead N, et. al. The effect of a hospitalist service on patient care in an academic teaching hospital. Journal of General Internal medicine, 14, Supp 2, April, 1999.

• De Mello WC, Cherry RC, Manivannan S. Electrophysiological and morphological abnormalities in the failing heart: effect of enalapril on the electrical properties. Journal of Cardiac Failure 1997;3(1):53-61, 1997

• Manivannan S and Terakawa, S. Rapid sprouting of filopodia in nerve terminals of chromaffin cells, PC12 cells and dorsal root neurons induced by electrical stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience 1994;14(10), 5917-5928.

• Terakawa S, Manivannan S, Kumakura K. Evidence against the swelling hypothesis for initiation of exocytosis in terminals of chromaffin cell processes. Journal of Physiology, 87:209-213, 1993.

• Terakawa S and Manivannan S. Exocytosis in nerve terminals of cultured bovine chromaffin cells. Journal of Physiology (London), 446, 205P, 1992.

• Dod H, Bhardwaj R, Sajja V, Weidner G, Hobbs G, Konat G, Manivannan S, Gharib W, Warden B, Nanda N, Beto R, Ornish D, Jain A. Effect of intensive life style changes on endothelial function and on inflammatory markers of atherosclerosis. American Journal of Cardiology, Feb 2010;105:362-367

• Davisson L, Warden M, Manivannan S, Kolar MM, Kincaid C, Bashir S, Layne R. Osteoporosis screening: factors associated with bone mineral density testing of older women. Journal of Women’s Health. July 2009; 18(7):989-994.   

• Davisson L, Nuss M, Bruno C, Long M, Warden M, Manivannan S, et al. Women’s health tutorial. MedEdPORTAL; 2009. Available from: http://services.aamc.org/30/mededportal/servlet/s/segment/mededportal/?subid=1060 

• Minhas K, Manivannan S, Bukeirat FA. A case report of gallbladder cancer with extensive lymphadenopathy mimicking klatskin tumor.  Practical Gastroenterology. June 2007;31(6): 83-85

• Palmer HC, Armistead NS, Manivannan S et al. Results of a three year hospitalist intervention; Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17, Supp 1, April 2002

• Palmer HC, Armistead N, Elnicki DM, Halperin AK, Ogershok PR, Manivannan S, Hobbs GR, Evans K. The effect of a hospitalist service with nurse discharge planner on patient care in an academic teaching hospital. American Journal of Medicine 2001;111(8): 627-32.

• Armistead NS, Palmer HC, Manivannan S, et al. Understanding the reasons for cost savings associated with a hospitalist service. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 15, Supp 1, April 2000.

• Palmer HC, Manivannan S, Armistead N, et. al. The effect of a hospitalist service on patient care in an academic teaching hospital. Journal of General Internal medicine, 14, Supp 2, April, 1999.

• De Mello WC, Cherry RC, Manivannan S. Electrophysiological and morphological abnormalities in the failing heart: effect of enalapril on the electrical properties. Journal of Cardiac Failure 1997;3(1):53-61, 1997

• Manivannan S and Terakawa, S. Rapid sprouting of filopodia in nerve terminals of chromaffin cells, PC12 cells and dorsal root neurons induced by electrical stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience 1994;14(10), 5917-5928.

• Terakawa S, Manivannan S, Kumakura K. Evidence against the swelling hypothesis for initiation of exocytosis in terminals of chromaffin cell processes. Journal of Physiology, 87:209-213, 1993.

• Terakawa S and Manivannan S. Exocytosis in nerve terminals of cultured bovine chromaffin cells. Journal of Physiology (London), 446, 205P, 1992.

• Manivannan S and Terakawa, S. Ultrastructural changes as origins for the turbidity responses in rat neurohypophysis. The Japanese Journal of Physiology, 299, Vol 40, Supp 1,1992

• Fellow, American College of Physicians                                                     2016

• Nominee, Outstanding attending award, Department of Medicine             2012

• Nominee, Outstanding attending award, Department of Medicine             2010

• WVUH Quality award, Capacity Management team                                   2010

• Award winning presentation at ACP, WV chapter                                       2004
• Presented at National ACP

• Award winning presentation at ACP, WV chapter                                       2002
• Presented at National ACP

• Best patient outcomes nationwide, Dean Ornish Program, WVUH            2002

• RCMI Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research                                           1993-1995

• The Uehara Memorial Life Science Foundation Award                             1990-1992

Professional Memberships

• American College of Physicians                                           1996-present

• Society of General Internal Medicine                                    1999-2004

• Monongalia Medical Society                                                 1998-present

• WV State Medical Association                                              1998-present

• American Medical Association                                              1998-present

• American Case Management Association                             2006-2008

• National Association of Inpatient Physicians                         1998-2000

• Japan Physiological Society                                                  1989-1992

Shanthi Manivannan, MD, Ph.D., FACP is an Associate Professor and Section Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine.  She received her medical degree from the University of Madras, India.  She earned a PhD from the graduate University for Advanced Studies, School of Life Sciences, Okazaki, Japan.  She completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Puerto Rica, San Juan, Puerto Rico.   Subsequently, she completed residency training in Internal Medicine at WVU. She is currently the Section Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine where she has been a faculty physician since 1998. The Section has achieved rapid growth during the time she has been the Section Chief and now has 25 faculty physicians and 5 APPs working at 2 PCMH certified ambulatory clinics, a large inpatient service and a Transitions of Care clinic.

Dr. Manivannan is active in resident and medical student education. She teaches and practices in the Medicine ambulatory clinic, Medicine inpatient service, and Transitions of Care clinic. She provides medical student/resident lectures and precepts them in clinic. She serves as the Medical Director in Care Management services of WVUH, Medical Director of Dean Ornish program (2012-2015), and Medical Director for Quality (inpatient and ambulatory services / Medicine). She has developed the “Transitions of Care Clinic” in the Section of General Internal Medicine, which provides transitions of care to the large number of discharges from the Medicine inpatient services. She actively participates in several quality initiatives and research projects. She is a member of American College of Physician and has been granted ACP fellowship in 2017.

Medical Specialties

• Internal Medicine

Board Certifications

• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Special Training

• Residency, Internal Medicine
  West Virginia University