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Thomas M. Manger, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine
Assistant Dean, Preclerkship Medical Education
NPI Number:
1497751499
Academic Office Location:
Internal Medicine
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-8230
Phone: 860-679-4477
Fax: 860-679-0354
Education
DegreeInstitutionMajor
B.S.University of ConnecticutBiological Sciences
Ph.D.University of ConnecticutCell Biology, Renal Physiology
M.D.University of Connecticut School of MedicineMedicine

Post-Graduate Training
TrainingInstitutionSpecialty
InternshipUniversity of Connecticut School of MedicineInternal Medicine
ResidencyUniversity of Connecticut School of MedicineInternal Medicine

Awards
Name of Award/HonorAwarding Organization
Class of 2022 Teaching Appreciation Award (2019)Class of 2022
Class of 2021 Teaching Appreciation Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2018)
Class of 2019 Teaching Appreciation Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2016)
South Park Community Service Volunteer of the Year Award (2016)
South Park Community Service Volunteer of the Year Award (2015)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2015)
South Park Clinic Appreciation Award (2014)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2014)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2013)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2012)
Academy of Distinguished Educators (2011)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2011)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2010)
Innovation in Clinical Medical Student Education Award, NEGEA/AAMC (2010)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2008)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2005)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2004)
Charles N. Loeser Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 2 (2001)
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Connecticut Medical and Dental School, Year 1 (2000)
Ralph F. Reinfrak, M.D. Award for Excellence in Teaching in Residency (1997)
Name & DescriptionCategoryRoleTypeScopeStart YearEnd Year
MD/PhD Executive CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity2022
LCME Task ForceOtherMemberUniversity2017
National Board of Medical Examiners Step 1 Forms Review CommitteeEditorial BoardMemberExternalNational2017
Stage 1 Operational CommitteeEducation CommitteeChairUConn HealthUniversity2017
Case Oriented Essentials Course Policy CommitteeEducation CommitteeChairUConn HealthUniversity2016
National Board of Medical Examiners Step 1 Interdisciplinary Review Committee (IRC)Editorial BoardMemberExternalNational2015
Undergraduate Medical Education Leadership TeamEducation CommitteeMemberUConn HealthLocal2015
UCONN MD/PhD Admissions CommitteeEducation CommitteememberUConn HealthUniversity2015
Academic Promotions Committee School of Dental Medicine, I and IIEducation CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity2009
Curriculum Management Committee, School of Dental MedicineEducation CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity2009
School of Medicine Admissions CommitteeEducation CommitteeMemberUConn HealthUniversity2008
National Board of Medical Examiners, Step 1 Physiology and Cell Biology Section, Test Material Development CommitteeEducation CommitteeCo-ChairExternalNational20082018

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

  • First Exposure to Internal Medicine: Ambulatory Medicine
    Manger, Thomas Diabetes 2007 Jan;
  • First Exposure to Internal Medicine: Ambulatory Medicine, edited by Andrew R. Hoellein and Charles H. Griffith.
    Manger, Thomas Colon Cancer and Screening 2007 Jan;
  • Neurotransmitters and calcium during hypoxia
    Gibson, G.E., L. Toral-Barza, T. Manger, and G. Freedman Cerebral ischemia and calcium 1989 Jan;215-222

Abstracts

  • Beta-adrenergic regulation of acid secretion in primary cultures of rabbit outer medullary collecting duct cells
    Manger, T.M. and B.M. Koeppen FASEB J. 1992 Jan;6(5):A1808
  • Effect of bafilomycin A1 on primary cultures of rabbit outer medullary collecting duct cells
    Koeppen, B.M., T.M. Manger, and C.A. Pappas J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 1991 Jan;2704
  • Assessment of cytosolic‐free calcium in synaptosomes with fura‐2 in the presence of fura‐2AM: effects of hypoglycemia and aging
    Manger, T., J. Bowers, and G. Gibson Soc. Neuroscience 1989 Jan;13(2):1238
  • Increases in cytosolic free calcium with K+, histotoxic hypoxia, and 3,4‐diaminopyridine.
    Gibson, G, T. Manger, J. Bowers, and S. Rheingold J. Neurochem. 1987 Jan;48S46

Conference Papers

Title or AbstractTypeSponsor/EventDate/YearLocation
Coaching and the Curriculum: working together to improve the peer-evaluation processPosterChangeMedEd Conference, American Medical Association,2019Chicago, IL
An online prematriculation program for entering medical and dental students improves basic science performance.PosterAnnual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs2014Yale University, New Haven, CT
Team Based Learning Approach to Teaching Exercise Counseling in the Pre-Clinical CurriculumLectureNortheast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA)2014Philadelphia, PA
Integration of Basic Science Principles During Standardized Clinical Encounters: Design and Implementation of a Novel Assessment ToolTalkAnnual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs2010Farmington, CT