About "Housecall"
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When they began their medical careers, neither Drs. Neil Winawer nor Kimberly Manning would have envisioned themselves as "TV Doctors" but to countless Atlanta residents that's who they are. Each week Winawer and Manning, both faculty at Emory University School of Medicine, dispense helpful medical information and tips to a devoted following from the set of Fox 5's "Atlanta Good Day" segment "Housecall."
The segments, which air Mondays and Wednesdays during the 8 a.m. hour of "Good Day Atlanta," have become a great platform for the TV doctors to reach their community. Drs. Winawer and Manning are part of a special group of Emory physicians who practice at Grady Memorial Hospital.
"I don't think I could work anywhere else and feel like what I do matters the way it does here," says Manning.
Following a crash course in broadcast journalism, the doctors research and write their own segments and choose topics they believe are interesting to viewers. Winawer has a great gift for making viewers understand the latest medical news from complex medical journal jargon. "I try to keep up with the medical literature, but guard against using medical terms. When I address a viewing audience I imagine as if I'm sitting down with a patient."
As a busy wife and mother of two young boys, Manning says she focuses her segments on news viewers can use. "I try to keep my topics basic because people are usually multi-tasking while watching the show. I also want viewers to feel their areas of interests are being covered regardless of their education level."
Peppering segments with a bit of humor when possible is also her forte. "We've really grown quite familiar with the anchors, so we like to have a little fun during our segments," says Manning.
Manning is an assistant professor of medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and is the program director for Transitional Year Residency Program. After completing her undergraduate studies in Biology at Tuskegee University and receiving an MD degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, the California native went on to complete a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Case Western Reserve/MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Following a chief residency, she joined the Emory faculty in 2001, and has received numerous teaching awards from the medical school and internal medicine residency program. Her academic interests include leadership training in medical education and reflective writing in medical education. Manning's work has been published in such prestigious medical journals as The Annals of Internal Medicine and JAMA. Outside of work, Manning is active in community service and enthusiastically gives public speaking engagements throughout Atlanta.
Winawer, who happens to be Manning's faculty mentor, is an associate professor of medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and is the director of the Hospital Medicine Service and Telemetry Unit at Grady Memorial Hospital. Winawer has been an Emory doctor at Grady for 13 years. A native of Long Island, N.Y., Winawer attended medical school at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn and performed his residency training in internal medicine at New York University/Bellevue Hospital. Winawer is actively involved in the education of medical students and residents, and has been lauded repeatedly as one of the best teachers and leaders in the Department of Medicine. His areas of clinical interest include medical errors, venous thromboembolism and allergic reactions. He has published in leading textbooks and journals of Hospital Medicine and is the founding editor for the Massachusetts Medical Society publication, Journal Watch Hospital Medicine.
"For me, medicine is the best way to affect people's lives," says Winawer.