Solmaz Manuel, MD
Associate Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine

She is passionate about providing each patient with the safest, highest quality, and most compassionate care.

Academically, Dr. Manuel focuses on medical education, mentorship, disparities and quality improvement in perioperative care. She is an Assistant Course Director for the ABC (core cardiac, respiratory and hematology) block for first year medical students; anesthesiology clerkship site director; and career advisor for students pursuing a residency in anesthesiology. She additionally serves as an advisor in the anesthesiology residency program.

Dr. Manuel’s excellence as a medical educator has been recognized through multiple competitive awards nominated by both trainees and colleagues. Under her advising and coordination, the UCSF Anesthesia Interest Group (AIG) received national ASA recognition as most outstanding AIG. She has been awarded the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, the UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2020 Convocation Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching by Clinical Faculty, the UCSF Ronald D. Miller Award for Excellence in Resident Mentorship, and inducted into the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators. She was honored to have been the keynote speaker for the ASA Medical Student House of Delegates in 2020.

Dr. Manuel is involved in several collaborative research projects across departments and institutions that reflect her interests in health disparities, quality improvement, and medical education. Her current research efforts are focused on disparities in perioperive healthcare and pain management. In addition, Dr. Manuel is a dedicated champion for diversity and equity within the fields of anesthesiology and medical education. She has led efforts to reduce bias and improve the educational environment for rotators and trainees in anesthesiology, engages in research to uncover disparities in the perioperative environment, and mentors through multiple pipeline program for undergraduate and high school students from underrepresented backgrounds.

• Patients Who Have Limited English Proficiency Have Decreased Utilization of Revision Surgeries After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.
  The Journal of arthroplasty 2023 Nguyen KH, Suarez P, Sales C, Fernandez A, Ward DT, Manuel SP
• Limited English proficiency correlates with postoperative complications after knee arthroplasty.
  Musculoskeletal care 2022 Nguyen KH, Sales C, Suarez P, Fernandez A, Ward DT, Manuel SP
• Language barriers and postoperative opioid prescription use after total knee arthroplasty.
  Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy 2022 Nguyen KH, Rambachan A, Ward DT, Manuel SP
• Association of Language Barriers With Process Outcomes After Craniotomy for Brain Tumor.
  Neurosurgery 2022 Manuel SP, Chia ZK, Raygor KP, Fernández A
• In Reply to Nakajima and to Davis and Park.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022 Poorsattar SP, Blake CM, Manuel SP
• Association of English Language Proficiency With Hospitalization Cost, Length of Stay, Disposition Location, and Readmission Following Total Joint Arthroplasty.
  JAMA network open 2022 Manuel SP, Nguyen K, Karliner LS, Ward DT, Fernandez A
• Development and validation of the safe transfusion assessment tool.
  Transfusion 2022 Suleiman L, Bakhtary S, Boscardin CK, Manuel SP
• Transfusion
  Pilot and Validation of Trainee Transfusion Medicine Assessment Tool 2021 Suleiman, L; Manuel, SP; Bakhtary, S
• Addressing Microaggressions In Academic Medicine.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021 Poorsattar SP, Blake CM, Manuel SP
• Artist's Statement: Looking Outward.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021 Manuel SP
• Limited use of nonopioid analgesics after pediatric ambulatory surgery.
  Journal of opioid management 2021 Ho N, Dixit AA, Inglis-Arkell C, Manuel SP
• Anesthesia and Analgesia
  Lower preoperative hemoglobin is associated with early postoperative delirium in older adults 2021 Alhadi, R; Bakhtary, S; Manuel, SP; Tang, CJ; Leung, J
• Anesthesia and Analgesia
  Differences in Utilization of Opioid Analgesic Prescriptions after Ambulatory Surgery for Patients with Limited English Proficiency 2021
• Anesthesia and Analgesia
  The Effect of Patient Characteristics on Pain Assessment and Opioid Administration Practices in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit 2021 Lee, W ; Siegmueller, C; Manuel, SP
• Interactive anesthesiology educational program improves wellness for anesthesiologists and their children.
  Journal of clinical anesthesia 2021 Jung MJ, Libaw JS, Manuel SP, Kathiriya IS, Srejic U, Gandhi S
• Defining core competencies in transfusion medicine for resident physicians: A multi-specialty Delphi consensus study.
  Transfusion 2021 Suleiman L, Bakhtary S, Manuel SP
• Language-Related Disparities in Pain Management in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit for Children Undergoing Laparoscopic Appendectomy.
  Children (Basel, Switzerland) 2020 Dixit AA, Elser H, Chen CL, Ferschl M, Manuel SP
• Mentoring up: Twelve tips for successfully employing a mentee-driven approach to mentoring relationships.
  Medical teacher 2020 Manuel SP, Poorsattar SP
• Reducing Opioid Use in Endocrine Surgery Through Patient Education and Provider Prescribing Patterns.
  The Journal of surgical research 2020 Kwan SY, Lancaster E, Dixit A, Inglis-Arkell C, Manuel S, Suh I, Shen WT, Seib CD
• Regarding "Opioid Prescription Usage After Benign Gynecologic Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study".
  Journal of minimally invasive gynecology 2020 Manuel SP, Dixit A, Inglis-Arkell C
• Assessment of Unused Opioids Following Ambulatory Surgery.
  The American surgeon 2020 Dixit AA, Chen CL, Inglis-Arkell C, Manuel SP
• Problem-Based Learning Discussions for Teaching Fundamentals of Anesthesia. AAMC iCollaborative
  Problem-Based Learning Discussions for Teaching Fundamentals of Anesthesia. AAMC iCollaborative. 2020 Manuel SP, Anand N, Poorsattar SP.
• Anesthesia and Analgesia
  Preoperative hemoglobin is an independent risk factor for early postoperative delirium in older adults undergoing elective orthopedic surgery 2020 Alhadi, R; Manuel, S; Bakhtary, S; Leung, J
• Overtransfusion after unexpected intraoperative hemorrhage: A retrospective study.
  Journal of clinical anesthesia 2020 Corpman D, Bakhtary S, Manuel SP
• Transfusion
  Preoperative Anemia Is Prevalent in Patients With Heavy Menstrual Bleeding but Iron Status Is Rarely Determined 2019 Ramos, JG; Bakhtary, S; Chen, LL; Lager, J; Manuel, SP; Leavitt, A
• Anesthesia and Analgesia
  High Rates of Postoperative Opioid Overprescription Following Ambulatory Breast Surgery 2019 Dixit, A; Manuel, SP; Inglis-Arkell, C
• Anesthesia and Analgesia
  Perioperative Multimodal Analgesic Regimens Decrease Hospital Length of Stay and Expedite Recovery Following Spinal Fusion Surgery 2019 Vargas A, Chen L, Lieberman J, Manuel SP
• Anesthesia and Analgesia
  High Autologous Wastage Rate Identifies Opportunities for Improving Patient Blood Management 2019
• Overtransfusion of Autologous Blood Identifies Opportunities for Improving Patient Blood Management.
  Cureus 2019 Perez A, Bakhtary S, Nedelcu E, Manuel S
• Preoperative Autologous Blood Collection in Adult Living Liver Donors: Are We Wasting Donor Blood and Increasing Exposure to Risk?
  Transplantation 2019 Manuel SP, Roberts JP, Bakhtary S
• Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine News
  Assessment of Opioid and Non-Opioid Analgesic Prescriptions after Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery 2019 Ho NN, Dixit A, Inglis-Arkell CM, Manuel SP
• Transfusion
  Gender Differences Unmasked by Suboptimal Interval between Perioperative Autologous Blood Donation and Surgery 2018 Bakhtary, S; Nedelcu, E; Manuel, S
• Millennial Resident Study Habits and Factors that Influence American Board of Anesthesiology In-Training Examination Performance: A Multi-Institutional Study.
  The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM 2018 Manuel SP, Grewal GK, Lee JS
• American Society of Anesthesiologists Abstracts
  Overtransfusion during Non-Traumatic Unexpected Intraoperative Hemorrhage 2018 Solmaz P. Manuel, M.D., David Corpman, B.S., Sara Bakhtary, M.D.
• Surgical Management of the Retained Epidural Catheter Fragment Complicated by Postoperative Phlegmon
  J Anest & Inten Care Med 2018 Tina M Yu, Mastoora Nasiri, Solmaz P Manuel
• Preoperative autologous blood donation in healthy bone marrow donors contributes to pre-procedure anemia.
  Bone marrow transplantation 2017 Manuel SP, Spitzer TR, Ishizawa Y
• In: Matthes K, Laubach A, Wang E, Anderson TA (Eds.), Pediatric Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Board Review
  Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery 2015 Manuel SP, Mai C
• In: Matthes K, Laubach A, Wang E, Anderson TA (Eds.), Pediatric Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Board Review
  Professional Issues in Pediatric Anesthesia 2015 Manuel SP, Mai C
• In: Pino R (Ed.), Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital
  Safety in Anesthesia 2015 Manuel SP, Pian-Smith M
• Timolol maleate 0.5% or 0.1% gel-forming solution for infantile hemangiomas: a retrospective, multicenter, cohort study.
  Pediatric dermatology 2011 Chakkittakandiyil A, Phillips R, Frieden IJ, Siegfried E, Lara-Corrales I, Lam J, Bergmann J, Bekhor P, Poorsattar S, Pope E
• Tanning addiction: current trends and future treatment
  Expert Rev Dermatol. 2010 Poorsattar SP, Hornung RL.
• Television turning more teens toward tanning?
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2008 Poorsattar SP, Hornung RL
• Tanning device usage: what are parents thinking?
  Pediatric dermatology 2007 Magee KH, Poorsattar S, Seidel KD, Hornung RL
• Skin cancer prevention in the primary care setting: assessment using a standardized patient.
  Pediatric dermatology 2007 Hornung RL, Hansen LA, Sharp LK, Poorsattar SP, Lipsky MS
• UV light abuse and high-risk tanning behavior among undergraduate college students.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2007 Poorsattar SP, Hornung RL
• Indoor tanning: an emerging public health concern
  Expert Rev Dermatol. 2007 Hornung RL, Poorsattar SP.
• Relapse of Wells' syndrome in a child after tetanus-diphtheria immunization.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2006 Calvert J, Shors AR, Hornung RL, Poorsattar SP, Sidbury R
• Pediatric atopic dermatitis: should we treat it differently?
  Dermatologic therapy 2006 Sidbury R, Poorsattar S