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Michael Wayne Manning

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, General, Vascular, High Risk Transplant & Critical Care
Office hours Wednesday 3pm - 5pm
Friday 3pm-5pm  

Overview


Dr. Michael W. Manning, MD, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Duke University Medical Center, within the Divisions of Cardiothoracic and General, Vascular, and Transplant anesthesia. He serves as the director of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery programs and the director of research for the Perioperative Medicine Fellowship at Duke. His clinical practice focuses on high-risk cardiac surgery, Heart, Lung, and Liver transplantation.

Dr. Manning earned a Ph.D. in cardiovascular physiology from the University of Kentucky, where he studied the role of Angiotensin II-mediated inflammation in the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms. After graduate school, Dr. Manning remained at the University of Kentucky, earning his MD degree. He completed a year of general surgery residency before switching to anesthesia. Following residency, Dr. 
Manning continued his clinical training at Duke University with a one-year clinical fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and a 2-year research fellowship. He joined the Duke faculty in 2014. 

His current research interests are ERAS centered, specifically in the role of opioid-free anesthesia and goal-directed fluid therapy in cardiac surgery on renal outcomes.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Anesthesiology · 2021 - Present Anesthesiology, General, Vascular, High Risk Transplant & Critical Care, Anesthesiology

Recent Publications


How We Would Use Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery: What We Would Do for Ourselves During the Perioperative Period.

Journal Article J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · March 6, 2025 Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERACS) programs have grown from their humble beginnings as a "fast-track recovery" pathway that was first described in 1994 and have now evolved into patient-centered, multidisciplinary, multimodal, comprehensive, e ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Acute Inflammation, Fibrosis in Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by International Anesthesia Research Society · 2015 - 2017

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Kentucky, College of Medicine · 2006 M.D.