Solmaz Manuel, MD
Associate Professor
Dr. Solmaz Poorsattar Manuel is an anesthesiologist, physician-scientist, and medical educator in the UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care. She directs the Manuel Perioperative Health Equity Lab, where her research examines how communication, healthcare systems, and clinical practices influence the quality and equity of perioperative care. Her work spans perioperative health equity and language access, health services and outcomes research, acute pain, and neuroanesthesia, with an emphasis on translating findings into practical improvements in patient care.
Dr. Manuel is also an experienced educator and mentor with leadership roles across undergraduate and graduate medical education. Her educational scholarship focuses on mentorship, communication, team-based learning, and health equity. Clinically, she practices in neuroanesthesia, acute pain, regional anesthesia, and general perioperative care and serves as Acting Director of the UCSF Inpatient Acute Pain Service.
She received her MD from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and completed anesthesiology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (MGH).
Dr. Manuel is also an experienced educator and mentor with leadership roles across undergraduate and graduate medical education. Her educational scholarship focuses on mentorship, communication, team-based learning, and health equity. Clinically, she practices in neuroanesthesia, acute pain, regional anesthesia, and general perioperative care and serves as Acting Director of the UCSF Inpatient Acute Pain Service.
She received her MD from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and completed anesthesiology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (MGH).
