Manish K. Mishra is a clinical research Fellow at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and an assistant professor at the Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth. His research roles include the development of shared decision making tools, the creation of novel patient communication platforms in medical education, studying the role of ACO models in health care reform, and working on systems redesign in global mental health care. He lectures a variety of courses at the Medical School and leads several human rights initiatives with students. Manish earned his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School in 2005 and a master's in public health from The Dartmouth Institute in 2009. He served as a resident physician in the Departments of Surgery, Preventive Medicine, and of Psychiatry - all at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He has completed Fellowship training in geriatric psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. Prior to Medical School, he studied Sanskrit and religion at Harvard University. He most recently served as rapporteur at Session 536, New Paradigms for Behavioral and Mental Health Care, in 2014.