Orna Manavi, DC

Dr. Orna Manavi is a Doctor of Chiropractic and California Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME). Dr. Manavi completed her Doctor of Chiropractic degree at Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles and holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Anthropology from Queens College, City University of New York. She speaks English and Farsi-Persian fluently, with conversational Spanish.

Dr. Manavi has more than 25 years of hands-on clinical experience treating and evaluating work-related musculoskeletal and spinal injuries. Over the course of her career, Dr. Manavi has worked alongside physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, pain specialists, and physical therapists in multidisciplinary settings, caring for well over 3,000 workers’ compensation patients. The depth of Dr. Manavi’s training and years of clinical experience shows in her thorough evaluation and detailed reports.

In addition to her clinical and evaluative work, Dr. Manavi serves as an instructor at University of California, Los Angeles, where she teaches structured, strategy-based coursework utilizing Mahjong as a model for cognitive skill development, with emphasis on memory, attention, and complex pattern recognition.