Born in Washington DC, Dr. Manish Valiathan moved at a young age to India where he completed his initial dental and orthodontic training at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (www.manipal.edu/index.htm). He moved back to the US in 96 and joined Case Western Reserve University (www.case.edu) and retrained in dentistry and orthodontics. In 2000, he joined the faculty at the School of Dental Medicine at Case  (www.cwru.edu/dental/site/main.html), where he remains active. He directs the orthodontics and orthognathic surgery team and co-directs the Craniofacial Anomalies Team. He holds a joint appointment in the department of Pediatric Dentistry and is responsible for all orthodontic instruction for the Pediatric Dentistry Program at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. He is a Senior Associate of the Bolton Brush Growth Study Center and an active member of the Craniofacial Biology Research group at C.W.R.U. Dr. Valiathan is a Diplomate of The American Board of Orthodontics.

He is a member of the following organizations.  
- American Association of Orthodontics (www.braces.org)  
- International and American Association of Dental Research  
(www.iadr.com)  
- American Dental Association (www.ada.org)  
- Greater Cleveland Dental Society (www.gcds.org)  
- Ohio Dental Association (www.oda.org)  
- Great Lakes Orthodontic Association  
- Cleveland Orthodontic Society  
- Indian Orthodontic Society