Dr Sam Manger completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and his undergraduate Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the University of Queensland. He is now a General Practitioner with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).  He has a strong focus on lifestyle and nutritional medicine, personalised and functional medicine and public health. He is a National Board Member with the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM), the Australian representative for the Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance (LMGA), a Medical Educator with James Cook University (JCU) and Generalist Medical Training (GMT).   His passion for health and neuroscience has evolved into reflecting on how to change individual and social behaviour to lead to a more healthy, sustainable and ethical culture.

He is a founding National Board Director of the Australia wide Transitions Film Festival. The TFF was founded in 2012 and has screened hundreds of positive and solutions focused films, forums and events around Australia on the transition to a sustainable and ethical culture. He is also a founder of multiple community organisations, public speaker, permaculture practitioner, and student of functional movement, wim hof technique, martial arts and bush survival.