Manju L. Subramanian, MD

Biography

Manju Subramanian is an Associate Professor at Boston University and Vice-Chair of Faculty Affairs in the Department of Ophthalmology. She is an ophthalmic surgeon specializing in vitreoretinal disease and surgery and is in academic practice at Boston Medical Center. Her primary areas of clinical interest include medical and surgical management of diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal detachments, hereditary retinal diseases, ocular inflammation, and ocular trauma. Dr. Subramanian graduated from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She completed a fellowship in Vitreoretinal Disease and Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine and Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston.

Dr. Subramanian's research interests include the study of eye fluid biomarkers as a potential diagnostic modality and risk-stratifier in Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, and related dementias. She is the recipient of an R03 Grant Award by the National Institutes of Aging as the Principal Investigator of a study looking at biomarkers implicated in neurodegenerative disease in ocular fluids. She is also active in clinical outcomes research in eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and the role of anesthesia in eye surgery, with a particular emphasis on health disparities. She was Principal Investigator for a VA Boston sponsored head-to-head clinical trial comparing bevacizumab and ranibizumab in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, and she was Principal Investigator for a study assessing the role of oral sedation in eye surgery. She is a current member of the Annual Meeting Program Committee for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the largest global vision science organization, and she serves as a Senior Editor for the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

In her leadership roles, she served as the Vice-Chair of Clinical Services within Ophthalmology for 8 years where she worked in clinical operations, quality and compliance, and the design and development of a new eye clinic. In 2017, she transitioned her role to Vice-Chair of Faculty Affairs where she currently supports the professional development and career engagement of the clinical faculty. She has served on several institutional committees within Boston Medical Center, BU Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and the Boston University Medical Group. She is the past Chair of the BUMG Professional Development Committee, and she is a voting member of the BUMG Board of Trustees. She additionally serves on national committees, such as the Special Emphasis Panel with the National Institutes of Health and the RESOURCE Committee with the Retina Society. She is also a past member of the International Meetings Committee for the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Diversity Initiatives Committee for ARVO.