Manishi A. Desai, MD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Biography
Manishi Desai, MD is Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She specializes in glaucoma. She earned her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. She went on to complete her ophthalmology residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL and then completed her fellowship in glaucoma at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL (affiliated with the University of Miami). She is board certified ophthalmologist at Boston University affiliated Boston Medical Center. She currently serves as the glaucoma fellowship director as well as director for international education. She has overseen the initiation of collaboration with the Lesotho Boston Health Alliance (LeBoHA) to work toward improving eye care. Research interests look at medical and surgical treatment of glaucoma, compliance, improving health care access/operations, and resident education. She looks forward to collaborating with innovative approaches to improve patient care and compliance.
Education
- Indiana University School of Medicine, MD
- Northwestern University, BS
Publications
- Published on 2/3/2025
Wang J, Sadlak N, Fiorello MG, Desai M, Yi J. Macular Oxygen Saturation in Glaucoma Using Retinal Oximetry of Visible Light Optical Coherence Tomography: A Pilot Study. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2025 Feb 03; 14(2):12. PMID: 39913123.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/21/2024
He X, Song W, Wang Y, Poiesi F, Yi J, Desai M, Xu Q, Yang K, Wan Y. Lightweight Retinal Layer Segmentation With Global Reasoning. IEEE Trans Instrum Meas. 2024; 73. PMID: 39867724.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/13/2024
Hsu E, Nguyen A, Sanjiv N, Desai M, Blaney D, Rowe SG. A case of accommodation-induced lens subluxation with iris displacement causing intermittent angle closure. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2024 Jun; 34:102014. PMID: 38389701.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/22/2023
Wang J, Sadlak N, Fiorello MG, Desai M, Yi J. Macular Oxygen Saturation in Glaucoma Using Retinal Oximetry of Visible Light Optical Coherence Tomography. medRxiv. 2023 Dec 22. PMID: 38196641.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2023
Bains A, Osathanugrah P, Sanjiv N, Chiu C, Fiorello MG, Siegel NH, Peeler CE, Distefano AG, Lee HJ, Ness S, Desai MA, Titelbaum JR, Pira T, LaMattina KC, Christiansen SP, Cabral HJ, Subramanian ML. Diverse Research Teams and Underrepresented Groups in Clinical Studies. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023 Nov 01; 141(11):1037-1044. PMID: 37856135.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/31/2023
Dia M, Albrecht MM, Sanayei N, Cabral H, Martin DC, Subramanian ML, Ness S, Siegel NH, Desai M, Chen X. Patient Satisfaction with the Hybrid Telemedicine Model for Ophthalmology. Telemed J E Health. 2024 Feb; 30(2):499-508. PMID: 37651189.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/15/2023
Hsu E, Desai M. Glaucoma and Systemic Disease. Life (Basel). 2023 Apr 15; 13(4). PMID: 37109547.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/6/2022
Rashad R, Zhu C, Kupcha AC, Distefano AG, Kefella H, Desai MA. Partial Stenosis and Complete Punctal Closure Following Topical Netarsudil Use for Glaucoma. J Glaucoma. 2022 Nov 01; 31(11):920-925. PMID: 36223296.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/2022
Song W, Zhang S, Kim YM, Sadlak N, Fiorello MG, Desai M, Yi J. Visible Light Optical Coherence Tomography of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Reflectivity in Glaucoma. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022 Sep 01; 11(9):28. PMID: 36166221.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/10/2022
Oke I, Badami A, Kosteva KL, Wu K, Desai MA. Systemic Barriers in Receiving Electronically Prescribed Glaucoma Medications. J Glaucoma. 2022 Oct 01; 31(10):812-815. PMID: 35980860.
Read at: PubMed
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