Manishi A. Desai, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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.

Publications

  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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Education

  • Indiana University School of Medicine, MD
  • Northwestern University, BS

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