Maanasa Indaram, MD
Associate Professor
Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

She specializes in treating strabismus with glasses, botulinum toxin (Botox) injections or eye muscle surgery, and has expertise in a minimally invasive procedure called corneal cross-linking to treat keratoconus in both adults and children, including those with neurodevelopmental disorders. In addition, she has expertise in managing pediatric cataracts, anterior segment diseases (disorders of the front of the eye), amblyopia (lazy eye), ptosis (drooping upper eyelid) and orbital dermoid cysts.

Indaram serves as medical director of UCSF's pediatric ophthalmology division and adult strabismus clinic, and she co-directs pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Her research interests include treatments for strabismus and keratoconus.

Indaram earned her medical degree at Duke University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in ophthalmology at UCSF, followed by a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear, both affiliates of Harvard Medical School's ophthalmology department.

Indaram is a member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Frederick C. Cordes Eye Society and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

• Keratoconus Diagnosis and Treatment: Recent Advances and Future Directions.
  Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2023 Bui AD, Truong A, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Bilateral Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Managed With Probing and Irrigation in a Patient With FGF10-Associated Lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital Syndrome.
  Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus 2023 Ma CJ, Oatts JT, Indaram M
• Superior oblique palsy after facial feminization surgery.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2023 Stallworth JY, Hoffman WY, Vagefi MR, Indaram M
• Reply.
  Cornea 2023 Ahmad TR, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Where Have All the Pediatric Ophthalmologists Gone?-Pediatric Eye Care Scarcity and the Challenge of Creating Equitable Health Care Access.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2023 Oatts JT, Indaram M, de Alba Campomanes AG
• Recurrent divergence-insufficiency esotropia in Machado-Joseph disease (spinocerebellar ataxia type 3).
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2022 Stallworth JY, Rasool N, Indaram M
• Parental Keratoconus Literacy: A Socioeconomic Perspective.
  Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2022 Ahmad TR, Turner ML, Hoppe C, Kong AW, Barnett JS, Kaur G, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Prevalence and Characteristics of Cytomegalovirus Ocular Disease in Children: A Multi-Center Study.
  Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2022 Mercado CL, Froines CP, Gaier ED, Wang Q, Indaram M, Wan MJ, Shah AS, Koo EB
• Trends in Corneal Topography and Tomography Imaging for Keratoconus Management.
  Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2022 Kong AW, Ahmad TR, Turner ML, Barnett J, Kaur G, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Socioeconomic Correlates of Keratoconus Severity and Progression.
  Cornea 2022 Ahmad TR, Kong AW, Turner ML, Barnett J, Kaur G, O'Brien KS, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Ocular examinations and findings in children on vigabatrin.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2021 Keith D. Miller, Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes, Maanasa Indaram, Ying Han, Julius T. Oatts
• Quickly closing the loop for failed vision screening referrals—a multidisciplinary rapid access vision screening pilot clinic.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2021 Laura K. Chalkley, Leila Hajkazemshirazi, Maanasa Indaram, Karen Cooper, Tansy Wong, Julius Oatts, Elise Harb, Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes
• Arachnoid Cyst Causing an Oculomotor Nerve Palsy in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report.
  Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2020 Lauren Hennein, Nailyn Rasool, Maanasa Indaram
• Your eye doctor will virtually see you now: synchronous patient-to-provider virtual visits in pediatric tele-ophthalmology.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2020 Areaux RG, de Alba Campomanes AG, Indaram M, Shah AS, Pediatric Tele-Ophthalmology Consortium
• Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking Under General Anesthesia for Pediatric Patients With Keratoconus and Developmental Delay.
  Cornea 2020 Ahmad TR, Pasricha ND, Rose-Nussbaumer J, T Oatts J, M Schallhorn J, Indaram M
• De Novo Variants in WDR37 Are Associated with Epilepsy, Colobomas, Dysmorphism, Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, and Cerebellar Hypoplasia.
  American journal of human genetics 2019 Kanca O, Andrews JC, Lee PT, Patel C, Braddock SR, Slavotinek AM, Cohen JS, Gubbels CS, Aldinger KA, Williams J, Indaram M, Fatemi A, Yu TW, Agrawal PB, Vezina G, Simons C, Crawford J, Lau CC, …
• De Novo Variants in WDR37 Are Associated with Epilepsy, Colobomas, Dysmorphism, Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, and Cerebellar Hypoplasia.
  American journal of human genetics 2019 Kanca O, Andrews JC, Lee PT, Patel C, Braddock SR, Slavotinek AM, Cohen JS, Gubbels CS, Aldinger KA, Williams J, Indaram M, Fatemi A, Yu TW, Agrawal PB, Vezina G, Simons C, Crawford J, Lau CC, …
• 3D visualization system for “heads Up” strabismus surgery.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2018 Maanasa Indaram, Benjamin G. Jastrzembski, Medha Sharma, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, Deborah K. VanderVeen, David G. Hunter, Ankoor S. Shah
• Congenital muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy, type A, featuring bilateral retinal dysplasia and vertical angle kappa.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2018 Peiris TJ, Indaram M, Koo E, Soul JS, Hunter DG
• Calcific Band Keratopathy.
  2018 arhan I. Merali, Jessica Selter, Nur Azem, Michaella Goldstein, Nagham Al-Zubidi, Andrew G. Lee, Oren Tomkins-Netzer, Sue Lightman, Honaida Elshiek, Roberto Pineda, Timo Eppig, Maike Keintzel, Thomas …
• Connective Tissue Disorder of the Cornea.
  Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology 2018 Maanasa Indaram
• Postoperative Refractive Errors Following Pediatric Cataract Extraction with Intraocular Lens Implantation.
  Seminars in ophthalmology 2017 Indaram M, VanderVeen DK
• Exudative Vitreoretinopathy in Dyskeratosis Congenita.
  Ophthalmology 2017 Indaram M, Agarwal S, Yonekawa Y
• Oculomotor outcomes in children treated for brain tumors of the posterior fossa.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2017 Maanasa Indaram, Jane Edmund, Yan Guo, Crandall Peeler, Jeffrey Hollander, Gena Heidary
• Penetrating Keratoplasty at a Tertiary Referral Center in Ethiopia: Indications and Outcomes.
  Cornea 2017 Ayalew M, Tilahun Y, Holsclaw D, Indaram M, Stoller NE, Keenan JD, Rose-Nussbaumer J
• Paranasal Sinus Mucocele as a Late Complication of Dacryocystorhinostomy.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2017 DeParis SW, Goldberg AN, Indaram M, Grumbine FL, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• Evaluation of the Graft and Tissue Preparation for Modern Endothelial Keratoplasty.
  Mastering Endothelial Keratoplasty 2016 Ian R. Gorovoy, Maanasa Indaram, Mark S. Gorovoy
• Effect of plateau iris configuration on effective lens position and intraocular lens power calculation: Report of 3 cases.
  JCRS Online Case Reports 2015 Maanasa Indaram, Jay Yarlagadda, Kelly Babic, Shan Lin, Cynthia S. Chiu, Ying Han
• 7-Ketocholesterol increases retinal microglial migration, activation, and angiogenicity: a potential pathogenic mechanism underlying age-related macular degeneration.
  Scientific reports 2015 Indaram M, Ma W, Zhao L, Fariss RN, Rodriguez IR, Wong WT
• Changes in lens opacities on the age-related eye disease study grading scale predict progression to cataract surgery and vision loss: age-related eye disease study report no. 34.
  Ophthalmology 2015 Indaram M, Agrón E, Clemons TE, Sperduto RD, Wong WT, Ferris FL, Chew EY, Age-Related Eye Disease Study Research Group
• In search of a treatment for radiation-induced optic neuropathy.
  Current treatment options in neurology 2015 Indaram M, Ali FS, Levin MH
• Connective Tissue Disorder of the Cornea.
  Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology 2014 Maanasa Indaram
• Drusen regression is associated with local changes in fundus autofluorescence in intermediate age-related macular degeneration.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2013 Toy BC, Krishnadev N, Indaram M, Cunningham D, Cukras CA, Chew EY, Wong WT
• Regulation of macrophage motility by Irgm1.
  Journal of leukocyte biology 2009 Henry SC, Traver M, Daniell X, Indaram M, Oliver T, Taylor GA
• Balance of Irgm protein activities determines IFN-gamma-induced host defense.
  Journal of leukocyte biology 2009 Henry SC, Daniell XG, Burroughs AR, Indaram M, Howell DN, Coers J, Starnbach MN, Hunn JP, Howard JC, Feng CG, Sher A, Taylor GA
• Impaired macrophage function underscores susceptibility to Salmonella in mice lacking Irgm1 (LRG-47).
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2007 Henry SC, Daniell X, Indaram M, Whitesides JF, Sempowski GD, Howell D, Oliver T, Taylor GA