Dr. Arpita Maniar

Dr. Arpita S. Maniar is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ocular tumors. She focuses primarily on ocular oncology and is fellowship-trained in both ocular oncology and oculoplastic surgery. Dr. Maniar provides comprehensive care for a wide variety of benign and malignant tumors affecting the eye and its surrounding structures across all age groups.

Her practice includes treatment of common ocular tumors like melanoma, lymphoma, ocular metastasis, and retinoblastoma, as well as eyelid tumors such as squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. She also manages less common and rare orbital and ocular surface tumors and addresses ocular side-effects from systemic chemotherapeutic drugs. To deliver comprehensive ophthalmic cancer care, she routinely collaborates on multi-disciplinary cases with radiation oncology, interventional radiology, medical oncology, ENT, and neurosurgery.

Dr. Maniar's research interests focus on studying ocular melanomas and retinoblastomas. She has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on these conditions and has delivered talks at regional, national, and international conferences. She is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and All India Ophthalmological Society.