Swarup Swaminathan
MD
Swarup Swaminathan, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist focused on caring for patients with cataracts or glaucoma. He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and holds the Mary L. and Richard E. Bastin Chair in Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (BPEI). He also has a secondary appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami. A magna cum laude graduate of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Swaminathan completed his residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He subsequently completed a fellowship in glaucoma at the Duke Eye Center. Dr. Swaminathan is eager to work with his patients to identify optimal medical, laser, or surgical options to treat their glaucoma, including the use of traditional surgeries as well as minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS). He also has a strong interest in clinical informatics and currently serves as the medical director for informatics at BPEI.
Dr. Swaminathan has received multiple accolades, including the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for his research in protein biochemistry, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Fellowship to study trabecular meshwork dysfunction in glaucoma, and the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellowship, awarded to young ophthalmologists with a strong dedication to ophthalmic research. With a keen interest in data science research in glaucoma, Dr. Swaminathan is eager to assist ophthalmologists in improving their ability to diagnose glaucoma and identify patients at high risk for vision loss. His research work is currently supported by a K23 grant from the National Institutes of Health.
