Komal Bharat Desai, MD

Dr. Komal Desai’s specialty is ocular oncology. She is involved in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of intraocular tumors,  including retinoblastoma, melanoma, and conjunctival tumors. She has received the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Biology and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine six-year combined BA/MD program. She completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine. She subsequently did a clinical/research fellowship in ocular oncology at the University of California, San Francisco.

 

Over her career, Dr. Desai has earned her status as an esteemed lecturer delivering presentations at such respected venues as the Mayo Clinic Ophthalmology Grand Rounds and the University of California at San Francisco Monthly Research Forum.

 

Dr. Desai’s peer-review articles have been published in Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Archives of Ophthalmology.  She is actively involved in ongoing clinical research at the Eye Foundation of Kansas City and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine, where she is an Assistant Professor. She is also involved with clinical research at the University of California at San Francisco.

 

1988-1990 Mena High School, Arkansas

Governor’s Summer Scholarship Program-Mathematics

Arkansas Girls State

Awards of Excellence: Biology, Advanced Mathematics, History

Valedictorian

 

1990-1996 University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine

Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship

Flarsheim Merit Scholarship

Arkansas Education Dept Scholarship

MSMA Outstanding Student Award

UMKC Collegiate Athletic Scholarship

Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society

Mortar Board Honor Society

UMKC Research Days, 2nd place-Pediatric Research

Award of Excellence, Anatomy

Award of Excellence, Histology

Award of Excellence, Neuroanatomy

 

1991-1992 Anjana Association of Indians in America

Excellence in Education Award

 

1997 Ahmedabad Indian Association, India

Honors, Women in Medicine

 

1997-1999 Internal Medicine, MCO (Toledo, OH)

Outstanding Clinical Presentations Award

Grand Rounds Presentation of the Year

Most compassionate resident award

 

 

1996 Jackson MA, Desai KB, “Pyogenic Arthritis in Children” Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology.  2nd ed. 1996.     

 

 

1. Desai KB, Krishna R. “Bleb Dysesthesia:  Surgical Management with Compression Sutures”  - accepted for publication, Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers.

2.  Desai KB, Lyon DB, Krishna R. “Corneal Ulcer Associated with Parry-Rhomberg Syndrome” – submitted for review, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

3. Desai KB, DeBry P. “Laser Suture Lysis:  Implications of Tension and Wavelength” - paper in progress (prospective study).

4. Kim EC, Howes EL, Coonan P., Desai, KB, O’Brien JM.  “Intraocular Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET) in a 54 yr. old man with AIDS” – resubmission to Archives of Ophthalmology.