Harry Petrushkin
NHS secretary:
Hazel Lawrence
Area(s) of specialism / subspecialism:
- Adult and paediatric uveitis.
- Cataract surgery.
Year of first medical qualification:
2005
Location of initial medical training:
London
Further key experience:
Mr Harry Petrushkin studied medicine at Cambridge University and Kings College London. He carried out much of his ophthalmic training in Moorfields Eye Hospital, with Mr Carlos Pavesio and St Thomas’ Hospital with Prof Miles Stanford where he developed his interest in inflammatory eye disease. This led to a PhD, which he carried out at Queen Mary University London, in the Behcet’s Disease Centre of Excellence with Prof Farida Fortune, studying the immunogenetics of Behcet’s Disease. In 2016, Harry travelled to the United States, and spent time at the Francis Proctor Eye Institute, San Francisco, CA with Prof Nisha Acharya; the Casey Eye Institute, Portland, OR with Prof James Rosenbaum and the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institute, Boston, MA with Prof Steven Foster. He currently works as a consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Great Ormond St Hospital managing inflammatory eye disease in adults and children.
Date joined Moorfields:
2007
Membership of professional /national/regional bodies:
- GMC
- RCOphth
Current NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year:
- Moorfields Eye Hospital
- Great Ormond St Hospital
Other professional achievements:
- PhD
Research interests:
- Uveitis
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis related uveitis
- Behcet’s disease
- Ocular Tuberculosis
- Anterior Uveitis
- Multiple Sclerosis related uveitis