DE SALVO Gabriella

Gabriella De Salvo, MD. ophthalmologist at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Gabriella De Salvo is a consultant ophthalmologist at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust since 2013 and a senior lecturer at the University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.

Dr De Salvo trained in ophthalmology in Italy at the University of Palermo where she won two scholarships to further train and study at the Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, USA and at the Allgemeine Krankenhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria.

She obtained a clinical research fellowship in medical retina at the University Hospital Southampton, and a senior medical retinal fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London in 2012, United Kingdom where she became a honorary consultant for the following year.

Dr De Salvo specialises in the diagnosis and management of medical retinal diseases. As an active researcher, she regularly publishes in peer reviewed journals and is involved in numerous clinical trials as principal or co-investigator. She is a recipient of a research and clinical grant from the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research and of a few clinical excellence awards from the University Hospital Southampton.

She is retina section editor for ‘Eye’ and ‘British Medical Journal Open Ophthalmology’ and is a recognised reviewer for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Dr De Salvo is an active member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the European Retina Society (Euretina) and the Italian Society of Ophthalmic Sciences (SISO).