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Harry Petrushkin

Mr Harry Petrushkin is a Consultant Ophthalmologist working within the rheumatology department at GOSH. He has a specialist interest in paediatric uveitis and also works at Moorfields Eye Hospital where he cares for children, young adults and adults with uveitis. 

Specialisms

Mr Petrushkin is an ophthalmologist with a specialist interest in:

  • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis
  • Chronic anterior uveitis
  • Acute anterior uveitis
  • Intermediate uveitis
  • Posterior uveitis
  • Behcet's Disease
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Tuberculosis

He works closely with the rheumatology department and runs joint uveitis/rheumatology clinics for children requiring multi-specialty input. 

Qualifications

  • MBBS
  • MA
  • PhD
  • FRCOphth
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.

Membership of professional /national/regional bodies: 

GMC
RCOphth

Current NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year: 

Moorfields Eye Hospital 2014
Great Ormond St Hospital 2015

Research Interests

Mr Petrushkin has a research interest in the immunogenetics of Behcet's Disease. He also runs projects that examine the pathophysiology of ophthalmic tuberculosis in adults and children. He has contributed to various national guidelines in his specialty.