Biography

Gabriella De Salvo, MD is a graduate of the University of Messina school of Medicine and Surgery, Messina, Italy. She completed her Ophthalmology residency at the University of Palermo in Italy, and received a research and clinical grant from the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research in Diabetic Retinopathy. Awarded with a scholarship from the Sicilian Society of Ophthalmology during her training, she was able to spend part of her education and research at Wills Eye Hospital, Pennsylvania, USA and at Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria. Dr De Salvo completed a fellowship in Medical Retina at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, UK. She is now Ophthalmic Consultant in Medical Retina and Clinical Effectiveness Lead for Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Southampton in UK. Dr De Salvo specializes in macula diseases and her main research interest is in medical retina imaging. She regularly publishes in international peer-reviewed journals, is principal investigator in various clinical trials, and is actively involved in the teaching of ophthalmologists and allied health professionals.