Dr Ilaria Testi
Overview
Dr Ilaria Testi trained in Ophthalmology at the University of Padova, Italy. She undertook international training in Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Diseases at Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India and Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. She completed two fellowships in Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. She trained in Paediatric Uveitis at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London.
Dr Ilaria Testi currently works as NHS Consultant Ophthalmologist within the Uveitis Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and the Paediatric Uveitis Service at Great Ormond St Hospital, managing uveitis and inflammatory eye diseases in adults and children. Ilaria is also the Clinical Lead of the Uveitis Virtual Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Dr Ilaria Testi has delivered more than 100 invited lectures and participated in several instruction courses at various national and international meetings. She has a strong interest in clinical and medical research, and has been prolific to share her scientific work through numerous manuscripts published in the literature. She has authored more than 70 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and book chapters. Her primary area of research interest includes ocular inflammatory diseases (uveitis, scleritis), inflammatory eye diseases in adults and children, ocular infections, including ocular tuberculosis, herpes disease and ocular toxoplasmosis, multimodal imaging in uveitis, and treatment with immunosuppressive and biological agents. Dr Ilaria Testi serves on the Editorial Board and is Associate Editor for several journals, including ‘Journal of Ocular Infections and Inflammation’ and ‘Inflammatory Eye Diseases for Frontiers in Ophthalmology’.
Credentials
• Paediatric Uveitis
• Infectious and Non-Infectious Uveitis
• Anterior, Intermediate, Posterior and Panuveitis
• Retinal Vasculitis, Retinitis and Choroiditis
• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis associated Uveitis
• Bechet’s Disease
• Sarcoidosis
• Viral uveitis
• Ocular Tuberculosis
• Ocular Toxoplasmosis
• Episcleritis and Scleritis
• Immunosuppressive and biological agents
Dr Ilaria Testi has a strong interest in medical research, and has been prolific to share her scientific work through numerous manuscripts published in the literature. She has authored more than 70 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and book chapters. Her primary areas of research interest include ocular inflammatory diseases (uveitis and scleritis), inflammatory eye diseases in adults and children, ocular infections, including ocular tuberculosis, herpes diseases and ocular toxoplasmosis, multimodal imaging in uveitis, and treatment with immunosuppressive and biological agents.
• Medical School, University of Padova, Italy
• Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Italy
• Uveitis Service, Advanced Eye Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
• Department of Uveitis, NH Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
• Department of Uveitis and Scleritis, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
• Paediatric Uveitis Service, Department of Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Memberships:
Dr Ilaria Testi is a member of various professional organizations, societies and study groups, including the General Medical Council (GMC), IOIS (International Ocular Inflammation Society), Paediatric Ocular Inflammation Group (POIG), UCL-TB (University College London Tuberculosis), Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study Group (COTS), Comprehensive Ocular Imaging Network (COIN), Infectious Uveitis Treatment Algorithm Network (TITAN), COVID-19 Vaccination Ocular Inflammatory Events Study Group, SIUMIO (Società Italiana Uveiti e Malattie Infiammatorie Oculari).
Dr Ilaria Testi has a strong interest in medical research, and has been prolific to share her scientific work through numerous manuscripts published in the literature. She has authored more than 70 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and book chapters. Her primary areas of research interest include ocular inflammatory diseases (uveitis and scleritis), inflammatory eye diseases in adults and children, ocular infections, including ocular tuberculosis, herpes diseases and ocular toxoplasmosis, multimodal imaging in uveitis, and treatment with immunosuppressive and biological agents.
News & Publications
Full list of Dr Ilaria Testi’s scientific publications in the National Library of Medicine:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=ilaria+testi&sort=date
Patel A, Testi I, Petrushkin H, Pavesio C. Intravitreal dexamethasone implant for refractory stromal choroiditis in birdshot retinochoroiditis: efficacy and therapeutic implications. Br J Ophthalmol. 2026 Jan 6:bjo-2025-328994.
Gallo B, Testi I, Grimaldi G, Rees A, Tucker W, Pavesio C, Westcott M. Clinical and Imaging Features Aiding the Differentiation of Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigmented Epitheliopathy from Other Placoid Diseases. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2025 Oct;33(8):1661-1669.
Patel A, Testi I, O'Connor D, Solebo AL. Therapeutic Response to Imatinib in Bilateral Infiltrative and Leukostatic Retinopathy in Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Aug;72(8):e31801.
Patel A, Saldanha M, Kelagaonkar A, Yediballi T, Testi I, Pavesio C, Pathengay A. Clinical characteristics and optical coherence tomography features of ocular toxoplasmosis in HIV-positive patients: report 1. Br J Ophthalmol. 2025 Apr 22;109(5):594-599.
Dave S, Rahi JS, Petrushkin H, Testi I, Patel DE, Solebo AL. UVESCREEN1: A randomised feasibility study of imaging-based uveitis screening for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis- Study Protocol. PLoS One. 2025 Feb 12;20(2):e0316410.
Patel A, Pathengay A, Pavesio C, Testi I. Choroidal involvement in acute retinal necrosis: case series and review of the literature. Br J Ophthalmol. 2025 Jan 28;109(2):203-208.
Testi I, Brandão-de-Resende C, De-La-Torre A, Concha-Del-Rio LE, Cheja-Kalb R, Mahendradas P, Habot-Wilner Z, Yalçındağ N, Markelj Š, Iriqat S, Portero A, Petrushkin H, Pavesio C, Solebo AL. Ocular Inflammatory Events Following COVID-19 Vaccination in the Paediatric Population: A Multinational Case Series. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2024 Sep;32(7):1237-1242.
Thng ZX, Putera I, Testi I, et al; TITAN consensus guidelines group. The Infectious Uveitis Treatment Algorithm Network (TITAN) Report 1-global current practice patterns for the management of Herpes Simplex Virus and Varicella Zoster Virus anterior uveitis. Eye (Lond). 2024 Jan;38(1):61-67.
Marziali E, Testi I, MacPhee B, Ibanez P, Allen M, Dahlmann-Noor A, Thomas D. A prospective evaluation of adverse events occurring in children undergoing fundus fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography. Eye (Lond). 2022 Sep;36(9):1837-1839.
Testi I, Agrawal R, Mahajan S, et al. The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: A Multinational Descriptive Review of Tubercular Uveitis in Paediatric Population. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2020 Sep 30;28(sup1):58-64.
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