Dr. Bartolini is board-certified in Neurology with special qualification in Child Neurology, Epilepsy, and Pediatrics. He is an internationally recognized expert in epilepsy, and has led the multidisciplinary Pediatric Epilepsy Program of Brown University in the U.S. In recognition of his professional accomplishments and dedication, Dr. Bartolini earned the rare distinction of being one of the few physicians in Europe who has been elected a Fellow by the American Academy of Neurology and by the American Epilepsy Society.
Throughout his career, Dr. Bartolini has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications spanning clinical and translational research in child neurology, epilepsy, autoimmune encephalitis, vascular neurology and neurocritical care, with regular invitations to speak at international meetings. Dr. Bartolini has served on several professional committees of the American Academy of Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, Italian League Against Epilepsy, and Scientific Advisory Board of the Italian Sturge Weber Syndrome Association.
Dr. Bartolini earned his medical degree from the University of Padua, Italy. He completed residency training in Pediatrics at the same institution, and fellowships in Child Neurology, Epilepsy, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuroscience Research at Children’s National Hospital / The George Washington University and at the National Institutes of Health. He worked in the Neurovirology Section of NINDS, and led the efforts to refine the diagnostic methods for detection of neurotropic viruses and neuroinflammatory cytokines in saliva and blood of children with seizures.