Meyer Children’s Hospital IRCCS · Florence
Luca BartoliniMD, FAAN, FAES
Pediatric neurologist and epileptologist caring for children with complex neurological disorders, with a special focus on drug-resistant and rare genetic epilepsies.
- ABPN dual board-certified
- Fellow, American Academy of Neurology
- Fellow, American Epilepsy Society
Current roles
Clinician, professor and editor
Clinical focus
Areas of expertise
Treatment of complex neurological disorders in children, with a special interest in all forms of childhood epilepsy.
- Childhood epilepsy
- Rare, drug-resistant neurogenetic conditions
- Inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system
- Pediatric stroke
- Neurocritical care
About
Biography
Dr. Bartolini is an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) (opens in a new tab) dual Board-Certified Pediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist practicing at Meyer Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Child Neurology at the University of Florence, Italy.
Dr. Bartolini is an academic leader who has acquired more than 12 years of experience in clinical practice, research (opens in a new tab), administration and management in the USA before moving back to Italy. His area of expertise is the treatment of complex neurological disorders in children, with a special interest in all forms of childhood epilepsy, including rare, drug-resistant neurogenetic conditions, inflammatory disorders affecting the central nervous system, pediatric stroke and neurocritical care.
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In recognition of his professional accomplishments and dedication in the field of neurology and epilepsy, Dr. Bartolini has been elected a Fellow by the American Academy of Neurology and by the American Epilepsy Society, an honor that only few doctors in Europe have received.
Before joining Meyer Children’s, Dr. Bartolini was the Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital (opens in a new tab) and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (opens in a new tab), United States. Under his leadership, the program has become a referral center for the treatment of complex pediatric epilepsies in Rhode Island, Southern Massachusetts, and Eastern Connecticut. He established a multidisciplinary team, with the ability to perform cutting-edge diagnostic tests, and advanced treatments. The surgical program (opens in a new tab) offered multiple options to children with drug-resistant epilepsy, including invasive EEG monitoring with stereotactic EEG, resective surgery, MRI-guided stereotactic laser ablation, and implantation of neuromodulation devices. Amongst many achievements, Dr. Bartolini’s team was the second in New England to implant a responsive neurostimulation device (RNS) in a child, who then became seizure-free without postoperative deficits.
Dr. Bartolini’s areas of research (opens in a new tab) include inflammatory mechanisms and genetic features involved in pediatric epilepsy and electrophysiological features of rare genetic conditions. His research has been supported by Advance-CTR, and Children’s Miracle Network at Brown University, the American Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Foundation of America and by the Division of Intramural Research of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Dr. Bartolini serves as Editor-In-Chief of Neurology: Clinical Practice (opens in a new tab) and Associate Editor of Neurology (official journals of the American Academy of Neurology), and sits on the Leadership Development Subcommittee and Publications Committee of the American Academy of Neurology (opens in a new tab).
Career
From Padova to the NIH, Brown University and back to Florence
- 2023NowMeyer Children’s Hospital IRCCS · University of FlorenceAttending pediatric neurologist and epileptologist; Associate Professor of Child Neurology
- 2019 – 2023Hasbro Children’s Hospital · Brown UniversityDirector, Pediatric Epilepsy Program; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Neurosurgery
- 2013 – 2019Children’s National Hospital · National Institutes of HealthResidency in pediatrics, child neurology training, and fellowships in neuroscience research, epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology
- 2000 – 2006University of Padova School of MedicineDoctor of Medicine
Recognition