Dr. Bartolini is the director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Hasbro Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor (Research Scholar) of Pediatrics, Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Bartolini is board-certified in Child Neurology and Epilepsy and sees patients at Hasbro Children's Hospital and at the Children's Neurodevelopment Center. His area of expertise is treatment of childhood epilepsy and pharmacoresistant epilepsy, including epilepsy surgery.
He graduated from the School of Medicine of the University of Padua, Italy, and completed training first at the University of Padua (obtaining the Italian board certification in Pediatrics with special qualification in Pediatric Neurology with honors) and then at Children’s National Medical Center, where he graduated from the Child neurology Fellowship and Neuroscience Research Fellowship, before joining the National Institutes of Health, where he completed an Epilepsy Fellowship and then a Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship.
His areas of research include inflammatory mechanisms and genetic features involved in pediatric epilepsy and electrophysiological features of rare genetic conditions.
Dr. Bartolini's research has been supported by 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 sits on the Pediatric Content Committee of the American Epilepsy Society and serves as Section Editor for Neurology Clinical Practice (official journal of the American Academy of Neurology).
Asadi-Pooya AA, Bartolini L. "Prevention and treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: lessons from hepatitis B story!." International Journal of Neuroscience, 2020, pp. 1-5. |
George, Ilena C., Bartolini, Luca, Ney, John, Singhal, Divya. "Differences in treatment of epilepsy in pregnancy." Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 9, no. 3, 2019, pp. 201-207. |
Bartolini L, Theodore WH, Jacobson S, Gaillard WD. "Infection with HHV-6 and its role in epilepsy." Epilepsy Research, vol. 153, 2019, pp. 34-39. |
Bartolini L, Libbey JE, Ravizza T, Fujinami RS, Jacobson S, Gaillard WD. "Viral Triggers and Inflammatory Mechanisms in Pediatric Epilepsy." Molecular neurobiology, vol. 56, no. 3, 2019, pp. 1897-1907. |
Bartolini L. "Curious George Goes to the Hospital": teaching toddlers how good healthcare works." BMJ, vol. 360, 2018, pp. k487. |
Bartolini L. "Author Response: Uncertainties from a worldwide survey on antiepileptic drug withdrawal after seizure remission." Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 8, no. 4, 2018, pp. 277-278. |
Bartolini L, Piras E, Sullivan K, Gillen S, Bumbut A, Lin CM, Leibovitch EC, Graves JS, Waubant EL, Chamberlain JM, Gaillard WD, Jacobson S. "Detection of HHV-6 and EBV and Cytokine Levels in Saliva From Children With Seizures: Results of a Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Study." Frontiers in Neurology, vol. 9, 2018, pp. 834. |
Farias-Moeller R, LaFrance-Corey R, Bartolini L, Wells EM, Baker M, Doslea A, Suslovic W, Greenberg J, Carpenter JL, Howe CL. "Fueling the FIRES: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome." Epilepsia, vol. 59, no. 9, 2018, pp. 1753-1763. |
Badran A, Bartolini L, Ksendzovsky A, Ray-Chaudhury A, Abdennadher M, Zaghloul KA, Inati SK. "Transient postictal blindness after a focal posterior cingulate gyrus seizure." Seizure, vol. 54, 2018, pp. 58-60. |
Bartolini L, Majidi S, Koubeissi MZ. "Uncertainties from a worldwide survey on antiepileptic drug withdrawal after seizure remission." Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 8, no. 2, 2018, pp. 108-115. |
Farias-Moeller R, Bartolini L, Pasupuleti A, Brittany Cines RD, Kao A, Carpenter JL. "A Practical Approach to Ketogenic Diet in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus." Neurocritical Care, vol. 26, no. 2, 2017, pp. 267-272. |
Bartolini L, Muscal E. "Differences in treatment of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: results of a worldwide survey." Journal of Neurology, vol. 264, no. 4, 2017, pp. 647-653. |
Farias-Moeller R, Bartolini L, Staso K, Schreiber JM, Carpenter JL. "Early ictal and interictal patterns in FIRES: The sparks before the blaze." Epilepsia, vol. 58, no. 8, 2017, pp. 1340-1348. |
Bartolini L, Kao A, Zachery A, Murnick JG, Gaillard WD. "Teaching NeuroImages: Homotopic motor distribution on fMRI in closed-lip schizencephaly." Neurology, vol. 88, no. 2, 2017, pp. e24-e25. |
Bartolini L, Whitehead MT, Ho CY, Sepeta LN, Oluigbo CO, Havens K, Freilich ER, Schreiber JM, Gaillard WD. "Temporal lobe epilepsy and focal cortical dysplasia in children: A tip to find the abnormality." Epilepsia, vol. 58, no. 1, 2017, pp. 113-122. |
Bartolini L, Millichap JJ. "Practice Current: A new way of interpreting contemporary neurology." Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 14-15. |
Bartolini L. "Practice Current: Establishing worldwide connections." Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 6, no. 6, 2016, pp. 470-471. |
Bartolini L. "Practice Current: How do you treat anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis?." Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 69-72. |
Bartolini L. "Practice Current: What is your diagnostic evaluation of cryptogenic stroke?." Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 6, no. 3, 2016, pp. 271-276. |
Bartolini L. "Practice Current: When do you stop antiepileptic drugs in patients with genetic generalized epilepsies and in those with focal epilepsies?." Neurology: Clinical Practice, vol. 6, no. 6, 2016, pp. 530-537. |
Bartolini L, Burger K. "Pearls & oy-sters: cerebral venous air embolism after central catheter removal: too much air can kill." Neurology, vol. 84, no. 13, 2015, pp. e94-6. |
Sanapo L, Bartolini L, Chang T, Vezina G. "Teaching NeuroImages: Giant fetal arachnoid cyst with favorable neurologic outcome." Neurology, vol. 84, no. 20, 2015, pp. e160-1. |
Suppiej A, Festa I, Bartolini L, Cappellari A, Cainelli E, Ermani M, Trevisanuto D. "Power spectral analysis of two-channel EEG in very premature infants undergoing heat loss prevention." Neurophysiologie clinique = Clinical neurophysiology, vol. 44, no. 3, 2014, pp. 239-44. |
Bartolini L, Sartori S, Lenzini E, Rigon C, Cainelli E, Agrati C, Toldo I, Donà M, Trevisson E. "De novo trisomy 20p characterized by array comparative genomic hybridization: report of a novel case and review of the literature." Gene, vol. 524, no. 2, 2013, pp. 368-72. |
Toldo I, De Carlo D, Mardari R, De Palma L, Gatta M, Bolzonella B, Nosadini M, Bartolini L, Sartori S, Battistella PA. "Short lasting activity-related headaches with sudden onset in children: a case-based reasoning on classification and diagnosis." The Journal of Headache and Pain, vol. 14, 2013, pp. 3. |
Bartolini L, Mardari R, Toldo I, Calderone M, Battistella PA, Laverda AM, Sartori S. "Norovirus gastroenteritis and seizures: an atypical case with neuroradiological abnormalities." Neuropediatrics, vol. 42, no. 4, 2011, pp. 167-9. |
Bartolini L, Gentilomo C, Sartori S, Calderone M, Simioni P, Laverda AM. "Varicella and stroke in children: good outcome without steroids." Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, vol. 17, no. 6, 2011, pp. E127-30. |
Dr. Bartolini's research has been supported by 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).
Active:
Advance CTR / IDeA-CTR grant (U54GM115677)
“Epilepsy and Neurocognitive Function in Patients with Neurogenetic Disorders”
Role: Co-PI
5/1/2020 – 4/30/2021
NIH/ NINDS RO1 NS104428-01
“The Circadian Molecular Clock in Pediatric Refractory Focal Epilepsy.”
Role: Co-I (PI Dr. Judy Liu)
2/01/2019-1/31/2023
Completed:
American Epilepsy Society / Epilepsy Foundation of America
Research and Training Fellowship for Clinicians
“Research study on viral and inflammatory causes of epilepsy”.
Role: PI
7/1/2017 – 6/30/2018
Year | Degree | Institution |
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2006 | MD | University of Padova |
Fellowship | National Institutes of Health, Clinical Neurophysiology | 2018-2019 | |
Fellowship | National Institutes of Health, Epilepsy | 2017-2018 | |
Fellowship | National Institutes of Health, Neuroscience Research | 2016-2017 | |
Residency | Children's National Medical Center, child neurology | 2013-2016 | |
Residency | Children's National Medical Center, Pediatrics | 2012-2013 | |
Residency | University of Padova, Pediatrics | 2008-2012 |
Name | Title |
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Kavanaugh, Brian | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
Liu, Judy | Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Associate Professor of Neurology, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry |
Morrow, Eric | Mencoff Family Associate Professor of Biology, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Children's Neurodevelopment Center
Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Epilepsy | - | #1578 |
Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualification in Child Neurology | - | #12625 |
Allopathic Physician (MD) unrestricted license | Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure & Discipline | - | #MD16488 |
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program. Hasbro Children's Hospital, - |