Nicola Specchio

Professor,
Bambino Gesu' Children's Hospital

Nicola Specchio is Chair of Neurology, Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Unit and Director of Research Unit on Neurological and Neurosurgical Sciences at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy. Within his role, he is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pediatric epilepsy.
Dr Specchio’s main interest lies with seizure semiology and the classification of epileptic seizures and syndromes, drug resistant epilepsies, developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. He has published more than 200 papers in many international journals. He is also a principal investigator on different clinical trials in patients with rare and complex epilepsies.
He is recipient of the Young Investigator Award from the Commission of European Affair of the International League Against Epilepsy (2016) and of the “John Stobo Pritchard Award” from the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) (2020).
He is current Chair of the ILAE Task force on Nosology and Classification, and since 2020 member of the Global Advocacy Council of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE).
Dr Specchio is a representative of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Europe, of the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), and of the Italian Chapter of the ILAE.