Antonio Russi
Medical Advisor – Neurology and Epileptology
Dr. Antonio Russi (MD) is a neurologist and epileptologist in Barcelona with over 50 years of practice. He directs the Epilepsy Russi Institut and heads the Epilepsy Unit and EEG service at Centro Médico Teknon, working with drug-resistant epilepsy in children and adults.
54+ Years
In clinical practice, 1,500+ procedures performed
15+ Publications
Peer-reviewed research and congress presentations
1 Languages
Antonio speaks Italian.
What Makes Antonio a Trusted Advisor?
Dr. Antonio Russi Tintoré earned his degree in Medicine and Surgery at the Universitat de Barcelona in 1972 and qualified as a specialist in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology. He trained in neurophysiology at Hospital del Mar in Barcelona and worked as a neurologist at the Anti-Epileptic Centre of Barcelona from 1978 to 1986. Since 1987 he has worked with difficult epilepsy at any age, including the surgical programme.
He directs the Epilepsy Russi Institut and the Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute of Barcelona, and has headed the neurology service at Centro Médico Teknon since 1994, where he runs the Epilepsy Unit and the EEG service. He is president of the Spanish Bureau Against Epilepsy, a past secretary and president of the Spanish League Against Epilepsy, and co-chaired the 32nd International Epilepsy Congress. As a Bookimed medical advisor, he reviews epilepsy content for medical accuracy so patients can rely on clear, credible guidance.
“Epilepsy is not one diagnosis with one answer. Before talking about treatment or surgery, you need to understand the specific case – and give the patient an honest prognosis, not a ready-made formula.”
Role on the Medical Advisory Board
Dr. Russi reviews Bookimed's epilepsy content – the one area almost every patient who books him comes for, from drug-resistant seizures in adults to West syndrome in infants. Five decades of running an epilepsy unit shape what he checks: whether a page is honest about how long it takes to locate a seizure focus, what video-EEG monitoring actually involves, and when surgery is and is not on the table. Where a page treats epilepsy as one condition with one answer, he says so.
What Antonio Reviews
As a Medical Advisory Board member, Antonio reviews Bookimed's clinic listings, procedure pages, and other site content for medical accuracy — rather than authoring or being credited on individual articles.
Antonio's top-reviewed listings, by patient arrivals:
Medical Background & Qualifications
Medicine at the Universitat de Barcelona in 1972, then neurology and clinical neurophysiology, and from 1978 epilepsy full time – first at the Anti-Epileptic Centre of Barcelona, later at his own institute. The list below comes from that record.
- ✅ Director of the Epilepsy Russi Institut
- ✅ Head of the neurology service at Centro Médico Teknon since February 1994, directing its Epilepsy Unit and EEG service
- ✅ Director of the Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute of Barcelona
- ✅ President of the Spanish Bureau Against Epilepsy
- ✅ Past secretary and president of the Spanish League Against Epilepsy
- ✅ Co-chair of the 32nd International Epilepsy Congress, 2017
- ✅ Listed among Forbes' 100 best doctors in Spain in more than one edition
- ✅ 50+ years in neurology and epileptology, working with drug-resistant epilepsy at any age
- ✅ Researcher on new antiepileptic drugs and an organiser of international epilepsy congresses
- ✅ 15 papers indexed on PubMed, including in Seizure, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology and Journal of Neural Engineering
Professional Experience
Hospital Sagrado Corazón, Barcelona
Neurology service assistant
Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, Barcelona
Neurology service assistant
Neurological Local Institute of Barcelona
On-call intern neurologist, appointed by examination
Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
Resident, Neurophysiology Service
Anti-Epileptic Centre of Barcelona
Neurologist
1978–1986
Epilepsy Russi Institut
Director
1987–
Centro Médico Teknon
Head of the neurology service; director of the Epilepsy Unit and EEG service
1994–
Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute of Barcelona
Director
Education
Universitat de Barcelona
Degree in Medicine and Surgery
1972
Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
Residency, Neurophysiology Service of the Neurology Department
Certification & Accreditation
International League Against Epilepsy
Memberships
International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
American Epilepsy Society (AES)
Spanish League Against Epilepsy
Spanish Bureau Against Epilepsy
Spanish Society of Neurology
Spanish Society of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology
Catalan Society of Neurology
Catalan Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
Publications
Automated detection of epileptic ripples in MEG using beamformer-based virtual sensors
Journal of Neural Engineering
2017
Influence of metallic artifact filtering on MEG signals for source localization during interictal epileptiform activity
Journal of Neural Engineering
2016
Automatic BSS-based filtering of metallic interference in MEG recordings: definition and validation using simulated signals
Journal of Neural Engineering
2015
Tubers from patients with tuberous sclerosis complex are characterized by changes in microtubule biology through ROCK2 signalling
The Journal of Pathology
2014
Reduction of metallic interference in MEG signals using AMUSE
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Conference
2013
Toward a definition of MEG spike: parametric description of spikes recorded simultaneously by MEG and depth electrodes
Seizure
2009
Simultaneous magnetoencephalography and intracranial EEG registration: technical and clinical aspects
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
2008
Indications of the surgical treatment of epilepsy
Revista de Neurología
2000
Parvalbumin and calbindin-D28k immunocytochemistry in human neocortical epileptic foci
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
1994
What is needed for resective epilepsy surgery from a neurosurgical point of view?
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica Supplementum
1994
Anesthesia in surgery for epilepsy
Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación
1993
Abnormal local-circuit neurons in epilepsia partialis continua associated with focal cortical dysplasia
Acta Neuropathologica
1992
Machado-Joseph disease in a family of Spanish origin
Revue Neurologique
1987
Versive seizures of probable occipital origin in a case of posttraumatic epilepsy
European Neurology
1985
Results obtained with monotherapy in epilepsy
Archivos de Neurobiología
1979
How Antonio Reviews Content
Every piece of content Antonio reviews goes through the same process before it's approved for publication.
Clinical Review
Reads the draft against current clinical practice
Evidence Verification
Checks claims against peer-reviewed sources
Medical-Accuracy Check
Confirms procedures, risks, and outcomes are described correctly
Source Validation
Verifies cited studies and statistics
Periodic Re-review
Re-checks published content as guidelines evolve
About the Medical Advisory Board
Independent, not employed by Bookimed. Medical Advisory Board members are independent, board-certified physicians who volunteer their clinical expertise to review Bookimed's content for accuracy. They are not Bookimed employees, and members are selected based on credentials and patient outcomes. Members may also be listed as treating doctors on Bookimed's platform; where that is the case, their advisory role is kept editorially separate from any commercial listing. Read our full Editorial Policy.
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