Specialization: Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Medical Registration: Medical Council of Rome and Province, No. 32051
Email: info@aventinomedicalgroup.com
Phone: +39 06 5780738 / +39 06 57288349
Languages Spoken: Italian, English, Spanish

🎯 Clinical Focus

Dr. Guido Castelli Gattinara is a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases with over three decades of clinical, academic, and international experience. He offers comprehensive care in prevention, diagnostics, and treatment for children and adolescents, as well as adults with infectious diseases. He is especially known for his work in vaccination, travel medicine, and international medical cooperation.

🎓 Education & Qualifications

• Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome (1982)

• Specialization in Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome (1986)

• Specialization in Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome (1991)

• President, Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SITIP), 2019–2023

• Author of over 250 scientific publications and member of editorial boards and consensus panels

• Participant in 85 national and international research projects

🏥 Professional Experience

• Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Rome – Long-standing career in the Division of Immunoinfectious Diseases

• Founder and Director, Italy’s first AIDS pediatric unit in the 1990s

• Co-founder, PENTA international research network

• Former Head of Pediatrics, Palidoro; Director, Vaccination Center

• Current Role: Collaborator with the Bambino Gesù Institute for Child and Adolescent Health

• Professor, Infectious Diseases, University of Rome – Tor Vergata

• International Medical Cooperation: Projects in Romania, Congo, Libya, Central America, and Tanzania

• Founder, “Kids First” Association; Directed Pediatric School in Mwanza, Tanzania

• Offers private consultations in-clinic and at home

🩺 Services Provided

• Pediatric and adolescent consultations

• Infectious disease consultations (children and adults)

• Vaccination counseling and administration

• Travel medicine and preventive care

• COVID-19 and streptococcus testing

• Teleconsultations and home visits

✅ Frequently Treated Conditions

• Recurrent infections (ear, throat, respiratory)

• Bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia

• Feeding and weaning disorders

• Recurrent or unexplained fever

• Allergic and atopic dermatitis, urticaria

• Gastrointestinal issues (diarrhea, constipation, pain)

• Respiratory allergies and asthma

• Immune deficiencies and pubertal development

• Sexually transmitted diseases

• COVID-19 and travel-related health needs