Unidad de Neuropediatría Hospital Universitario de San Juan de Alicante Universidad Miguel Hernández – Facultad de Medicina San Juan de Alicante, España
Dr. Francisco Carratalá-Marco is a senior paediatric neurologist and Head of the Neuropaediatric Unit at the Hospital Universitario de San Juan de Alicante, and Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the Universidad Miguel Hernández.
His clinical and research work focuses on complex neurodevelopmental disorders, with particular expertise in autism spectrum disorder with epilepsy, neonatal brain injury, and neurodevelopmental genetics. He has extensive experience managing children with severe autism, neurological comorbidity, and early-life brain insults that shape long-term developmental trajectories.
Dr. Carratalá-Marco is a former President of the Spanish Society of Paediatric Neurology (SENEP) and a past board member of the European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS). He has authored more than 50 scientific publications and has played a key role in advancing clinical and translational approaches to autism-related neurological complexity.