He later obtained his specialization in Infectious Diseases at the University of Siena in 1987 and received his Diplome in Tropical Medicine at the Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine in 1991. Author of over 160 papers and multiple book chapters, Prof. Bartoloni is currently Associate Professor of the Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, University of Florence; Head of the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi Hospital, Florence, and Director of the Tuscany Regional Reference Center for Tropical Medicine, in Florence. He has longstanding field experience as co-ordinator of the research activity that the Infectious Diseases Unit of the University of Florence is carrying out in Latin America since 1986. His main research interests include: epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant bacteria, tropical medicine, parasitology.