Dr Domenico Serino

Dr Domenico Serino is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and expert witness at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, where he has been in post since 2019. His principal areas of clinical expertise include paediatric epilepsy, neurophysiology, neurodisability, movement disorders, cerebral palsy, hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and complex neurological conditions affecting infants, children and young people.

Dr Serino’s clinical practice encompasses the assessment, investigation and long-term management of a broad spectrum of paediatric neurological disorders. His particular expertise in epilepsy includes his role as Lead for the Prolonged Paediatric Video-Telemetry Service and local lead for Paediatric Epilepsy Surgery at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, where he plays a key role in the pre-surgical assessment and multidisciplinary management of children with complex epilepsy. His day-to-day practice also includes the diagnosis and treatment of headaches, movement disorders, neuromuscular conditions, neuroinflammatory disorders, neurogenetic conditions,  developmental disorders and neonatal neurological conditions, alongside the management of children with complex neurodisability and tone disorders.

In addition to his specialist clinical responsibilities, Dr Serino is Unit Clinical Director for Medicine & Unscheduled Care at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Clinical Lead for the North East of Scotland Child & Adolescent Neurology Network (NESCANN), an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen and a Specialist Applications Associate with the General Medical Council. These leadership, academic and regulatory roles reflect his recognised expertise within paediatric neurology and his wider contribution to clinical service development, governance and education.

Dr Domenico Serino has undertaken medico-legal work in the UK since 2023, building on earlier experience as a medico-legal advisor in paediatric neurology in Italy from 2016. He accepts instructions in clinical negligence, personal injury and family matters involving children and young people up to the age of 18. His medico-legal practice encompasses claimant and defendant instructions and is supported by formal expert witness training.

Drawing on his specialist expertise in paediatric neurology, Dr Serino is instructed in cases involving epilepsy, neurophysiology, neurodisability, movement disorders, cerebral palsy, hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, developmental disorders, neuromuscular conditions and other complex neurological disorders affecting children. He prepares breach of duty, causation and condition and prognosis reports, providing clear, evidence-based opinions on the diagnosis, management and neurological outcomes of paediatric neurological conditions to assist solicitors in resolving complex clinical issues.

Dr Serino’s current clinical practice centres on the assessment, investigation and management of infants, children and adolescents with a wide spectrum of neurological disorders. A significant proportion of his work involves children with epilepsy, including those with complex and drug-resistant epilepsy requiring prolonged video-EEG monitoring, neurophysiological investigation and multidisciplinary assessment for epilepsy surgery. He also undertakes detailed neurological assessment of patients with headaches, movement disorders, neuromuscular conditions, neuroinflammatory disorders, sleep disorders and neonatal neurological conditions.

Alongside his epilepsy practice, Dr Serino has extensive experience managing children with complex neurodisability, cerebral palsy, developmental disorders and tone management issues, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans and coordinate ongoing care. His practice includes the interpretation of electroencephalography and other neurophysiological investigations, enabling accurate diagnosis and informed clinical decision-making in complex neurological presentations. He also provides neurological input into neonatal care, developmental assessment and children with acquired or congenital neurological disorders, applying specialist expertise across both acute and long-term neurological management to optimise outcomes for children with complex neurological needs.

Dr Serino is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen and an active contributor to paediatric epilepsy research. He is a member of the British Paediatric Neurology Association and the International League Against Epilepsy UK Chapter, Chief Editor of the BPNA Distance Learning Course Epilepsy Unit, a certified BPNA Paediatric Epilepsy Training trainer and a member of the PET 2/3 rewrite steering group. He has contributed to research studies including MAESTRO, KIWE and Beyond Epilepsy, and has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed publications in paediatric epilepsy, neurogenetics and clinical neurophysiology.