Samuele Cortese, M.D., Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Phyllis Green and Randolph Cōwen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience. Dr. Cortese's main research interests include the neurobiology of ADHD and the implementation of evidence-based medicine in child psychiatry. His current research projects focus on the structural and functional connectivity in ADHD.

Dr. Cortese received his M.D. summa cum laude and his Ph.D. in biomedicine from the University of Verona, Italy. He completed his residency program in child neuropsychiatry at the University of Verona.

Prior to joining the CSC, Dr. Cortese worked as Chief Resident-Assistant in the Child Psychiatry Unit of the University Hospital Robert Debré, Paris, France and as Consultant in the Child Psychiatry Unit of the University Hospitals, Clocheville and Bretonneau, Tours, France.

Dr. Cortese is a member of the scientific committee of the European ADHD guidelines group (EUNETHYDIS). He is the author/co-author of 42 publications in several journals with impact factor (first author in 24 publications; total impact factor: 140; H factor: 10), including the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. Dr. Cortese is currently supported by a grant from the European Commission (Marie Curie Actions for Career Development). In 2011, he received the Travel Award Fellowship from the Society of Biological Psychiatry.