Ettore Bartoli graduated in Medicine from the University of Parma, Italy, in 1962 and completed his postgraduate training in internal medicine and cardiology at the University of Turin between 1962 and 1969. In 1965, he obtained certification in radioisotope techniques from the Italian National Committee for Nuclear Energy (CNEN) and passed the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) examination.
In 1969, he was awarded a research fellowship by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and moved to the University of California, San Francisco, where he worked as a Research Fellow at the Cardiovascular Research Institute and Moffitt Hospital until 1971.
He subsequently held a faculty appointment as Assistant in Medicine at the same institution from 1971 to 1973. In 1974, he completed further clinical training in internal medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and its affiliated hospitals, including the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital.
He returned to Italy in 1975 as Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Sassari, where he was appointed Professor of Medicine in 1980. During his tenure, he directed postgraduate training programmes in nephrology, gastroenterology and cardiology. From 1989 to 1999, he held the Chair of Internal Medicine at the University of Udine, where he also headed the Department of Internal Medicine and the postgraduate training programme in internal medicine. In 1999, he moved to the University of Piemonte Orientale in Novara, where he continued his academic career as Professor of Internal Medicine.
His principal research interests include nephrology, renal physiology and pathophysiology, glomerular haemodynamics, kidney and liver diseases, and disorders of electrolyte and acid-base balance. His experimental research has focused particularly on the mechanisms of glomerulotubular balance, investigated using renal micropuncture techniques, and glomerular haemodynamics, studied through intravital videomicroscopy. He has also contributed to clinical and experimental research on fluid and electrolyte regulation and renal and hepatic disorders.
He has authored or co-authored more than 500 scientific publications, including numerous articles in international peer-reviewed medical journals.