Melina Longoni, MD

RESEARCHER
Universidad Abierta Interamericana
BRUNETE, Madrid, Spain

MD specialist in rehabilitation, hyperbaric medicine, complementary therapies, child rehabilitation and wound healing.
From 2012 to 2022, she was president of the Committee of Doctors in Training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Latin America (AMLAR-Res), currently, she chairs the Latin American Committee on Information Management (CLAGIR) and is vice-chair of the Committee of the Americas of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA). Physician at the advanced neurorehabilitation unit at the Los Madroños Hospital, Madrid. Professor of the Master's Degree in wound healing at the Inter-American Open University. Buenos Aires and the Master's Degree in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of the Americas in Ecuador. She is a researcher at the CAECIHS of the Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Rosario Argentina. She is an Honorary Member of COMEFYR (College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Mexico). He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Neurorehabilitation. She is co-creator of the Sexability Space. Co-author of the book Sexability, sexual empowerment of disabilities (2020). collaborates with national and international non-profit associations of people with disabilities such as the Neurodiversity Foundation and Sustain Our Abilities. He has received awards and recognitions internationally.

Presentation(s):

• Fostering an Interdisciplinary Woundcare E-learning in Neglected Tropical Diseases for the World Health Organization, a Step Toward Lessening Function Loss 1849

  Thursday, October 30, 2025
  11:15 AM - 11:30 AM