Samuel Curro Fernández
Twenty years of clinical work across four territories, from Cayenne Hospital to the remote follow-up of hundreds of respiratory patients at home. Today I combine clinical practice with evidence review, digital health and the clinical evaluation of AI systems.
Capabilities
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Musculoskeletal and sports rehabilitation
Sports injuries, workplace and road-traffic accidents, postoperative recovery and musculoskeletal pain. Functional assessment, clinical reasoning and individual plans with clear progression criteria.
- Functional assessment
- Manual therapy
- Therapeutic exercise and strength
- Dry needling
- Shockwave (ESWT)
- CRET radiofrequency, 448 kHz
- Diamagnetic therapy
- Surface EMG
- Temporomandibular disorders
- Postoperative care and fractures
- Occupational rehabilitation
- Return to activity
Respiratory and critical care
Respiratory rehabilitation in neonatal, paediatric and adult intensive care, paediatric on-call work, and home care for COPD, sleep apnoea and neuromuscular disease. Adult, paediatric and neonatal resuscitation.
- Respiratory physiotherapy
- Neonatal, paediatric and adult ICU
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Invasive and non-invasive ventilation
- CPAP / BiPAP
- COPD
- Sleep apnoea
- Neuromuscular disease
- Respiratory polygraphy
- Sleep diagnostics (ResMed)
- Caregiver education
Neurology, paediatrics and geriatrics
Neurological, postoperative and geriatric rehabilitation, and paediatric care for children with cerebral palsy and needs related to prematurity, with family education adapted to their resources.
- Neurorehabilitation
- Cerebral palsy
- Prematurity
- Geriatrics
- Postoperative care
- Family education
- Student supervision
Persistent pain and the biopsychosocial approach
Persistent pain approached with the psychology degree applied to rehabilitation: illness beliefs, emotional distress and treatment adherence.
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Pain education
- Illness beliefs (IPQ-R)
- Stratification and progression criteria
- Adherence
- Biopsychosocial framework
Digital health and remote follow-up
Remote follow-up of chronic respiratory patients: around 800 patients, review of telemonitoring data, adherence and alerts, and integration of home care with hospital teams.
- Remote patient monitoring
- Telemonitoring
- Adherence and alerts
- Home-to-hospital workflows
- Telehealth
- Clinical data reporting and analysis
- Multidisciplinary coordination
- Patient education
Healthcare AI and clinical review
Clinical evaluation of AI-generated health content and answers: plausibility, omissions, clarity and patient safety, backed by certified training in AI ethics.
- Clinical evaluation of language models
- Plausibility and omissions
- Patient safety
- AI ethics (University of Helsinki)
- Quality rubrics
- Multilingual review ES, FR, EN, PT
- Protocols and educational material
Evidence and research
Systematic reviews and clinical protocols following PRISMA and APA methods, critical reading of the literature and evidence summaries built for practical decisions.
- PRISMA
- APA
- Critical appraisal
- Evidence synthesis
- Rehabilitation protocols
- Open publication on Zenodo and ORCID
Instrumentation and prototyping
My own prototypes for measuring and reconstructing what the clinic usually estimates by eye. Lab work, not a product.
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound
- Open-source DICOM software
- Freehand 3D ultrasound
- IMU and sensor fusion
- sEMG and ECG
- Arduino, Raspberry Pi Pico, ESP32
- LoRa
Operations and extreme environments
Autonomous practice without a safety net, teamwork under physical and time pressure, and running a company of my own.
- Own practice in an isolated territory
- Culturally adapted care
- Healthcare service planning
- Helicopter-borne wildfire response
- FFESSM level 2 diver (PE40)
- Boat licence
- Company management and EU compliance
Languages and translation
Five working languages. Translation of scientific, legal and regulatory texts between Spanish, French and English.
- Spanish and Galician, native
- French, expert level
- English, advanced
- Portuguese, advanced
- Scientific and legal translation
- Clinical terminology ES, FR, EN
How I can work with you
Digital health and medtech
Clinical review of products and remote-follow-up workflows, patient education material and expert interviews on home respiratory care.
Healthcare AI
Clinical evaluation of AI-generated answers and content, rubric design and multilingual review in Spanish, French, English and Portuguese.
Expert networks and consultancies
Expert calls on rehabilitation, occupational health, home respiratory care and healthcare delivery in isolated settings.
Physiotherapy expert reports
Functional assessment and written reports on injuries from workplace and road-traffic accidents, for law firms and insurers.
Institutional and European projects
Member of the EIT Health expert pool and registered on the European Commission expert portal, for evaluation and ad hoc consultation.
Clinical work and international assignments
Clinical assignments of up to four months, with prior experience in two EU outermost regions and willingness to relocate.
Lab
My own projects. Each one says what state it is in, so none is mistaken for a finished product.
Freehand 3D ultrasound
PrototypeVolumetric reconstruction with a Telemed probe, a BNO085 inertial sensor and a Raspberry Pi Pico H. Without an external reference, yaw drift is the limit that shapes the whole design.
Biosensors and digital goniometry
In testingSurface EMG and ECG signals with an Olimex shield on Arduino, and a digital goniometer built on an M5StickS3 to measure joint range without relying on visual estimation.
Diver tracking with LoRa
ExplorationExploring a LoRa buoy to locate a diver from the surface, using TTGO T-Beam boards.
AGORA: consensus between language models
Personal projectA system that queries several models through OpenRouter and compares their answers until they reach a reasoned consensus.
Physiotherapy on the upper Maroni, French Guiana
Feasibility study, 2026A care proposal for Maripasoula, Papaïchton and Grand-Santi: care needs, patient access, travel logistics and the economics of home visits. Contact with the ARS, the CGSS and local actors to clarify reimbursement and installation conditions.
Research
Independent work, deposited openly on Zenodo with a DOI.
Complex regional pain syndrome
A biopsychosocial rehabilitation framework covering assessment, stratification and progression criteria, published in 2026.
Psychophysiology of offshore work
A review of psychological and physical risk in offshore oil and gas, and design of the ORPTP protocol for the psychophysiological rehabilitation of offshore workers.
Autism and anxiety in adolescence
An evidence review on autism spectrum disorder and generalised anxiety disorder: comorbidity and implications for clinical support.
Workplace mental health and burnout
Corporate mental health protocols and an analysis of professional burnout in demanding work settings.
Illness beliefs and emotional distress
A study of illness representations (IPQ-R) and anxiety and depressive symptoms in complex regional pain syndrome, carried out for the psychology degree.
Career
Years of practice in each territory.
Physiotherapist, Centro Médico Jacinto López
Musculoskeletal, sports and accident-related injuries. Individual rehabilitation plans and functional follow-up, with pain education and work on illness beliefs and adherence.
Home respiratory physiotherapist
Patients with COPD, sleep apnoea and neuromuscular disease on CPAP, BiPAP and mechanical ventilation. Review of telemonitoring data, adherence and alerts, and coordination with physicians and hospital teams.
Founder and director, Noresenza
Natural cosmetics and wellness company: product development, suppliers, e-commerce and EU regulatory compliance, including certification processes.
Helicopter-borne forest firefighter, Natutecnia
Team wildfire response, with operational decisions under physical and time pressure.
Own private practice, Mayotte
Neurological, paediatric and respiratory rehabilitation, including children with cerebral palsy and needs related to prematurity. Caregiver education adapted to local resources and a multilingual community.
French Guiana
Cayenne Hospital (2008 to 2010): respiratory care and rehabilitation in neonatal, paediatric and adult intensive care, with service coordination and student supervision. Practice in Rémire-Montjoly (2010 to 2011). Paediatric respiratory on-call care (2008 to 2011).
Mainland France and Corsica
Neurological, postoperative and geriatric rehabilitation in clinics and French Red Cross facilities, with supervision of physiotherapy students. Intermittent contracts.
Centro Médico O Castro
Outpatient rehabilitation of musculoskeletal and traffic-related injuries.
Education
Diploma in Physiotherapy, University of Vigo
Qualification recognised in France.
Degree in Psychology, UNED
Clinical and health track.
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, University of Helsinki
Mental Health in Muslim Communities, Cardiff University
Training linked to the experience in Mayotte.
Official College of Physiotherapists of Galicia
Member no. 3822.
Frequently asked questions
What does Samuel Curro do?
He is a physiotherapist with about twenty years of clinical practice. Besides his practice, he works on remote follow-up of respiratory patients, evidence review and clinical evaluation of healthcare AI content.
Where has he practised?
In Galicia, mainland France and Corsica, French Guiana (Cayenne and Rémire-Montjoly) and Mayotte, plus interventions in the Comoros.
Does he write expert reports?
Yes: physiotherapy functional-assessment reports on injuries from workplace and road-traffic accidents, for law firms and insurers. He keeps strictly to the scope of physiotherapy.
Does he work remotely or on international assignments?
Both: remote consulting and freelance projects from Spain, and international clinical assignments of up to four months.
Which languages does he speak?
Spanish and Galician native, French at expert level, English and Portuguese advanced.
Contact
Write with the project context, the timeline and the working language. I reply in Spanish, French or English.
fisioterapia@samuelcurro.com