Attending Physician
Woundcare Program, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1961, Hubert Vuagnat studied in Geneva and graduated with an MD in 1989. He discovered the rich and fantastic world of rehabilitation in which he was certified in 1996. In 1997, he received the prize of the European Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for his thesis work on “early bone biochemical markers changes in spinal cord injury”.
Through collaborations with Doctors without borders, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organisation and other NGO’s, he is deeply involved in promoting and teaching both simple modern woundcare methods and linked rehabilitation in low resourced countries.
He currently is co-chair of the WHO skin health, woundcare and rehabilitation group fostered by the WHO Neglected Tropical Diseases department.
Active member of ACRM for more than 20 years, in 2015, he received the Edward LOWMANN award and in 2018 was made a fellow of the society (FACRM). He has strong interests in rehabilitation, continence mechanisms, pain, sexuality and handicap, wound care in rehabilitation and is dedicated to the implementation of interdisciplinary and holistic approaches to patient care.
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