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. Available for international assignments and remote collaboration.
What I can contribute
International clinical assignments
Respiratory physiotherapy, critical care and rehabilitation with experience in France and overseas territories.
Digital health and clinical AI
Clinical review of AI, remote monitoring and digital health products grounded in hands-on patient care.
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
- 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
- Inertial sensors
- Motion and physiological signal measurement
- Embedded electronics
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
Healthcare AI
A clinician inside the development and evaluation loop: what a model says, what it leaves out and what it could do to a patient.
Clinical evaluation of language models
Review of answers on rehabilitation, respiratory care and musculoskeletal health: clinical plausibility, relevant omissions, clarity for the patient and red flags the model should have mentioned.
Rubrics and annotation guidelines
Designing quality criteria that two reviewers can apply the same way: what counts as a minor, serious or critical error, and how to score an answer that is correct but incomplete.
Multilingual review
Spanish, French, English and Portuguese, with attention to clinical terminology and to differences between health systems, which a model translates easily and adapts poorly.
Multi-model systems
Development of AGORA, a personal system that queries several models and compares their answers until they reach a reasoned consensus. Disagreement between models is treated as a signal that deserves human review, not as noise.
Ethics and limits
Certified training in AI ethics from the University of Helsinki. My position: AI supports clinical judgement and does not replace it, and no patient data should enter a system without a clear basis for doing so. I do not diagnose through this website and I do not certify medical devices.
Approach
How I understand the body and pain, and how I bring that into the clinic.
Pain is not the same as damage
Pain is a protective construction of the nervous system, and it can persist after tissue has healed. Intense pain does not by itself mean a serious injury, and understanding this changes what the patient dares to do.
Body and mind are one system
Beliefs, fear, mood and sleep shape pain and recovery as much as tissue does. My psychology training lets me measure them (illness beliefs with the IPQ-R, for example) instead of assuming them.
Explain before treating
A patient who understands what is happening, what is expected of them and how long it will take adheres better and fears less. Education is part of the treatment, not a preliminary step.
Movement and progressive loading
Dosed exercise is the base of most plans. Passive techniques and physical agents have their place when they open a window to move better, not as a substitute for movement.
Measure, do not assume
Explicit progression criteria (range, strength, load tolerance, pain response) so patient and therapist know why they advance or wait. This is also where my interest in instrumentation comes from.
Persistent pain
In chronic pain, such as complex regional pain syndrome, the realistic goal is to regain function and confidence in stages. My biopsychosocial rehabilitation framework is openly published.
Career
I started in Galicia, spent eight years practising in France and its overseas territories, and came back to Galicia to combine clinical work with digital health and evidence. Open each stage to see what I did and with what.
Years of practice in each territory.
Galicia, since 2019
2019 to todayPhysiotherapist, Centro Médico Jacinto López
Musculoskeletal, sports and accident rehabilitation in a medical centre, with a daily caseload of eight to nine patients.
Physiotherapist, Centro Médico Jacinto López
Musculoskeletal, sports and accident rehabilitation in a medical centre, with a daily caseload of eight to nine patients.
- Conditions
- Lower limb: post-arthroscopy rehabilitation, muscle tears such as the gastrocnemius, and tendinopathies of the posterior peri-Achilles region. Groin and pelvis: pubalgia, osteitis pubis and sacroiliac joint dysfunction. Spine: low back pain and disc herniation, including L5-S1. Upper limb: epicondylosis. Fractures and postoperative care in general.
- Accident cases
- Workplace and road-traffic injuries, with functional assessment at the start, progress reports when requested and return-to-work goals.
- Techniques
- Manual therapy, therapeutic and strength exercise, dry needling, CRET radiofrequency at 448 kHz (daily use), shockwave, diamagnetic therapy and motor-control retraining for the lumbar spine.
- Clinical reasoning
- Progression by criteria rather than by calendar: range, strength, load tolerance and pain response. Pain and expectation education from the first session, and work on beliefs and adherence.
2020 to 2023Home respiratory physiotherapist
Follow-up of around 800 chronic respiratory patients at home, in coordination with physicians and hospital teams.
Home respiratory physiotherapist
Follow-up of around 800 chronic respiratory patients at home, in coordination with physicians and hospital teams.
- Patients
- COPD, sleep apnoea and neuromuscular disease, treated with CPAP, BiPAP and mechanical ventilation.
- Telemonitoring
- Regular review of usage and treatment-effectiveness data, alert management and intervention when adherence was low.
- Diagnostics
- Respiratory polygraphy and sleep studies with ResMed equipment.
- Coordination
- Reports to physicians and hospital services, and education for patients and carers so that treatment works outside the hospital.
In parallelIndependent consulting: clinical AI evaluation and expert calls
Clinical review of AI-generated content and expert consultations on rehabilitation, occupational health and home respiratory care.
Independent consulting: clinical AI evaluation and expert calls
Clinical review of AI-generated content and expert consultations on rehabilitation, occupational health and home respiratory care.
- AI evaluation
- Review of language-model answers in Spanish, French, English and Portuguese, with rubrics for plausibility, omissions and safety.
- Expert networks
- Calls with consultancies and expert networks, member of the EIT Health expert pool and registered on the European Commission expert portal.
- Publication
- Reviews and protocols deposited openly on Zenodo with a DOI.
Founder and director, Noresenza
Natural cosmetics and wellness company: product development, suppliers, e-commerce and EU regulatory compliance, including certification processes.
Field and overseas, 2007 to 2019
Helicopter-borne forest firefighter, Natutecnia
Team wildfire response, with operational decisions under physical and time pressure.
2014 to 2015Own private practice, Mayotte
My own practice in an isolated territory, with neurological, paediatric and respiratory rehabilitation.
Own private practice, Mayotte
My own practice in an isolated territory, with neurological, paediatric and respiratory rehabilitation.
- Patients
- Children with cerebral palsy and needs related to prematurity, adults with neurological sequelae and respiratory patients.
- Context
- Autonomous practice without a safety net, in a multilingual community with limited resources. Family education was adapted to what they had at home, not to what a hospital would have.
- Comoros
- Clinical interventions in the Comoros.
- Related training
- Course on mental health in Muslim communities (Cardiff University).
2008 to 2011French Guiana
Three years across Cayenne Hospital, paediatric respiratory on-call duty and a practice in Rémire-Montjoly.
French Guiana
Three years across Cayenne Hospital, paediatric respiratory on-call duty and a practice in Rémire-Montjoly.
- Cayenne Hospital, 2008 to 2010
- Respiratory care and rehabilitation in neonatal, paediatric and adult intensive care. Adult, paediatric and neonatal resuscitation.
- Coordination and teaching
- Coordination of the physiotherapy service and supervision of students.
- Paediatric respiratory on-call, 2008 to 2011
- Urgent care for children with respiratory disease outside regular hours.
- Practice in Rémire-Montjoly, 2010 to 2011
- A physiotherapy practice in a multicultural territory, with families of widely varying resources and backgrounds.
2007 to 2013Mainland France and Corsica
Intermittent contracts in clinics and French Red Cross facilities.
Mainland France and Corsica
Intermittent contracts in clinics and French Red Cross facilities.
- Settings
- Neurological, postoperative and geriatric rehabilitation in clinics and French Red Cross facilities.
- Teaching
- Supervision of physiotherapy students.
- What it gave me
- Adapting quickly to different teams, protocols and populations, which later became the base for autonomous practice.
Beginnings, 2006
Centro Médico O Castro
Outpatient rehabilitation of musculoskeletal and traffic-related injuries.
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.
Ask about thisHealthcare AI
Clinical evaluation of AI-generated answers and content, rubric design and multilingual review in Spanish, French, English and Portuguese.
Ask about thisExpert networks and consultancies
Expert calls on rehabilitation, occupational health, home respiratory care and healthcare delivery in isolated settings.
Ask about thisPhysiotherapy expert reports
Functional assessment and written reports on injuries from workplace and road-traffic accidents, for law firms and insurers.
Ask about thisInstitutional and European projects
Member of the EIT Health expert pool and registered on the European Commission expert portal, for evaluation and ad hoc consultation.
Ask about thisClinical work and international assignments
Clinical assignments of up to four months, with prior experience in two EU outermost regions and willingness to relocate.
Ask about thisLab
My own projects, described in broad strokes. Each one states its status so none is mistaken for a finished product.
3D ultrasound reconstruction
PrototypeVolumes reconstructed from freehand ultrasound.
Ask about thisObjective measurement in rehabilitation
In testingIn-house tools to measure movement and physiological signals without relying on visual estimation.
Ask about thisDiver localisation
ExplorationExploring a surface-based localisation system.
Ask about thisPhysiotherapy on the upper Maroni, French Guiana
Feasibility study, 2026A care proposal for the isolated communes along the Maroni river: care needs, patient access and the economic viability of home visits.
Ask about thisResearch
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.
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 (CoFiGa)
Member no. 3822.
Ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes, France
Registered under no. 78337.
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.
What does he bring to healthcare AI projects?
Clinical judgement to evaluate language-model answers, rubric design, review in Spanish, French, English and Portuguese, and certified training in AI ethics.
What is his approach to persistent pain?
Biopsychosocial: pain education, exercise and progressive loading, and work on beliefs and adherence, with explicit progression criteria.
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.
Can I send him clinical data by email?
Not in a first message. This website is not a clinical consultation channel: write with the project context and, if appropriate, a suitable channel will be agreed.
Contact
Write with the project context, the timeline and the working language. I reply in Spanish, French or English.
kine@samuelcurro.com- Location
- Vilaboa, Galicia, Spain. I work remotely and accept clinical assignments of up to four months.
- Languages
- Spanish, Galician, French, English and Portuguese.
- To get started
- State the type of collaboration, the timeline and the format. I prefer to coordinate by email and move to a call when needed.