Occupational Therapist
Fleni, Argentina
Melania Ron is a Senior Occupational Therapist (O. T.) in Centro de Rehabilitación Adultos (CR), Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas Raúl Carrea (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has worked since 1995 in neurological rehabilitation. She coordinates the O. T. unit in FLENI. Her main areas of expertise are in adults rehabilitation and programme evaluation. She participates in several researches, local and multicentre ones. She also currently conducts training courses for occupational therapists in the field of neurological rehabilitation as well. In 2010, her study "Socio-economic impact of a trauma disease in Argentina." received the National Academy of Medicine Award. She has been a speaker in several education and training activities in the field of neurological rehabilitation.