Hugo Núñez Bernadet is from Punta del Este, Uruguay, and Medical Specialist in Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine with area of expertise Neurorehabilitation.
He is Advisory Director of the Maldonado Rehabilitation Center, Uruguay, and Head of the Physiatry service at SEMM-Mautone Sanatorium, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
He is former president of the Uruguayan Society of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine (SURMEFI), former president of the Latin American Medical Association of Rehabilitation (AMLAR), and former Dean of the CLAEH University Medical School, Punta del Este, Uruguay.