Mr. Joan Melendez Muñoz is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologists based in Girona, Spain.
He attended medical school at Universitat Autónoma of Barcelona.
After graduating, he moved to London where he completed his general training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
After years combining clincal work and research, he became a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2013 and was awarded his Specialist certification in 2015.
That year he was offered a 2-year Pelvic Floor fellowship at Monash Health, in Melbourne, Australia. For over two years he worked in both clincal work and research focused on pelvic floor disorders and childbirth trauma.
In 2017 he was elevated to Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for his work and contribution to the field.
Dr. Melendez Muñoz is currently the head of the Pelvic Floor Unit at Hospital Dr.Josep Trueta, a tertiary University Hospital in the region of Girona, Spain.
He is and has been a member of different committees and working groups accross IUGA and ICS.
He has organised a number of workshops and International symposiums at several IUGA and ICS annual meetings as well at his local Hospital.
He specializes in uterovaginal prolapse, female urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and recurrent UTIs.
He often has national and international specialists visiting to share and learn different surgical techniques.