About Valentina Ponnefz Grizales:
Dr. Valentina Ponnefz Grizales is a Phonoaudiologist graduated from the Unidad Metropolitana in the city of Barranquilla. With postgraduate studies in Alterations of Deglutition (Deglutologa), obtained the title of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, ??Spain and active member of the European Association for swallowing disorders.
From the beginning of her career, her studies are always focused on the forefront, in the areas of: orofacial motor skills, swallowing and aesthetic phonoaudiology; Prioritizing the swallowing aspect, since the oropharyngeal dysphagia despite being the only digestive pathology that despite being extraordinarily prevalent and the single disorder of digestive physiology that has as a usual complication the death of the patient, is a great unknown as well to the diagnosis and treatment.
For this reason, it creates in its consultation in the city of Barranquilla, the programs of "Clínica de la Deglución," "Clínica del Lenguaje (Adultos), y Fonoestetica. In the swallowing clinic, she performs the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of memory disorders also known as oropharyngeal dysphagia. Both in infants, children, and adults with different etiologies that may or may not show a compromise of the upper airway. (For more information about this area and the Dysphagia, see annex information for patients below the page). Language Clinic, a program aimed at neurorehabilitation of language in older adults who have lost their ability to communicate efficiently secondary to a brain injury, neurosurgery or those suffering from neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. This is a support of specialized software in neurorehabilitation being unique in the city and by qualified personnel for that purpose. Finally, the aesthetic phonoaudiology area that was born in Brazil and bases its principles on the orofacial motor skills. Through it, it seeks to reduce wrinkles and soften the lines of expression specific to the face and neck areas, in a natural way and without side effects. It is indicated for individuals who wish to harmonize their face and present problems in blood coagulation, allergies, want to avoid painful and invasive procedures, preoperatively and postoperatively of surgeries in the neck and neck, as well as the preoperative and postoperative bariatric surgery.