Associate Professor Albert Sole Guitart is a Clinical Associate Professor in Equine Surgery at the School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland. He earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2007. He then completed internships at the University of Guelph in Canada and at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Kentucky. Sole Guitart undertook surgical residency training at the University of California, Davis, achieving board certification as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2013. He remained at UC Davis as an Equine Surgical Specialist for two additional years, during which he developed a new technique for delivering stem cells to the equine limb using regional limb perfusion. In 2014, he relocated to Australia and worked at Camden Equine Centre, University of Sydney, for nearly three years before joining the University of Queensland.

His research interests encompass equine orthopedics, minimally invasive surgery such as laparoscopy, arthroscopy, and endoscopy, equine endurance physiology, and poor performance in horses. He specializes in soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, with a focus on managing performance problems in endurance horses. Sole Guitart has contributed extensively to the literature, authoring book chapters including 'Disorders of the Hip in Horses' (2024, MSD Veterinary Manual), 'Abdominal Hernia in Adult Horses' (2019, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult), and 'Management Practices that Influence Wound Infection and Healing' (2017, Equine Wound Management). Notable journal publications include 'Laser Fenestration of the Dorsal Pharyngeal Recess Does Not Correct Experimentally Induced Dorsal Nasopharyngeal Collapse in Horses' (2026, Veterinary Surgery), 'Dynamic Nasopharyngeal Collapse in Horses: What We Know So Far' (2024, Equine Veterinary Journal), 'Heat Stress in Horses: A Literature Review' (2023, International Journal of Biometeorology), 'Standing Laryngeal Tie-Forward as a Successful Treatment of Cleft Palate in a 3-Month-Old Foal' (2023, Veterinary Record Case Reports), and 'The Use of Percutaneous Thermal Sensing Microchips to Measure Body Temperature in Horses During and After Exercise Using Three Different Cool-Down Methods' (2022, Animals). He supervises higher-degree research students on topics including exertional heat illness in racehorses and laminitis pathogenesis, and has obtained funding for projects on equine cooling techniques, wound healing, and rehabilitation.

Professional Email: a.guitart@uq.edu.au