Rate My Professor Rafael Labens

After initial equine practice in Germany, Labens completed specialty training through a rotating internship at the University of Liège in Belgium, a senior clinical scholarship in equine surgery at the University of Glasgow, and a residency at North Carolina State University. He has held clinical appointments at the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and North Carolina State University, maintaining adjunct faculty status at the latter. At Charles Sturt University, his research interests center on equine surgical and orthopaedic conditions, musculoskeletal diseases, wound healing, and diagnostic imaging techniques such as elastography and MRI. Notable publications include "Intratumoural tigilanol tiglate in the multicentre treatment of equine sarcoids and cutaneous melanomas" (2026), "A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma products for treatment of equine joint disease" (2024), "Wound healing of experimental equine skin wounds and concurrent microbiota in wound dressings following topical propylene glycol gel treatment" (2023), and "Influence of screw configuration on reduction and stabilization of simulated complete lateral condylar fracture in equine limbs" (2024). Labens serves as Associate Editor for the journal Veterinary Surgery.