Dr. Martin Vidal, who started his horse career on a Thoroughbred racetrack in Munich Germany at age 14, is double-boarded by the American Colleges of Veterinary Surgery as well as Sport Medicine and Rehabilitation and is one of the pioneers in the area of stem cell research and its therapeutic application.

Dr. Vidal began his undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Wisconsin and then completed his veterinary training in 2000 at the University of Liverpool. Dr. Vidal started his career in private practice in the UK at the Minster Equine Veterinary Clinic and in Australia where he completed his internship at the Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital. During his internship Dr. Vidal frequently treated injured horses with bone marrow transfers, an early form of equine regenerative therapy for tendon and ligament injuries.