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We were thrilled to have Dr Alan Lazar an orthopaedic surgeon from Plantation Florida visit our LA center recently. Dr Lazar specializes in minimally invasive arthroscopy and uses PRP in the operating room to facilitate recovery naturally. Also he has been injecting PRP in many patients. Most interestingly, Dr Lazar is one of few doctors pioneering adult fat stem cell injections to potentially regenerate cartilage & reduce pain from osteoarthritis. Various doctors are combining adult stem cells with PRP to get maximum results. Best of luck to Dr Lazar and many thanks to our patients allowing him to observe PRP ultrasound guided procedures. 
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Congratulations to our beloved medical assistant Mari Morales for her dedicated commitment to community service. Mari created a non profit organization “One for All” that benefits children in the Inglewood community. Twice annually children attend the event & bring their report card from school. If they get A’s & B’s they qualify for a special gift. This Christmas they each received a toy. Mari has been able to do this year after year with little financial support and we are more than happy to support her goodwill. The next event will be in June. Anyone interested in helping children in an under served local community in Los Angeles, can view the web site for a donation:
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Certified as preceptors, Dr Steven Sampson & Dr Danielle Aufiero now train medical students from Western University of Health Sciences. At the Orthohealing Center we hope to educate medical students so that they learn more about Physiatry and non-surgical orthopaedic options. Medical students learn communication skills, history taking and diagnostic tools in order to be successful Physicians in the future.
In an effort to provide the most powerful natural based healing options to demanding patients, I travelled to Canada to met with researchers who are developing technology that may take the standards of PRP therapy to another level! After being contacted by a group of researchers, I agreed to visit their clinic & lab to investigate their findings. We will begin trials of this technology in my office at the Orthohealing Center in Los Angeles innext couple of weeks. This technique apparently can regenerate bone and most likely cartilage at a much more potent rate than platelet Rich Plasma. While Platelet Rich Plasma has inspired me to immerse myself in the field of orthobiologics, there are some limitations. For example tendon studies have shown most but not all patients responded favorably. This most likely results from mo
re complicated cases as well as from reasons we don’t quite understand yet. Therefore we are striving to incorporate the most state of the art technology to encourage the body’s ability to self heal. While it’s great that many doctors are beginning to explore with PRP therapy to promote it’s widespread use, after 3 years and hundreds of injections performed we are loking further.
Along with Orthopaedist Ben DuBois MD, Dr Steven Sampson will be hosting a training seminar “Introduction to Shoulder Ultrasound.” The course will be in Seattle WA on June 27, 2009 from 8:30am-5:30pm. Dr Sampson also will be acting as a Preceptor to train physicians who are beginning their ultrasound training.
A PDF brochure is available on this link.
Also, Dr Sampson will discuss his research & clinical experience with PRP, Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy.
Additionally Physicians from around the world visit Dr Sampson’s Office: The Orthohealing Center in Los Angeles for training of platelet Rich Plasma procedures with ultrasound guidance.
For more info on PRP training: www.orthohealing.com
