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On the first day of medical school they always tell you, “As a doctor, you never stop being a student”. With medicine constantly advancing, and new treatments and insights developing every day, continuing education is very important for physicians in any field. Physicians have a responsibility to stay on the pulse of these rapid changes […]

The Orthohealing Center’s Assistant Research Coordinator, Hunter Vincent, will be presenting OHC’s recently published work, Autologous Bone Marrow Concentrate: Review and Application of a Novel Intra-Articular Orthobiologic for Cartilage Disease, at the 10th annual OMTEC conference in Chicago on June 11th & 12th. The Orthopaedic Manufacturing & Technology Exposition and Conference will draw nearly 1,000 executives in

After a spinal cord injury, the injured cord is flooded with copious amounts of inflammatory messengers called cytokines.  This rush of pro-inflammatory cells has been shown to cause something called Gliosis, which is essentially the proliferation and build-up of cells that compose the spinal cord.  This excessive cellular production has been shown to cause scarring

Dr. Scott Rodeo of Hospital for Special Surgery recently presented some of his newest research in biologic therapy in a scientific poster, “Use of Human Placental-Derived Adherent Stromal Cells Improves Tendon Healing in a Preclinical Model of Tendon Injury.”  Dr. Rodeo’s initial findings in this pre-clinical model suggest three very important conclusions: Cells expanded from

A new study, recently published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, looked at the effectiveness of 3 repeated Platelet Rich Plasma The recently published study was conducted on 28 athletes, 17 professional and 11 semi-professional, diagnosed with chronic PT that did not respond to any other non surgical treatment options. Each athlete received 3 PRP

Scientists out of the University of Basel have reported the first-ever successful nose reconstruction utilizing cartilage grown in a laboratory. Cartilage cells were taken from a patient’s own septum, and through extensive laboratory techniques, were multiplied and expanded onto a collagen membrane.  This technique for growing cartilage from a patient’s own cells is known as

We are excited to have Dr. Imran Siddiqui from the Department of PM&R at Spaulding/Harvard University spend a month with us in the clinic. Collaboration with academic institutions & physicians is important for advancing the fields of Platelet Rich Plasma and Orthobiologics. We believe it is important to share our experiences and techniques with aspiring students, up

TOBI: The Orthobiologic Institute alumni & faculty Dr. Gerard Malanga & Dr. Kenneth Mautner have published a brand new textbook, Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Musculoskeletal Injections, providing clear and concise descriptions of more than 100 ultrasound guided injections. This book encompasses the cumulative knowledge and experience of many of the global leaders in ultrasound-guided injection therapy. The

 A recent article featured in Orthopedics This Week discussed exciting developments in the field of regenerative orthopedics, presented at the New York Stem Cell Summit in February.  A clinical trial conducted out of Shanghai’s Renji Hospital analyzed the effects of fat-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on knee osteoarthritis. Not only did the study reveal no adverse side

Dr. Sampson and Dr. Aufiero, along with the Orthohealing Center’s Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator, Hunter Vincent, published a new article in Orthopreneur titled “Orthobiologics: A New Frontier in Orthopaedics”. The article discusses the emergence of the newly coined term “Orthobiologics”, describing it as a class of groundbreaking new therapies with a “specific emphasis on tissue