Beverly Hills clinic, founded 2010, that separates cells from a patient's own fat tissue and reinjects them under an investigational protocol.
The California Stem Cell Treatment Center is a private clinic founded in 2010 by Dr Elliot Lander and Dr Mark Berman. It treats patients at two sites in California, one at 120 South Spalding Drive in Beverly Hills and one in Rancho Mirage. The centre describes its procedure as minimally invasive, meaning it is done through a small opening rather than open surgery.
The treatment described involves taking fat tissue from the patient, processing it to isolate what is called the stromal vascular fraction (SVF), and reinjecting it into the same patient. The stromal vascular fraction is the mixture of cells left after the fat cells themselves are removed; the centre refers to these as the patient's own stem cells. The site mentions this being used in relation to knee osteoarthritis, the lower back and interstitial cystitis, a long-term bladder condition.
The centre groups the areas it works in under broad headings rather than a specific disease list: orthopaedics, neurology, autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, urology, cardiac and pulmonary, and wellness. It states that it publishes peer-reviewed research and follows patients with condition-specific assessments for five years after treatment. Those follow-up arrangements are described by the centre itself and have not been independently verified. Prospective patients go through a consultation and assessment rather than simply booking a procedure.
The centre lists broad areas of medicine rather than specific diagnoses. Ask what published evidence supports the use of this treatment in your particular condition, and whether you would be treated under a research protocol.
Only the patient's own tissue is described; no donor material is mentioned:
The Beverly Hills office is at 120 South Spalding Drive, Suite 300, Beverly Hills, California 90212, and the centre also has a site at 72780 Country Club Drive, Suite 301, Rancho Mirage, California 92270. The telephone number given is 424-587-2180. The centre was established in 2010. Opening hours, languages spoken and any arrangements for patients travelling from abroad are not stated on the website.
No prices or consultation fees are published on the website. Treatments of this kind are generally paid for by the patient rather than by insurance, so ask for a written quote covering assessment, the procedure itself and the five years of follow-up the centre describes.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.