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Overview
CellMater HN is a stem cell clinic in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Its contact page places it in Barrio Suyapa, on 12 Avenida Sur Oeste between 9 and 10 Calle, next to Grupo Génesis and opposite the Tosuvin workshop, two blocks north of the church of San Vicente de Paúl, and gives two landline numbers alongside a WhatsApp contact. The site is in Spanish, and also refers to work carried out in Tegucigalpa at other hospitals.
The clinic states that it carried out the first stem cell implant in Central America on 27 October 2007, in two patients with diagnoses of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, and that it has since performed roughly forty-four further procedures for conditions including diabetes and spinal cord injury. These are the clinic's own figures and are not independently verified here; the site does not publish outcome data.
On cell sources the site is unusually explicit. It says it works with adult stem cells drawn from peripheral blood, umbilical cord, bone marrow, adipose tissue, molar teeth and cornea, and states that it does not use embryonic cells, citing both rejection risk and ethical objections. It does not say, on the pages read, which source is used for which condition.
Treatment is grouped into five areas on the site: autoimmune disease, neurological conditions, lung disease, orthopaedic applications, and erectile dysfunction with facial aesthetic treatment. The clinic names four specialists, led by Dr Raúl Wilfredo Galeano Milla, a haematologist who the site says has worked in stem cell therapy since 2007, alongside a cardiologist, an orthopaedic surgeon and a plastic surgeon. Prices are not published.
At a Glance
Location
San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras
Address
Hospital Cemesa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Also: Hospital del Valle and Hospital Honduras Medical Center, Tegucigalpa | cellmaterhn.com | Facebook: cellmaterhn | PIONEERS: First stem cell implant in Central America performed Oct. 27, 2007 at Hospital Cemesa, San Pedro Sula (2 patients: Parkinson's and Alzheimer's) — first in Central America to use MSCs via intracerebral arterial injection
Google Rating
5 ★ (15 reviews)
Services and Treatments Offered
- Adult stem cell therapy for autoimmune disease
- Adult stem cell therapy for neurological conditions
- Adult stem cell therapy for lung disease
- Adult stem cell therapy in orthopaedics
- Treatment for erectile dysfunction
- Facial aesthetic treatment
Conditions Treated
The site groups its work into the following areas and names these conditions.
Autoimmune diseasesNeurological conditions, including Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's diseaseSpinal cord injuryLung diseasesOrthopaedic and joint conditionsDiabetesErectile dysfunctionFacial ageing
Cell Sources and Technologies
The site states the clinic uses adult stem cells only, drawn from a range of tissues, and that it declines to use embryonic cells on both safety and ethical grounds.
Peripheral blood — named by the site as a source of adult stem cellsUmbilical cord — named by the site; this would be allogeneic, that is from a donor rather than the patientBone marrow — named by the siteAdipose (fat) tissue — named by the siteMolar teeth — named by the site as a source of adult stem cellsCornea — named by the site as a source of adult stem cellsThe site states that embryonic cells are not used. It does not say which source is used for which condition.
Physicians and Clinical Team
The site names four specialists with their qualifications and the years in which they were obtained.
Dr Raúl Wilfredo Galeano Milla — haematology and immunohaematology; the site states he qualified in medicine and surgery at the National Autonomous University of Honduras in 1988, completed a postgraduate qualification in oncohaematology in 1995, is board certified in haematology, and has worked in stem cell therapy since 2007Dra Luz María Deras Mejía — cardiology; the site states she qualified in medicine and surgery at the National Autonomous University of Honduras in 1989, with postgraduate cardiology training and subspecialty training in echocardiography and clinical electrophysiologyDr Marco Antonio Bones Tábora — orthopaedic surgery and traumatology; the site states he qualified at the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico in 1977 with orthopaedic training from 1981 to 1984Dr Evens Javier Carbajal Padilla — plastic and reconstructive surgery; the site states he qualified in medicine and general surgery at the National Autonomous University of Honduras in 2003, qualified as a general surgeon in 2010 and as a plastic surgeon in 2014
Facility and Patient Experience
The clinic is located in Barrio Suyapa in San Pedro Sula, with directions on the site given by local landmarks as well as a street address. The site says it also provides services in Tegucigalpa at other hospitals, which suggests that some treatment takes place at third-party premises rather than at the clinic itself. It states a mission of providing a service to international standards while protecting patient confidentiality, and an ambition to lead stem cell therapy in Central America, but names no accrediting body and describes no laboratory of its own on the pages read.
- Address: 12 Avenida Sur Oeste, between 9 and 10 Calle, Barrio Suyapa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras — next to Grupo Génesis, opposite the Tosuvin workshop, two blocks north of the church of San Vicente de Paúl
- Telephone: +504 2552 6416 and +504 2550 1506
- WhatsApp: +504 9982 7250
- Email: dr.galeano@cellmaterhn.com
- The site states the clinic also provides services in Tegucigalpa at other hospitals
- Site language: Spanish
- No accrediting body is named and no laboratory of its own is described on the pages read
Cost and Payment
The site does not publish prices for stem cell therapy or any other treatment, and gives no indication of cost.
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.