A small single-physician clinic in Rapid City, South Dakota offering fat-derived stem cell treatment as an affiliate of the Cell Surgical Network.
Dakota Stem Cell Institute is a small clinic in Rapid City, South Dakota, founded and run by Dr Raymond Pierce. The site describes it as an affiliate of the Cell Surgical Network, which it characterises as a large international group of physician scientists. The address given on the site is 211 Founders Park Drive, Suite 2, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, with a telephone number and a direct email address for the founder.
The treatment described is autologous (from the patient's own body): the site states that stem cells are taken from the layer of fat beneath the skin and then returned to the patient so that the cells' own healing capacity can be used. An educational page on the site explains the clinic's reasoning for choosing fat, describing three pools of adult stem cells in the body — a small circulating pool in the blood, a larger pool in bone marrow that it says declines with age, and a large and relatively stable reserve in fat tissue.
The site is notably thin on clinical specifics. It refers to treating inflammatory and degenerative conditions but names no particular diagnoses, gives no treatment protocol, and publishes no prices, no founding year and no information on languages. It also does not state on the pages reviewed whether the treatment is offered within a registered study or what regulatory status it has, which is a question a prospective patient would need to put to the clinic directly.
A reader comparing options should also note the gap between the site's general statement that healing depends on the balance between available stem cells and the size of an injury, and any claim about results. The site does not publish outcome data, success rates or follow-up figures.
The site refers only in general terms to inflammatory and degenerative conditions and does not publish a list of specific diagnoses it treats.
The site states that it harvests the patient's own stem cells from the fat layer beneath the skin and reintroduces them so the cells' natural healing ability can be used.
The site names one physician.
The clinic is a small consulting practice in Rapid City, South Dakota. The site gives the address as 211 Founders Park Drive, Suite 2, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, with the telephone number (605) 342-8348 and an email address for the founder. It presents the practice as an affiliate of the Cell Surgical Network rather than as a stand-alone laboratory, and it does not describe an on-site theatre, cell processing laboratory, accreditation or inpatient facilities on the pages reviewed. Note that some third-party listings give an earlier address at 208 Federal Avenue, so the current address should be confirmed before travelling.
The site publishes no prices and makes no statement about cost, insurance or payment. A prospective patient would have to contact the clinic directly to find out what treatment would 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.