A Los Angeles podiatry practice led by Payam Nikravesh, DPM, offering foot and ankle surgery, sports medicine and regenerative injections including stem cell treatment.
Dr. Nik's Foot & Ankle Center is a podiatry practice on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The site names Payam Nikravesh, known on the site as Dr. Nik, as the treating podiatrist and describes him as double board certified.
The practice is presented as a foot and ankle specialist rather than a stem cell clinic. Its main work is podiatric: surgery for bunions, hammer toes and Morton's neuroma, treatment of heel pain and plantar fasciitis, sports injuries, diabetic wound care, custom orthotics and general podiatry.
Within that work the site offers what it calls regenerative medicine, listing stem cell treatment and platelet rich plasma (prepared from the patient's own blood). The site states that the aim is to shorten recovery by supporting the body's own healing. It does not say where the cells used come from, whether they are taken from the patient or from a donor, or how they are prepared, and readers wanting that detail would have to ask the practice.
The site's claim that these treatments will get rid of pain for good is the practice's own marketing statement and is not supported by evidence presented on the site.
The site names the following foot and ankle problems among those treated.
The site lists stem cell treatment as one of its regenerative medicine options for foot and ankle pain, offered alongside platelet rich plasma.
The site names one clinician.
According to the site the practice is a single podiatry office at 6404 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600, in Los Angeles, offering consultation, in-office procedures and foot and ankle surgery. The site does not describe the premises in any detail, name an operating theatre or hospital affiliation, or state any accreditation.
The site gives no prices and makes no statement about what stem cell or other treatment costs.
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.