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Overview
Forte Sports Medicine and Orthopedics is a physician-owned orthopaedic group with several offices across central Indiana. Its Carmel site is the largest, with a physicians' clinic and a separate rehabilitation suite in the same building on Illinois Street, and the site lists more than twenty surgeons and specialists as seeing patients there.
The practice describes a broad orthopaedic service: sports medicine, interventional pain management, joint replacement, imaging, rehabilitation and workers' compensation care, together with a walk-in orthopaedic clinic that the site says runs on weekday mornings and on Saturday mornings.
Cell-based work sits within what the practice calls orthobiologics. According to that page, the injections it offers include bone marrow aspirate concentrate, which it says holds several cell types including mesenchymal stem cells, and microgranulated fat aspirate, which it says holds mesenchymal signalling cells. Both are taken from the patient's own body.
A separate article on the same site is unusually frank for a commercial orthopaedic practice: it states that products derived from umbilical cord blood, amniotic tissue and Wharton's jelly are not lawfully available in the United States outside trials approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The site presents orthobiologics as a service of the practice as a whole and does not say at which of its offices the injections are given, so a patient should ask when booking.
At a Glance
Location
Carmel, Indiana, USA
Address
Physicians Clinic: 10767 Illinois St. Suite 3000B, Carmel, IN 46032; Rehab: 10767 Illinois St. Suite 1200, Carmel, IN 46032
Google Rating
4.6 ★ (544 reviews)
Services and Treatments Offered
- Bone marrow aspirate concentrate injection
- Microgranulated fat aspirate (cells taken from the patient's own fat)
- Platelet rich plasma (prepared from the patient's own blood)
- Platelet poor plasma
- Alpha-2-macroglobulin injection (a protein isolated from the patient's blood)
- Sports medicine
- Interventional pain management
- Hip and knee replacement surgery
- Arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery
- Physical therapy and rehabilitation
- Diagnostic imaging
- Bracing and medical equipment
- Concussion care
- Workers' compensation care
Conditions Treated
The site lists the conditions for which it says orthobiologic injections are commonly used.
Osteoarthritis of the jointsRotator cuff tendinopathyTennis elbow and golfer's elbowGluteal, hamstring, quadriceps and patellar tendinopathyAchilles tendinopathyPlantar fasciitisMuscle tears and sprainsSpinal pain
Cell Sources and Technologies
The site describes orthobiologics as natural substances used to help orthopaedic injuries heal, and among them names two cell-containing preparations taken from the patient's own body.
Bone marrow aspirate concentrate — drawn from the patient's own bone marrow; the site says it contains several cell types including mesenchymal stem cells, and is used for arthritic joints and some tendon problemsMicrogranulated fat aspirate — taken from the patient's own fat tissue; the site says it contains mesenchymal signalling cells and is used for arthritic joints and some tendonsPlatelet rich plasma and platelet poor plasma — prepared from the patient's own blood; these are blood products, not cell therapiesAlpha-2-macroglobulin — a protein isolated from the patient's blood, not a cell therapy
Physicians and Clinical Team
The site lists the following providers as seeing patients at this office; it does not say which of them perform orthobiologic injections.
Thurman Alvey III — sports medicine specialist listed at the Carmel officeMichael Del Busto — physiatrist listed at the Carmel and Noblesville officesMichael Bender — listed at the Carmel officeKevin Condict — listed at the Carmel officeSydney Harman — listed at the Carmel officeJohn Hur — listed at the Carmel officeG. Peter Maiers II — listed at the Carmel officeJoseph Maratt — listed at the Carmel officeTyler McCarroll — listed at the Carmel officeMatthew Negaard — listed at the Carmel officeTony Origer — listed at the Carmel officeDavid Porter — listed at the Carmel officeLance Rettig — listed at the Carmel officeMark Ritter — listed at the Carmel officeStephen Ritter — listed at the Carmel officePeter Sallay — listed at the Carmel officeJonathan Smerek — listed at the Carmel officeDale Snead — listed at the Carmel officeRajiv Tewari — listed at the Carmel officeLucian Warth — listed at the Carmel officeAndrew Wohler — listed at the Carmel office
Facility and Patient Experience
The site describes the Carmel site as a physicians' clinic with a separate rehabilitation suite in the same Illinois Street building, alongside imaging and a walk-in orthopaedic clinic. It does not state any accreditation or the languages spoken.
- Address: 10767 Illinois St., Suite 3000B, Carmel, Indiana 46032
- Rehabilitation: 10767 Illinois St., Suite 1200, Carmel, Indiana 46032
- Telephone: (317) 817-1200
- Physicians' clinic hours: Monday to Thursday 8am to 4.30pm, Friday 8am to 4pm
- Walk-in orthopaedic clinic: Monday to Friday 8am to 3pm, Saturday 8am to 10am
- No accreditation or languages are stated on the site
Cost and Payment
The site publishes no prices for orthobiologic injections or for any other service, and does not say whether these treatments are covered by insurance.
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.