A multidisciplinary Manhattan practice, now trading as Manhattan Medicine, offering injections of the patient's own fat or bone marrow cells alongside physical therapy and chiropractic care.
The domain manhattanspine.com now redirects to manhattanmd.com, where the practice trades as Manhattan Medicine and Manhattan Health. This is a rebranding rather than a change of ownership: the address, telephone number and managing director are continuous with the former Manhattan Spine and Sports Medicine, and the old domain is still used in the practice's email address. Anyone searching for the previous name will land in the right place, but the directory listing should be updated to the current one.
The practice is at 300 East 56th Street in Manhattan and is unusually multidisciplinary. The site's provider list covers primary care, orthopaedics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, osteopathic medicine, orthopaedic spine surgery, physical therapy, chiropractic care, acupuncture and nursing-delivered infusion and weight-loss services. Regenerative medicine and platelet rich plasma (PRP, prepared from a sample of the patient's own blood) treatment appear in its service list alongside pain management.
On cell source the practice is reasonably specific. Its material on stem cells for back pain describes adult stem cells taken either from the patient's own abdominal fat deposits or from the hip bone - that is, bone marrow - and injected into damaged tissue including intervertebral discs. No donor cells are mentioned. This is an autologous (from the patient's own body) approach. The site does not, however, describe how the tissue is collected or processed, how many cells are delivered, whether injections are image-guided, or how many treatments a course involves, so those remain questions for a consultation.
Two claims on the site need flagging. It describes stem cell treatment for back pain as potentially curative and frames injection into a damaged disc as a way of avoiding more invasive surgery. Both are the practice's own characterisations rather than demonstrated outcomes; intradiscal cell injection in particular remains investigational, and a reader should not take the word cure at face value. The conditions named are back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, sports injuries, arthritic knee, Achilles tendon problems, rotator cuff tears and damaged intervertebral discs. Drew DeMann, DC, NP, is named as managing director, with a team including Dr James Hale in orthopaedic spine surgery and Dr Ifeoma Okoronkwo in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Stated hours are Monday to Friday, eight in the morning to six in the evening. No prices, founding year or languages are published.
The site names the following conditions in connection with its regenerative injections and wider musculoskeletal work.
The site states that it uses adult stem cells taken from the patient's own abdominal fat or from their hip bone marrow, injected into the damaged tissue.
The site lists a large multidisciplinary team; it does not say which members perform the cell injections.
The practice occupies premises at 300 East 56th Street in Manhattan, on the east side of midtown. The site describes a single multidisciplinary location where medical consultations, injections, physical therapy, chiropractic treatment, acupuncture and infusions are all provided, operating under two legal entities - Manhattan Medical Group PC and a separate practice covering family health, physical therapy, chiropractic and acupuncture. Stated hours are Monday to Friday, eight in the morning to six in the evening, closed at weekends. No laboratory, cleanroom or accreditation is described.
The site publishes no prices for stem cell injections, platelet rich plasma or any other service, and does not say which insurance plans it accepts. Because the practice also provides insured primary care, physical therapy and surgical services, it is worth asking specifically which parts of a proposed treatment plan would be self-funded.
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.