An Arizona podiatry practice with sites in Scottsdale and Buckeye, offering injection treatments for nerve damage in the feet and legs.
The Regenerative Neuropathy Center is a podiatry practice, part of Extremity Health Centers, with locations in Scottsdale and Buckeye, Arizona. It treats patients directly. Its focus is peripheral neuropathy, the nerve damage that causes numbness, burning and pain in the feet and hands, and which most often follows diabetes.
The practice is led by Dr Richard P. Jacoby, a doctor of podiatric medicine who qualified at Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia in 1969 and has been in practice since 1970. He is a past president of both the Arizona Podiatry Association and the Association of Extremity Nerve Surgeons, and co-wrote a book called Sugar Crush. The site notes Phoenix Magazine Top Docs listings in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010; those are magazine listings rather than measures of treatment results.
Treatment is presented in two forms. The first is injection treatment using what the site calls the patient's own biologics, specifically stem cells taken from fat tissue or from bone marrow. The site also mentions commercially supplied embryonic stem cells as an option, which is unusual and would be worth questioning carefully, as embryonic cell products are not approved for this use in the United States. The second is the Dellon nerve decompression operation, a surgical procedure to relieve pressure on trapped nerves, offered where appropriate.
Three cell sources are named. Two come from the patient; the third is a commercially supplied product and would merit close questioning about its regulatory status.
There are two locations. The Scottsdale office is at 9475 E Ironwood Square Dr., Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85258, telephone (480) 994-5977. The Buckeye office is at 825 South Watson Road, Suite 107, Buckeye, AZ 85326. Both are open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. The site has a language assistance page, but the languages available are not listed on the pages reviewed, and no year of establishment is given for the centre itself.
No prices are published and no consultation fee is stated. Injection treatments for neuropathy are usually paid for privately, so ask what a full course costs and whether any part is billed to 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.