Interventional pain medicine practice in Palm Desert, California offering image-guided injections including cell treatments prepared from a patient's own bone marrow or fat.
Palm Valley Pain Management, which uses the web address nomorepainmd.com, is an interventional pain medicine practice in Palm Desert, California. It is led by Dr Karimian, who the site states is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both anaesthesiology and pain management, and who serves as Director of Interventional Pain Medicine at Eisenhower Hospital.
Most of what the practice does is conventional interventional pain work: epidural steroid injections, facet joint and medial branch nerve blocks, genicular nerve blocks for knee pain, joint injections, analgesic discograms, spinal cord stimulator implants and the Vertiflex procedure for spinal stenosis. It also offers non-narcotic medication management and personal injury evaluations.
Stem cell treatment is offered as one service among these. The site describes drawing cells from the patient's own bone marrow or fat tissue, processing them in a centrifuge and injecting them back using ultrasound or fluoroscopic X-ray guidance. The conditions the site attaches to this service range well beyond joint and spine problems into areas such as multiple sclerosis, heart tissue damage and chronic wounds.
The conditions listed for stem cell treatment are unusually broad and include serious diseases well outside pain medicine. Ask the practice directly what published evidence supports use in your specific condition.
All cell material described is taken from the patient's own body on the day of treatment.
The practice is at 72650 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 104, Palm Desert, California 92260, telephone (760) 313-3900. Opening hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, closed at weekends. Procedures are described as outpatient. The year the practice was established, languages spoken and any international patient service are not stated on the website.
No prices or consultation fees are published. Because the practice also does insurance-billed pain procedures, it is worth asking specifically which services are billed to insurance and which, including stem cell treatment, would be paid out of pocket.
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.