A hospital-based sports and spine centre in Columbus, part of the OhioHealth system, offering cell injections for osteoarthritis and stubborn soft tissue injuries.
This is not a private stem cell clinic but a service within a hospital system. The McConnell Spine, Sport and Joint Center is part of OhioHealth, a large not-for-profit health system in central Ohio, and sits at 3773 Olentangy River Road in Columbus with a contact number of (614) 566-3810. The centre's main business is non-surgical musculoskeletal and spine care; what it calls regenerative cellular therapy is one option offered within that wider service, which also includes conventional physical medicine, rehabilitation and image-guided injections.
The page describes regenerative cellular therapy - terms it uses interchangeably with stem cell therapy and orthobiologic therapy - as injecting mesenchymal stem cells into an injured joint or tendon with the aim of prompting the body's own repair processes. It states the cells come from the patient's own healthy tissue, making the treatment autologous (from the patient's own body). The page does not say which tissue the cells are taken from, for example bone marrow or fat, nor how the sample is processed, so a prospective patient would need to ask exactly what is harvested and how.
The conditions named are osteoarthritis of the knee, hip, shoulder and elbow, soft tissue sports injuries that have not healed with other treatment, long-standing tendon problems and rotator cuff tears. The named clinician is Dr Joe Ruane, a doctor of osteopathic medicine and medical director of the McConnell Spine, Sport and Joint physicians, described as certified in musculoskeletal ultrasound, board eligible in regenerative medicine and having completed more than a hundred hours of training in cell therapy. The page also says he is a principal investigator in research on whether mesenchymal stem cell treatment helps knee osteoarthritis, which indicates the hospital treats the question as still open.
Two things are worth flagging for a patient comparing options. First, the page quotes its medical director describing the approach as the future of musculoskeletal medicine; that is an opinion expressed on the site, not a statement of established benefit, and the same page's reference to ongoing research makes clear the evidence is still being gathered. Second, no cost or insurance information is given at all. Cell therapies of this kind are commonly not covered by insurance even when delivered inside a hospital system, so a prospective patient should ask what the charge is and whether any part of it is billed to their insurer before booking.
The conditions listed are degenerative joint and soft tissue problems that have not settled with other treatment.
The site states that the treatment injects mesenchymal stem cells taken from the patient's own healthy tissue into the injured area in order to encourage tissue repair.
One clinician is named on the page.
The centre is a hospital-system outpatient facility at 3773 Olentangy River Road in Columbus, operating within OhioHealth rather than as an independent practice. That means the usual hospital infrastructure - imaging, rehabilitation services, referral to surgical colleagues - is available alongside the injection service, and patients are seen as OhioHealth patients. The page does not describe the treatment rooms, state where cell preparations are processed, or name any laboratory or accreditation specific to the cell therapy service. Languages spoken are not stated, although a health system of this size would normally provide interpreting on request.
The page gives no prices and says nothing about insurance cover for regenerative cellular therapy. Because treatments of this kind are often excluded from insurance even within a hospital system, a prospective patient should ask OhioHealth directly what the total charge would be, what it includes, and whether any part of the assessment or injection is billed to their insurer.
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.