A Chicago orthopaedic surgeon's practice offering stem cell injections from the patient's own bone marrow or fat as an alternative to joint replacement surgery.
This is the practice of Dr Mitchell Sheinkop, an orthopaedic surgeon in Chicago who writes at length on his own site about cellular treatment of arthritic joints. The site gives the telephone number 312-475-1893 and describes an ongoing practice that treats patients; one of its posts records that patients were returning and that the surgicentre had reopened after pandemic closures.
According to the site, the mainstay of the approach is stem cells concentrated from the patient's own bone marrow. It also describes stem cells taken from the patient's own fat by liposuction, which it says are processed at a laboratory and returned for injection, chiefly for arthritis of the knee. Platelet rich plasma, prepared from the patient's own blood platelets, and acellular amniotic fluid are described as further options, the latter presented as an alternative to a cortisone or hyaluronic acid injection.
The site presents these treatments as minimally invasive outpatient alternatives to major joint surgery for people with arthritic joints. The directory notes that the site is written largely as a series of the surgeon's own commentary posts rather than as a conventional clinic website, so information such as the street address, opening hours and a full service list is not set out in one place.
The directory also notes that the site refers to participation in clinical trials, distinguishing between treatments paid for out of pocket and trial participation in which a facility fee may apply without other out-of-pocket expense. Readers should ask the practice directly which category any proposed treatment falls into.
The site is chiefly concerned with the following.
The site states that cells concentrated from the patient's own bone marrow are the mainstay of the practice, with cells from the patient's own fat as a further option.
The site names one treating physician.
The site describes an outpatient practice in Chicago in which injections are given in the office and fat harvesting and other procedures are carried out at a surgicentre. It does not publish a street address, opening hours, or any accreditation on the pages that could be read, and it does not describe the premises in detail.
The site does not publish prices. It states that platelet rich plasma and growth factor treatment carries an out-of-pocket fee, and that people taking part in a clinical trial may face a facility fee but no other out-of-pocket expense. No figures are given, so prospective patients would need to ask the practice directly.
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.