An orthopaedic and sports medicine practice founded by Dr Kevin Plancher, with offices in Manhattan and Cos Cob, Connecticut, offering biologic injections alongside surgery.
Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a surgical orthopaedic and sports medicine practice founded by Dr Kevin D. Plancher, with a Manhattan office at 1160 Park Avenue and a Connecticut office in Cos Cob. Biologic and cell-based injections are presented as one specialty among many rather than as the focus of the practice, which also covers ligament reconstruction, cartilage surgery, hand surgery and general sports injury care.
The biologic treatments named are platelet rich plasma (PRP, prepared from a sample of the patient's own blood), bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC, spun down from marrow taken from the patient), and amniotic-derived injections. The first two are autologous, meaning from the patient's own body; amniotic products come from donated birth tissue and are therefore allogeneic, from a donor. The site indicates amniotic material is used where it considers it appropriate, so a prospective patient should ask which is proposed for them and why.
Conditions the site associates with these treatments include early-stage osteoarthritis, ligament and tendon injuries, cartilage degeneration, joint inflammation and sports overuse injuries, with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, rotator cuff damage and Achilles tendon problems named as examples. The framing is cautious: injections are positioned as an option to consider in earlier disease rather than as a replacement for surgery in advanced cases.
The founder's credentials are set out at length. The site states he holds an MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine and an MPH from Columbia University, is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery in both surgery of the hand and orthopaedic sports medicine, is a Clinical Professor at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, directs an accredited sports medicine fellowship, and serves as a physician to the United States Ski Team. No prices are published.
The site associates its biologic injections mainly with earlier-stage joint, tendon and cartilage problems.
The site states that its biologic injections use the patient's own bone marrow and blood, with amniotic-derived material used where the practice considers it appropriate.
The founder's credentials are set out in detail; the pages reviewed did not list other clinicians.
The practice runs two offices: 1160 Park Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, New York 10128, on telephone (212) 876-5200, and 31 River Road, Suite 102, Cos Cob, Connecticut 06807, on telephone (203) 863-2003. The site presents these as consulting and procedure offices, with the founder's hospital and teaching links at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medical College. It also notes the practice hosts an accredited sports medicine fellowship, which means trainees may be involved in care. No on-site cell-processing laboratory or accreditation for cell preparation is described.
The site publishes no prices for bone marrow concentrate, platelet rich plasma or amniotic injections, and does not say whether any of them are covered by insurance. Since biologic injections are frequently not reimbursed, this is worth establishing in writing before treatment.
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.