A foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeon's practice in Rochester Hills, Michigan, offering bone marrow concentrate and platelet injections alongside reconstructive surgery.
This is the practice of Dr Robert G. Dekker, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon whose subspecialty is foot and ankle surgery. This entry covers the Rochester Hills office at 1135 West University Drive, Suite 450, telephone (248) 650-2400, which the site presents as the primary location; three further offices are listed, in Shelby Township, Farmington Hills and New Baltimore. The directory records the practice name as University Orthopaedic Specialists. It is important to be clear what this is: a surgical practice in which injection treatments are one option among many, not a dedicated cell therapy clinic.
The site lists bone marrow concentrate under a heading of biologics. It describes it as a concentrate of regenerative stem cells obtained from the patient's own bone marrow, explaining that marrow is the soft tissue inside bones such as the hip or pelvis, and says the cells help speed healing and promote tissue growth. That is the practice's description of the intended mechanism rather than a claim about any individual patient's outcome. Platelet rich plasma (PRP, prepared from the patient's own blood) and cartilage restoration are also listed as procedures. The biologics page is brief: it does not say how the marrow is drawn or processed, how the injection is guided, which conditions it is recommended for, who is a suitable candidate, or what it costs, and a prospective patient would need to ask all of that.
The surgical side is much more fully described. Named procedures include minimally invasive bunion surgery, total ankle joint replacement, Achilles tendon repair, surgery for ankle instability, flatfoot reconstruction, ankle arthroscopy and cartilage restoration, and the conditions listed are Achilles tendon rupture, bunions, foot and ankle arthritis, and ankle and foot fractures, along with sports injuries and arthritis generally. Anyone coming to this practice for cell treatment should expect it to be considered within that orthopaedic context rather than offered on its own.
Dr Dekker is described as a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, with training connected to the University of Michigan and Northwestern University. The site names two affiliated surgeons, Dr Jeffrey H. DeClaire and Dr Nicholas B. Frisch, and gives a hospital affiliation with Mercy Medical Center. It carries accepted-insurance information and patient resources such as pre- and post-operative instructions and rehabilitation protocols, but publishes no prices, no opening hours and no information about languages spoken.
The conditions named are concentrated on the foot and ankle, reflecting the surgeon's subspecialty.
The site says its bone marrow concentrate is a concentrate of regenerative stem cells obtained from the patient's own bone marrow, taken from a site such as the hip or pelvis.
One surgeon is the subject of the site, with two affiliated surgeons named alongside him.
The Rochester Hills office at 1135 West University Drive, Suite 450, is presented as the primary location, with further offices at 13350 24 Mile Road in Shelby Township, 30055 Northwestern Highway, Suite L30 in Farmington Hills, and 36750 26 Mile Road in New Baltimore, each with its own telephone number. The site does not describe the premises, the imaging available or whether blood and marrow are processed in the office. Surgery would take place at a hospital or surgical centre rather than in clinic; the site names a hospital affiliation with Mercy Medical Center. No opening hours or accreditation details are published.
The site publishes no prices. It does carry information about accepted insurance, which suggests the surgical and general orthopaedic work is billed to insurance, but it says nothing about whether bone marrow concentrate or platelet injections are covered — such injections often are not — so a patient should ask what they would have to pay themselves before agreeing to 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.