Los Angeles private practice led by Dr Marc Darrow offering bone marrow stem cell, platelet rich plasma and prolotherapy injections for joint and spine pain.
The Stem Cell Institute is a private medical practice on Wilshire Boulevard in West Los Angeles. It is led by Dr Marc Darrow, a physician specialising in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The site says the practice has been serving patients for nearly thirty years and that Dr Darrow has worked in regenerative medicine since 1997.
The work of the practice centres on injection treatments for painful joints and for the spine. The three main approaches described are stem cell therapy using cells taken from the patient's own bone marrow, platelet rich plasma (PRP) therapy, which concentrates platelets from a sample of the patient's blood, and prolotherapy, an older injection technique. Hyaluronic acid injections are also listed. These are office-based injection procedures rather than surgery.
The website is organised mainly by body area, with sections for the knee, back, hip, neck, shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, ankle and foot. The site states that patients come from around the world, and it carries a translation tool offering more than forty languages. Cost is not published anywhere on the site.
The list below covers a wide range of joint and spine problems. Ask directly what published evidence supports the use of these injections for your particular diagnosis, and what the realistic alternatives are.
The clinic is at 11645 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 120, Los Angeles, California 90025, in the Westwood/West Los Angeles area. Opening hours are given as Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. The site says patients travel from around the world and includes an on-page translation tool covering more than forty languages. No details of an operating theatre, on-site laboratory or overnight facilities are published.
No prices are published. The cost of a consultation and of any injection course is not stated anywhere on the site, so you would need to ask directly and get a written quote before committing.
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.