Lake Forest, Illinois centre offering adult stem cell therapy consultations for neurological, lung, circulatory and joint conditions, drawing patients from across the United States.
TruStem Cell Therapy is a private stem cell treatment centre based in Lake Forest, Illinois, in the northern suburbs of Chicago. The website is aimed at people who want to be assessed as possible candidates for adult stem cell therapy, and the main route in is a consultation and candidacy review before any treatment is discussed. The site states that most of its patients travel to it from elsewhere in the United States rather than living locally.
The published information is thin on clinical specifics. The site says treatment is provided by 'Board Certified doctors and clinicians' and refers to a PhD neuroscientist being involved, but no individual doctor is named anywhere on the public pages, and no medical licence numbers or specialty details are given. Similarly, the type of stem cell used is described only as 'adult stem cells' — the site does not say whether cells come from your own bone marrow, your own fat tissue, donated umbilical cord tissue, or any other source. If you are considering this clinic, those are the first two questions to ask.
The centre lists a broad set of conditions it addresses, spanning nervous system disease, lung disease, circulatory disease, bowel disease, arthritis and diabetes. The site also displays a 'Top U.S. Stem Cell Treatment Center' award attributed to a publisher called Global Health & Pharma; this is a self-published marketing claim and has not been independently verified. No treatment outcome data is presented on the public site.
This is a very wide list covering unrelated diseases. Ask the clinic directly what published evidence supports stem cell treatment for your specific diagnosis, and what the realistic goal of treatment would be.
The website does not identify its cell source, which is an important gap.
No physician is named on the website.
The centre is at 100 S. Saunders Rd., Suite 150, Lake Forest, IL 60045, roughly 30 miles north of central Chicago. Published opening hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm Central Time and Saturday and Sunday 10am to 2pm. Enquiries go through a toll-free number, (888) 503-3711, or email. The site notes that most patients travel in from other parts of the United States, but it does not describe any formal international patient service, interpreter provision, or travel and accommodation help.
No prices are published. The website gives no cost for consultation or for treatment, so you would need to contact the clinic directly for a figure and ask what it includes.
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.