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Regenerative Orthopedics

Symptoms & ConditionsRegenerative Orthopedics

Our Top Regenerative Orthopedics Doctors:

Efime Popovitz, MD

Nickhil Gupta, DO

Haydée Brown, DPM

Leon E. Popovitz, MD

John Munyak, MD

Rupesh Tarwala, MD

Michael Y. Mizhiritsky, MD

Christine Ellie, DPM

Christopher Martin, MD, CAQSM

Trocon Davis, MD

Faton Bytici, MD

Amir Razani, DO

Written by: Dr. Popovitz.

Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon | Fellowship-Trained Sports Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center | FAAOS

Co-Founder, NY Bone & Joint Specialists | Lenox Hill Hospital - Northwell Health

Recognized: New York Magazine Best Doctor | New York Times Super Doctor | IAOS Leading Physician of the World | IAOS Top Orthopedic Surgeon in New York

Date Published: July 25, 2018

Last Updated: June 6, 2025

Last Medically Reviewed: June 6, 2025

This page has been written and reviewed by a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopedic surgeon with over 20 years of clinical experience. All clinical claims are supported by peer-reviewed literature and current AAOS and AOSSM guidelines. See References section below.

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Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) & Stem Cell Therapy

Regenerative medicine is the process of replacing or “regenerating” human cells in order to re-establish normal function. Orthopedics has long been at the forefront of regenerative medicine. The use of bone growth stimulating products and cartilage healing therapy have been utilized for decades in orthopedic surgery. 

In the past, major developments occurred in tissue engineering technologies for growing new tissue, such as cartilage. These usually involved harvesting cells from the patient, expanding them in a culture and then, eventually, putting them into where the damage exists.

Now, major advances, such as Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), allow us to obtain the most healing cells, simply, by drawing some blood from the patient. We, then, concentrate those most healing cells right in the office and inject it directly to where it is most needed for the patient.

We can also get even more potent healing Stem Cells by retrieving it from near the hip area. These stem cells, also, have an anti-inflammatory ability and are, particularly, effective for damaged areas that are very inflamed. Further developments allow us now to even utilize donated tissue such as fat cells. This keeps the patient’s discomfort to a minimum.

These breakthrough Regenerative PRP and Stem Cell Treatments can be used to heal and preserve your own tissue. Regenerative Orthopedics can be used to treat a wide spectrum of conditions that includes:

PRP and Stem Cell Therapy allow us to offer our patients an advanced conservative treatment option to heal, preserve one’s own joints and relieve pain. It is performed safely at all New York Bone & Joint Specialists centers and it is done without having to undergo surgery.

For more information on PRP Treatment, see the article from Leon E. Popovitz, MD, “The Truth About PRP Injections.”

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