Join Dr. Rogers and Dr. Diaz for a FREE Webinar on the Non-Surgical Management of Heel Pain where they will discuss common heel injuries and treatment options.
When: November 14, 2023
Time: 12:00pm PDT
Dr. Mary Ambach was invited to present at the Orthopedic Nursing Conference, B.O.N.E.S. Bonafide Orthopedic Nursing Education Symposium, at the Marriott in Liberty Station, San Diego. She talked about the Orthopedic Applications of Platelet Rich Plasma and educated the nurses on basic concepts of PRP, most common conditions treated and current evidence.
Dr. Mary Ambach went back to the Philippines this summer with her family to participate in a medical/surgical mission to serve the less fortunate patients in underserved communities in the country where she grew up. She enjoyed teaching her son valuable life lessons in helping others and exposing him to her work as a doctor. Dr Ambach joined a group of sports medicine doctors from Mayo Clinic, along with nurses, medical assistants, and other medical volunteers and their families. It made her birthday very meaningful as she got to spend it with a philanthropic group of people from the US and the Philippines who provided medical needs to indigent patients in the Philippines.
We want to make you aware of a public health risk that has emerged in San Diego – the illegal sale of fetal tissues for orthopedic conditions. As a result, the FDA and Federal Trade Commission have issued these warnings:
Wharton’s jelly is a tissue within the umbilical cord – the tube connecting a developing fetus with its mother’s placenta. It contains blood and cells that are claimed to useful for orthopedic conditions. But, because it comes from a donor’s body there are multiple safety concerns. Several medical clinics in San Diego now sell Wharton’s jelly injections to their patients, making unsubstantiated claims about its safety and efficacy. We would like to share several issues with this illegal practice with you.
The safety of Wharton’s jelly in patients is unknown as no research studies on its use have been conducted in humans.
Again, this is unknown. There are no research studies on the efficacy of Wharton’s jelly for any orthopedic condition. Claims made to the contrary are simply unsubstantiated.
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued guidance to physicians regarding the use of Wharton’s jelly. They maintain that Wharton’s jelly is a drug and requires FDA approval. But Wharton’s jelly is not FDA-approved because there are no studies on it’s safety or efficacy and physicians are not permitted to inject it into their patients.
Selling a drug that is not FDA-approved constitutes the sale of an illegal drug and may put patients at risk. The FDA has filed injunctions against medical practices that sell illegal drugs and the Federal Trade Commission has fined doctors who make unsubstantiated claims of safety or efficacy.
There are several FDA-compliant, cell-based therapies available to patients with orthopedic conditions. These treatments use a patient’s own cells and include: platelet-rich plasma (PRP), micro-fragmented adipose tissue (MFAT), and bone marrow aspirate (BMAC). These non-surgical treatments have substantial scientific evidence to support their safety and efficacy for several types of orthopedic conditions.
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The physicians at SDOMG are board certified, fellowship-trained and nationally recognized experts in using a patient’s own cells to treat orthopedic conditions. We only offer FDA-compliant therapies with substantial scientific evidence for safety and efficacy. If you have any questions about our innovative therapies, please call us for a consultation today. Please use the form to get in touch with our team, or use the contact information listed below.
Thank you and stay safe,
San Diego Orthobiologics Medical Group
6125 Paseo Del Norte, Suite 100
Carlsbad, CA 92011
(760) 909-2355
[email protected]
Join us on our free Facebook Live Series called “Ask the Docs”. In this session, you can ask SDOMG Physicians everything you want to know about rotator cuff tendon tears and the cellular treatments available to help.
Date and Time: June 20, 2023, 12:00 PT
Subject: Rotator Cuff Tendon Tears
Hosts: Drs. Chris Rogers and Edmund Evangelista
Video coming soon!
Dr. Mary A. Ambach was invited to give a lecture by the American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine. She talked about How to Navigate the Use Of Orthobiologics for Low Back Pain. She presented on the use of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Bone marrow concentrate (BMAC) to treat Lumbar spine conditions. She also talked about the current scientific evidence on the use of stem cells to treat degenerative disc disease, facet joint arthritis, nerve pain, and other spinal conditions.