In our meetings with patients, we take care not to overemphasize the medical benefits and also to acknowledge any risks of orthobiologics." Orthobiologic therapy at Mayo Clinic "Infomercials disguised as educational seminars for the public are widespread. "For some patients this is an eye-opening experience, as they have received inaccurate information from websites and other sources," Dr. Misinformation about the unapproved stem cell therapy marketplace also can be corrected. Patients' visits to the Regenerative Medicine Consult Service include medical evaluations to determine whether orthobiologics are appropriate. "The excitement around regenerative medicine and stem cells has consumed both the public and even care providers who don't have the background in molecular or stem cell biology to understand what is real and what is entirely false or misleading about these therapies." "Unfortunately, the field has proliferated in a way that is not always backed up by science," Dr. This effort exemplifies Mayo's commitment to evidence-based care at a time when orthobiologics are aggressively marketed to consumers and health care providers. "When we educate patients, they are better able to make decisions that are right for them and their orthopedic conditions." Shapiro, M.D., a medical orthopedist and medical director of the Regenerative Medicine Therapeutics Program at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida.
We tell patients to please understand that regenerative medicine treatments aren't necessarily cures or substitutes for surgery," says Shane A. "We explain which orthobiologics we use, what the science shows about them and what outcomes we are seeing. There they meet with a clinical consultant who has expertise in regenerative medicine and the patients' specific conditions. Before patients receive orthobiologics at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, they visit the Regenerative Medicine Consult Service, part of the Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics.
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