Pain management and regenerative medicine under one roof
Stemedix is a regenerative-medicine clinic in St. Petersburg, Florida. It opened in 2013, which makes it one of the older stem-cell clinics in the US, and it's run by physicians rather than sold as a franchise. Treatments happen the same day, on an outpatient basis, and most patients are in and out in a few hours. The clinic works on degenerative conditions, chronic pain, and autoimmune disease, and runs a separate program it calls Age Management for age-related complaints: stiff joints, muscle loss, skin changes, slower recovery. Stemedix is upfront that this work is experimental and not FDA-approved, and its own FAQ says plainly that it doesn't promise a fix. The therapies use the patient's own bone marrow or fat, umbilical-cord cells from Wharton's jelly, or exosomes. No embryonic or fetal cells are used. COPD is one of the conditions the clinic has built a specific program around. For lung work the cells go in through an IV so they circulate rather than being placed in one joint, and they come either from the patient's own bone marrow or fat or from screened donated Wharton's jelly, which Stemedix says runs about 80 percent mesenchymal stem cells. Its COPD page states that the therapy is experimental and has not been approved by the FDA, and describes what it is aiming at as easier breathing, better exercise tolerance, and less reliance on supplemental oxygen. Any change usually starts within about a week and takes six weeks to three months to settle. There are two Florida locations: the main office in the Bayfront Medical Plaza in St. Petersburg, and a second in Delray Beach. For patients traveling in, the clinic helps arrange transport and hotels.
Board-Certified Physicians
Research / Clinical-Trial Participation
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Starting from
$5,000
per treatment
Typical range
$5,000 to $15,000
Priced per treatment after a records review. Not covered by insurance, so it's out of pocket, though financing is available. Published figures are thin: hair restoration starts around $3,900, and the clinic pegs typical US stem-cell therapy at roughly $5,000 to $15,000.
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2 reviews
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Experience
I have gotten stem cells for Multiple Sclerosis twice now. This last visit, Two months after receiving stem cell therapy, the numbness from the waist down no longer had a definitive line around my waist and I no longer had dead areas in my legs, within 4 months, I no longer walk like one leg is longer that the other.
Experience
This stem cell therapy has been one of the best thing I have ever done for myself. I have had fibromyalgia pain for almost 50 years. I am 81, and had no idea if this would make a difference, but I was a the end of my rope. It has been 14 weeks and I am pain free for the first time in many years. I am now walking unaided, needing a walker before. I highly recommend Stemedix. The Procedure was very easy and painless.
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4.7out of 5 on Google from 110 ratings
Stemedix holds a 4.7 rating across 110 Google reviews. Google's own review topics center on stem cell therapy, multiple sclerosis, pain relief and autoimmune issues, with smaller mentions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, injection options and case coordinators. A separate Birdeye profile lists 4.8 from 216 reviews, where reviewers describe staff knowledge and consultation detail.
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Reddit discussion of Stemedix is thin. In r/stemcells one poster asked about a quoted cervical spine protocol and got no first hand replies. In a separate thread another poster described being quoted about 5,600 dollars for an intro package that rose to 8,000 dollars for a more involved case. No outcome reports.
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Gerald Mastaw
Medical Director
MD
Medical director at Stemedix, board-certified in anesthesiology, interventional pain management, and regenerative medicine. Trained at the University of Michigan Medical School, served five years in the Navy including a 2006 to 2007 tour in Iraq, and has practiced for more than 25 years.
Khuram Khan
Regenerative Medicine Physician
DO
Board-certified anesthesiologist practicing since 2008. Trained at Nova Southeastern, did a cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship at Rutgers/Robert Wood Johnson, and does ultrasound-guided orthobiologic injections.
Adam Gorberg
Regenerative Medicine Physician
MD
Board-certified in anesthesiology. New York Medical College; active-duty Air Force 2010 to 2014 with a tour in Afghanistan. Works mainly on neurodegenerative disease and trauma.
Mike Menza
Physician Assistant
PA-C
Performance health, functional medicine, hormone optimization.
Katie Ruffino
Physician Assistant
PA-C
Trained at Marquette. PRP, adipose and bone-marrow procedures, ultrasound-guided injections.
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