IOF Blog
IOF Expands Course Offerings to Florida and Washington
After hearing requests from Interventional Orthopedics Foundation (IOF) members all across the country, we are excited to announce IOF’s programming is expanding to bring courses to Tampa, Florida and Seattle, Washington. As the regenerative medicine field continues...
IOF Expands Course Offerings to Florida and Washington
After hearing requests from Interventional Orthopedics Foundation (IOF) members all across the country, we are excited to announce IOF’s programming is expanding to bring courses to Tampa, Florida and Seattle, Washington. As the regenerative medicine field continues...
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Statement from IOF President on the New York Times Article “An Unproven Cure”
As President of the Interventional Orthopedic Foundation, it was with great interest that I read the article by Denise Grady and Reed Abelson: “An Unproven Cure”. This article notes that “stem cell treatments have risen, despite little evidence they work” and goes on...
IOF 2019 Conference Videos Available for Purchase
IOF 2019 Conference Videos Available for Purchase The Interventional Orthopedics Foundation’s 2019 annual conference, #IOF2019: Controversies in Orthobiologics, brought together national and global experts to discuss the latest original research and controversial...
IOF President Receives $590,000 Award to Treat Meniscal Injuries in Military Personnel
Interventional Orthopedics Foundation President Dr. Gerard Malanga, MD has received a research grant to treat active-duty military personnel. Along with Dr. Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD and Dr. Nathan Hogaboom, PhD, Dr. Malanga received a $590,000 award from the Geneva...
Dr. Ariana DeMers Joins the IOF Board
We are excited to announce the addition of Ariana DeMers, D.O. to the Interventional Orthopedics Foundation Board. “We are thrilled to add Dr. DeMers to our board,” said IOF Chairman Gerard Malanga, M.D. “Her extensive interventional orthopedics experience coupled...
FDA Warning
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to Cord for Life, an Altamonte Springs, Florida company that has sold umbilical-cord-blood products to stem cell companies. The FDA also issued 20 letters to companies instructing them to stop...
Birth Tissue Products Consensus and IOF Webinar Recording
The aggressive marketing of birth tissues has been one of the most controversial issues in orthobiologics in recent years. On February 18, 2019, a consensus statement provided by physicians, academics and regulatory experts was published concerning the aggressive...
Why Should I Attend IOF 2019?
We’re just three months out from our 2019 annual conference: Controversies in Orthobiologics. For three days (February 6-9) we’ll bring together national and global experts to discuss the latest original research and controversial topics in the field of regenerative...
Join Us for the FREE IOF Three Presidents Webinar Series
Registration is now open for our annual conference which will return to Broomfield, Colorado February 6-9, 2019! Our conference features one full-day dedicated...
IOF Early Bird Discount
Planning to Attend IOF 2019? Take advantage of this registration discount before November 15! The countdown to IOF 2019 is on! Our annual conference will take place February 6-9 in Broomfield, Colorado. This year’s topic is Controversies in Orthobiologics and we will...
Three Reasons You Should Attend the AAOM Regenerative Orthopaedic Medicine (IROM) Advanced Clinics
The American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine (AAOM) will host two advanced Regenerative Orthopaedic Medicine (IROM) clinics in sunny Cancun, Mexico this October. The courses offered will be: AAOM Advanced Clinic 502 IROM for the Spine – Intradiscal Stem Cells...