IOF Blog
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...
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...
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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...
Q&A with IOF Instructor Dr. James Leiber
We recently sat down with Dr. James Leiber, DO, one of IOF’s esteemed instructors and the founder and medical director of New Regeneration Orthopedics of Florida, to find out about how he became involved in IOF and regenerative medicine. IOF: How did you become...
Interventional Orthopedics Foundation Announces New Leadership
The Interventional Orthopedics Foundation (IOF), a 501c3 non-profit organization, has begun identifying the next generation of leaders for the organization. As a result, the IOF board of directors has confirmed Gerard Malanga, M.D., and Rahul Desai, M.D., as...
IOF2017: MSCs are Not Stem Cells?
Arnie Caplan is widely considered the father of mesenchymal stem cells. He now takes the view that MSCs aren't stem cells and that he should have never given them that name. He also believes that the primary function of these cells is paracrine, so he calls them...
Can Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Regenerate a Degenerative Disc?
This slide was provided by Dr. Greg Lutz who will discuss his two year findings from his PRP Lumbar Disc Study at #IOF2017 in Denver, Colorado. What do you think? Do you also see lumbar discs regenerate with PRP or BMC? Attend the Interventional Orthopedics...