In this episode, Dr. Thomas Buchheit sheds light on who are good candidates for regenerative therapies, when and where to go for such therapies, and what the various types of regen therapies there are and how they work. Check out these slides that are referenced in the interview, "What do PRP, Stem Cells, and other Regenerative Therapies Really do?"
He is Director of The Regenerative Pain Therapies Program at Duke (DukeRPTP.org).
He has practiced pain management and musculoskeletal medicine for the past 20 years and has published multiple papers clarifying the underlying biochemical and inflammatory mechanisms that drive chronic pain.
He previously served as Division Chief for Pain Medicine in the Duke Department of Anesthesiology prior to focusing full time on the study and development of regenerative therapies for patients with osteoarthritis.
He co-founded The Regenerative Pain Therapies Program in 2018 with Dr. William Maixner with the goal of moving beyond symptom management to address the underlying causes of degenerative conditions.
The objective of the Program is to develop and deploy biologically-based interventions to improve long-term joint health by changing disease course. Dr. Buchheit is currently involved with researchers in the United States and Europe, investigating the foundational immune mechanisms of pain relief with PRP, autologous conditioned serum, and stem cells, and has lectured extensively on these topics.
He has mentored with Dr. Peter Wehling and is currently one of the few clinical sites in the US to offer the Autologous Conditioned Serum Program from Düsseldorf, Germany.1. Buchheit T, Huh Y, Maixner W, Cheng J, Ji RR. Neuroimmune modulation of pain and regenerative pain medicine. J Clin Invest. 2020. Epub 2020/04/07. doi:10.1172/JCI134439. PubMed PMID: 32250346.
2. Buchheit T. Future therapies and the expanding role for diagnostic ultrasound. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Oct;29(5):582–3. PMID: 27455044
3. Yin C, Buchheit TE, Park JJ. Acupuncture for chronic pain: an update and critical overview. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. Oct, 2017;30(5):583-592. PMID: 28719458
Complete List of Published Work in MyBibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/thomas.buchheit.1/bibliography/public/
Translational Pain Research Symposium, Duke Kunshan University and Fudan University, Kunshan China. June 21-23, 2017. Nerve Injury and Amputation: Phenotypes, Novel Markers, and Prevention. American Pain Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. April 3-6, 2019. Applications for Regenerative Therapies: Is the Hype Justified?
World Institute of Pain World Congress, Rome Italy (Virtual). August 26-29. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Reconciling basic science, translational application, and clinical outcomes.
Pain Society of the Carolinas Annual Meeting, Asheville, NC (Virtual) September 18-19, 2020. Regenerative Medicine American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Pain Medicine Meeting. November 19- 21, 2020. Las Vegas, Nevada (Virtual). Regenerative Medicine Lecture.
