Meet Marc Darrow, MD, JD of Darrow Stem Cell Institute in West Los Angeles

Today we’d like to introduce you to Marc Darrow, MD, JD.

Dr. Marc Darrow is a Board-Certified Physiatrist specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

An avid sports enthusiast, Dr. Darrow injected himself, and was healed by Regenerative Medicine after an injury on the golf course caused him to suffer the kind of chronic pain that afflicts millions of Americans.

In 1998, Dr. Darrow became a believer in the therapeutic healing power of Regenerative Medicine after only one treatment to his wrist. He has used this therapy on many of his injured body parts. Since then he has devoted his practice to Stem Cells, PRP, and Prolotherapy, which are natural therapies that have revolutionized the way we heal pain. Dr. Darrow has treated thousands of patients. Many of these patients were scheduled for surgery and never needed it. And, several patients came to Dr. Darrow after a failed surgery and were healed.

Dr. Darrow graduated from Northwestern University and has a Medical degree from the University of Hawaii.

He completed his Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency at UCLA School of Medicine.

After college, Dr. Darrow completed a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Golden Gate University College of Law in San Francisco, as well as a Masters of Business Taxation from the University of Southern California and practiced law for 15 years prior to his medical career.

Dr. Darrow, we’d love to hear your story in your own words.

Even before medical school, I watched surgical procedures as much as possible. I wanted to become a surgeon since I wanted to heal. In medical school, I did surgical research and assisted in the operating room more than my classmates. There was nothing better than a quick fix. Cut the skin, open up the body, fix the problem, and suture it back up.

By the time I had finished medical school and internship (where I spent as much time as possible doing orthopedic procedures) I had seen too many surgical failures. I even saw a woman die on the table during a hip replacement.

A year after a painful shoulder injury while weight-lifting, I decided to have my orthopedic professor operate on me. It was a “simple” arthoscopic surgery. It did not go simply.

My arm blew up like a balloon with fluid, and I had a fever. We thought it was an infection. It took a year after my surgery to heal. But it was no better than before the surgery.

I later learned about prolotherapy, injected my own shoulder, and the pain was gone the next day. I never needed the surgery. Later I found out that most patients do not need their elective orthopedic surgeries.

In my clinic, I have many new patients who are ready for surgery, and come in for a second opinion. It is rare that I agree that surgery is the correct option. It can always be used as a last option after more conservative measures are used. The best healing technique I know of in musculoskeletal medicine is Prolotherapy. After the healing of my shoulder and wrist with Prolotherapy, I began using it on my patients.

Prolotherapy injections are safe and effective in stimulating new tissue growth and rebuilding injured or arthritic areas. It certainly is much less expensive than surgery.”

Has it been a smooth road? If not – what have been the biggest challenges?
Fighting traditional medicine docs.

Patients were told nothing could heal them but surgery and drugs.

I was the quack for 20 years until more public awareness. Now the docs come to me to train them.

How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
Huge shift in orthopedics from surgery to regeneration of tissue. Stem cells are KING.

Pricing:

• I am the cheapest. Under $2,000 for stem cells. Most docs charge $5-$10,000

Contact Info:

• Address: 11645 Wilshire Blvd. #120
• Website: http://www.LAStemCells.com
• Phone: 310-231-7000
• Email: lawdoc@marcdarrow.com