Annette Zaharoff, MD
Dr. Zaharoff is a sports medicine physician in private practice in San Antonio, Texas. She created The Non-Surgical Center of Texas which is a comprehensive center for the evaluation and non-surgical treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. She is board certified in PM&R. Her practice includes prolotherapy, PRP and stem cell injections. She is president and a founding member of the International Association of Regenerative Therapy and serves on the Board of Directors for the Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation. She is an invited speaker for regenerative medicine courses in the U.S and abroad and has participated as faculty for numerous prolotherapy medical trips. She is a former professional tennis player and continues her involvement in tennis by serving as a tournament physician for national and international events.
Jeffrey Strakowski, MD
Dr. Strakowski is a Clinical Professor and Associate Director of Medical Education at the Ohio State University and OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. He is on committees for ultrasound accreditation for both the AANEM and AAPM&R national organizations and has written 2 different textbooks on ultrasound as well as research papers and other textbook chapters.
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Brian Shiple, MD
Dr. Shiple is a recognized leader in the fields of interventional and integrative orthopedic medicine, regenerative injection treatment (RIT), sports medicine, and diagnostic ultrasound. He has been in private practice since 2006 after completing thirteen years as the division chief of Sports Medicine and founder and director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program at Crozer-Keystone Health System in the Greater Philadelphia area.
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Liza Maniquis-Smigel, MD
Dr. Smigel is a board-certified physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She brings a wealth of expertise, having completed fellowship training in Musculoskeletal Medicine. She has actively contributed to various professional international organizations in Regenerative Medicine as a respected clinical instructor and lecturer and is currently a member of the IART Conference Planning Committee. Dr. Maniquis-Smigel is the medical director of the Hawaii Center for Regenerative Medicine and is recognized for her pioneering work in dextrose caudal epidurals. She has shared her expertise by publishing three research articles and co-authoring several chapters.
Adrian Gretton, MD
Dr. Gretton is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary, Canada.
He developed a particular interest in chronic pain and injury management early in his medical career. Learning Prolotherapy and related techniques transformed his ability to offer effective treatment for a wide range of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions. After practicing community based family medicine for many years, he now focuses his practice on pain and injury management.
He is a consulting physician and the AHS Calgary Chronic Pain Centre, and his main practice is at Evidence Sport and Spinal Clinic in Calgary, Canada. He continues in active practice, teaching Prolotherapy and Regenerative Medicine internationally.
Michael Weber, MD
Dr. Michael Weber graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine then completed his residency in Family Medicine and fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He has since worked with the Integrative Family Medicine clinic at UW Madison and been involved with prolotherapy since 2009 including 8 prolotherapy training service trips in Honduras and Mexico.
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James Nosal, MD
Dr. Nosal has been involed with regenerative medicine, initially called prolotherapy, for more than two decades. He went on his first trip to Honduras in 1998. His main contribution to the course is running the cadaver lab. This required Dr. Nosal obtaining the specimens and tries to inject some levity into the lab.
David Wang, DO
Dr. Wang is on IART Board of Directors as Vice President. Dr. Wang is an accomplished instructor in diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound, and teaches regularly with Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute. Dr. Wang is an internationally recognized expert in regenerative injection therapy, including prolotherapy, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), orthobiologics, and lipoaspirate stem cell therapies, which promote the physiologic healing of tendon, ligament, muscle and joint injuries. He has published clinical training guides on prolotherapy and contributed textbook chapters on musculoskeletal medicine and spine care.
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Joel Baumgartner, MD
Dr. Baumgartner, also on the IART Board of Directors. He utilizes the latest in diagnostic and treatment technology to better treat musculoskeletal injury and pain. As an international speaker, he instructs both physicians and those in the medical industry on pain evaluation, diagnosis and the latest treatment options. Dr. Baumgartner has authored two books on Prolotherapy and PRP technique, He is also a contributing author on the subject of pain management for a variety of other popular publications.
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Janze Aeneas, MD
PM&R physician Dr. Aeneas Janze will give a captivating presentation that explores the latest insights on how dextrose works as a regenerative and neuromodulatory agent. Many physicians, including Dr. Janze, have traditionally described dextrose prolotherapy in terms of inflammatory or concentration-dependent mechanisms, and perineural injection therapy in terms of its modulation of the TRPV-1 receptor, and more recently as a means to provide energy to nerve cells. Prepare to shift your understanding however as Dr. Janze guides us through the emerging data that is now beginning to explain some of the more nuanced ways that dextrose affects cartilage, connective tissue, and nerves. Drawing on his 15 years of experience in regenerative medicine.
Bobbi Nourani, DO
Dr. Nourani is in private practice in Orange County, CA and teaches medical students as an Associate Professor at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Department of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. He is board certified in pain medicine, neuromusculoskeletal medicine, family medicine and osteopathic manipulative treatment. He is published in the fields of prolotherapy and OMM. Dr. Nourani has enjoyed the HHPF service-learning experiences in Honduras and Mexico since 2010. He currently serves on the HHPF board and is a previous conference course director.
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Brian Ralston, MD
Dr. Ralston is a family and sports medicine physician at MacNeal Hospital in the Chicago area. He earned his undergraduate degree from MIT, attended medical school at the University of Virginia, completed a residency in Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and did a sports medicine fellowship at MacNeal. He is on the faculty of the MacNeal Family Medicine Residency Program, and he is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago.
Dr. Ralston has practiced prolotherapy for 30 years and includes it as part of his general family medicine practice. His 1st of many service-learning trips to Honduras was in 1995 with Drs. Gus Hemwall and Jeff Patterson, and he still loves the service-learning trips for the opportunity to teach and learn from other doctors.
David De La Mora, MD
Dr. David De La Mora is a General Practitioner that graduated from the University of Guadalajara School of Medicine in 1988.
He has studied the technique of prolotherapy to treat musculoskeletal joint pain with Dr. Jeff Patterson through the Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation in the continuing medical education (CME) program at the University of Wisconsin at Madison since 2004.
Dr. De La Mora studied the technique of Dextrose Perineural Injection Treatment formerly known as subcutaneous prolotherapy (PIT) to treat peripheral nerves in New Zealand with Dr. John Lyftogt in 2009.
David Rábago MD
David Rabago MD is a Family Medicine clinician-scientist devoted to the assessment of manual therapies for chronic conditions including pain. Formerly at the University of Wisconsin, and now at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, (Penn State) (https://pennstate.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/david-rabago); he is a past president of the Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation (HHPF; https://hhpfoundation.org/), a founding member of the International Association of Regenerative Medicine (IART; https://www.iart.org/About), and founder of the UW Prolotherapy Education and Research Lab (UW PEARL; https://www.fammed.wisc.edu/prolotherapy/). His research includes assessment of prolotherapy for chronic musculoskeletal conditions including knee osteoarthritis. Dr. Rabago also mentors others in the design, conduct and publication of research devoted to prolotherapy and other injection therapies. He collaborates with others on prolotherapy research, and lectures nationally and internationally on these topics.
Dean Reeves, MD
Dr. Reeves is one of the best known and leading researchers on Prolotherapy having published numerous studies on the technique. He received his BS and MD degrees from the University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. Reeves holds a board certification from the American Academy of Pain Management and is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and holds a Clinical (off-site) Associate Professorship in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation from the University of Kansas.
Eric Phillippi, MD
Dr. Phillippi is the Founder and Medical Director of Medical Procedures of Wisconsin located in Madison, WI. He provides regenerative injections including prolotherapy, PIT, PRP, and BMAC stem cell therapy. He also offers many out patient surgical procedures including varicose vein treatments, vasectomy, and minor skin surgery. Board-certified in family medicine, he received his medical degree and completed residency training at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He serves as an adjunct clinical faculty at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health teaching medical students in his course: Office-Based Procedures in Family Medicine.
Gary Clark, MD
Gary B. Clark is a graduate of the University of Colorado Medical School and has been in medical practice for 57 years. He has specialized in musculoskeletal medicine for 32 years and has been associated with the Hackett-Hemwall-Patterson Foundation (HHPF) and International Association for Regenerative Therapies (IART) since 2001. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Clark has taken a special interest in characterizing and clarifying the basic theory and clinical practice of biotensegrity—the science of homeostatic force balance in all life forms.
Gregory Hon, DO
Dr. Gregory Hon is an Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Hon received his Doctor of Osteopathy from A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (NMM/OMM) at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO. He went on to complete a primary care sports medicine fellowship program at the Institute for Non-Surgical Orthopedics in South Florida. Dr. Hon is board certified in NMM/OMM and holds a certificate of added qualifications in sports medicine (CAQSM). Dr. Hon is also a candidate for the Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM).
Before joining the faculty at CUSOM, Dr. Hon was in clinical practice in Bolivar, MO. His practice there specialized in osteopathic manipulation, sports medicine, and non-operative orthopedics. While in Bolivar, he served as one of the team physicians for Southwest Baptist University. Dr. Hon currently serves as the head team physician for the United States 24-hour Ultramarathon team and has accompanied the team to multiple world championship races. He is active in the Hackett Hemwall and Patterson Foundation, participating in international medical mission trips providing prolotherapy in Honduras and Mexico.
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Jay Harms, MD
Dr Jay Harms is a family medicine physician practicing in Peoria Illinois. He has been doing prolotherapy since 2003 and has participated in multiple prolotherapy missions to Honduras with the Hackett Hemwall Patterson foundation.
Mae Angeleine M. Ongchuan, MD
Dr. Ongchuan specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with a subspecialty in Musculoskeletal Sonology and Sports Medicine. She is a professor in Fatima University & Medical Center, Philippines since 2009. She heads the Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Section of the Philippine Orthopedic Center which she opened in 2015. She also started the very 1st Fellowship training in Musculoskeletal Diagnostic & Interventional Ultrasound in 2018 at the same institution. To date, she has produced 3 Fellows. She is the Chairperson of the Board of Examiners of the Philippine Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine. Currently, she is the Executive Treasurer of the Philippine Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Meleine completed the PIT Master class of Dr. John Lyftogt in Feb. 2016. And she attended her 1st Dextrose Prolotherapy mission in 2019 Euro Prolotherapy held in Crete, Greece.
Jeimylo Cristobal de Castro, MD
Jeimylo Cristobal de Castro is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is also board certified by the American Academy and Board of Regenerative Medicine. He is certified in the American Registry in Diagnostic and Medical Sonography (ARDMS-APCA). He is certified as the Certification Interventional Pain Sonologist (CIPS). He is the Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Medical City-South Luzon, Sta. Rosa, Laguna, Philippines. He is also the Medical Director/CEO of SMARTMD Philippines, a non-surgical pain intervention clinic. He is also the inaugural President of the American Academy and Board of Regenerative Medicine-Asia.
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John Broussard, DO
Dr. John Broussard, DO is board certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine as well as in Sports Medicine. He is the co-founder of Alliance Regen and Rehab in downtown St. Petersburg, FL and specializes in enhancing the active patient’s quality of life so that they can thrive with peak performance.
His non-traditional approach can be traced back to residency in 2010 when he began using dextrose prolotherapy instead of steroids to treat pain and injuries, as well as in identifying and optimizing hormone imbalance for overall wellness and vitality. After completion of his sports medicine fellowship, he joined Regenerative Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Virginia and Washington DC, where he grew his practice and experience for 5 years. In 2020 he and his brother opened Alliance Regen and Rehab, where they provide athletes and active adults effective solutions to quickly overcome injuries and get back to the activities they love without surgery. Dr. Broussard’s functional approach to the active patient using osteopathic manipulation, bioidentical hormone optimization, physical therapy, diagnostic ultrasound and advanced regenerative medicine techniques provides his patients a personalized, integrative option for maximum results in one setting.
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Linh Vuong, MD
Dr. Linh Vuong, in the Los Angeles area called Acuprolo Institute, Center for Restorative Health. She enjoys teaching and is an attending physician at Harbor UCLA Family Medicine & Sports Medicine Department. Dr. Vuong teaches Prolotherapy regenerative medicine in the United States and internationally through service learning trips with the Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation (HHPF) and the International Association of Regenerative Therapy (IART).
Tinh Vuong, DO
Dr. Tinh Vuong received her medical training from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her Family Medicine residency at Harbor UCLA. She also has a Masters degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine and is a licensed acupuncturist. She is the founder of the Holistic Approach Pain Intervention (HAPI) clinic at Saban Community Clinic, the first and only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in the US that utilizes multimodal approaches including acupuncture, shockwave, trigger point injection, perineural injection and osteopathic manipulation techniques to manage pain in the underserved population. She also has a private practice in Los Angeles, called Acuprolo Institute, where she applies similar modalities as in HAPI clinic, with the addition of ultrasound guided prolotherapy, platelet rich plasma, extracorporeal pressure activation therapy (EPAT) and extracorporeal magnetotransduction therapy (EMTT), to stimulate the body’s innate ability to heal and restore optimal health. She is a prolotherapy instructor for the Hackett Hemwall Patterson Foundation (HHPF) and the International Association for Regenerative Therapy (IART). She has taught prolotherapy nationally and internationally.
Martin Gallagher, MD
Dr. Martin Gallagher is uniquely licensed as a board certified family physician, board certified integrative medicine, physician acupuncturist, and chiropractor.
He is the medical director of Integrative Medicine at Medical Wellness Associates in Jeannette, Pa., just outside of Pittsburgh. Medical Wellness Associates is a self contained, state of the art, medical facility with a staff of 45, that incorporates chiropractic manipulation, medical acupuncture, IV nutritional therapy, BHRT, IV laser therapy, regenerative injection therapies including stem cells, PRP, prolotherapy and every form of ozone including MAH, Prolozone, Hemozone, ENT ozone, ColonOzone, and Stem Cell Ozone injections.
Andrew Kochan, MD
Andrew Kochan, MD Graduated from Washington University Medical School 1977, completed an Orthopedic Research Fellowship from UCLA 1981, and PM&R residency USC with Dr. Rene Calliet director 1984. I was introduced to Prolotherapy in 1984 by Dr. Paul Goodley and started going on and teaching at Honduras Mission trips in 2003. I have participated in about 15 trips to Honduras and 8 to Guadalajara and taught at most if not all HHFP yearly meetings since 2004 and am currently on the board of IART. My practice in the Los Angeles area has been about 90% prolotherapy since 1986 but have added PRP and US guided injections since 2008.
Ripal Parikh, DO
Dr. Parikh has been involved with HHPF/IART since his fellowship year in 2010. He's honored to continue to teach at their yearly conference. He's been to Honduras and Guadalajara for their yearly missions and looks forward to joining in Honduras in the upcoming year. He works at his clinic, Regen Medical in Columbus, Ohio treating patients with Prolotherapy, PRP and Osteopathic manipulation.
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Tricia Croake-Uleman, MD
Dr. Tricia Croake is a board-certified physician who practices interventional pain management, sports medicine, venous disease management and regenerative medicine at her independently owned office in Mason, Ohio. She practices non-narcotic pain management including orthopedic, nerve and pelvic pain with focuses on weaning and keeping patients off narcotics. In addition she treats venous disease with ablations, injections and phlebectomies.
Dr. Tricia Croake was born and raised in Middletown, Ohio and is a graduate of Arizona State University with a BSE in Biomedical Engineering. She obtained her medical degree at Wright State University in 1998. Her residency was at Bethesda Family Practice, and she completed her training in Interventional Pain Management in Phoenix, Arizona in 2006. Dr. Croake has 18 years experience in Interventional Pain Management and Sports Medicine and 12 years experience in Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Croake teaches Regenerative Medicine and Interventional Pain to physicians from all over the world in Madison, Wisconsin and on her annual medical mission trips to Honduras, Mexico and Greece.
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