Alas, we did not prevail in the voting for the 2022 Naples Best of the Best Community Choice Awards for Naples' Best Hospital/Medical Center. But we do appreciate that so many of you took the time to cast your vote for us — thank you very much! We congratulate the finalists: NCH, PRMC, and Millennium Physicians, and look forward to learning who won at the end of September.

Regenerative medicine has been a hot topic for quite some time now. As with any innovations in the medical field, it's wise to educate yourself thoroughly about the subject, using trusted providers as resources. Several of our surgeon-partners offer regenerative medicine therapy in one form or another in their private practices. We have rounded up some links to blog posts or services pages on their websites to help you learn more about this exciting aspect to surgery and recovery. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to call their individual offices, or request an appointment through the Seaside website.

"All You Need to Know About PRP Therapy" is a post on Dr. Steven Goldberg's blog at naplesorthopedic.com. In clear and concise terms, Platelet Rich Plasma is thoroughly explained, including when it may be appropriate to use PRP in your treatment plan.

PRP Therapy is also a topic covered in Dr. Chris Calcagni's patient education library on the Coastal Foot & Ankle Center website.

Dr. Michael Petrocelli is offering NuCel in his Collier Podiatry practice. NuCel is an allograft derived from human amnion and amniotic fluid, which "provides an enhanced environment for tissue growth, repair, and healing." This article describes the process and one patient's dramatic response to wound treatment using NuCel.

The surgeons at Joint Replacement Institute offer PRP Therapy and discuss both PRP Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy on the practice's blog.

On the Zehr Center for Orthopaedics website, a section is devoted to Regenerative Medicine, including a couple of videos illustrating RM principles and a downloadable PDF describing the biologics in use at the ZCO. There is also a section on alpha-2-macroglobulin (A2M) plasma therapy for knee osteoarthritis, which Dr. Robert Zehr has been providing for several years.