Week of June 15, 2009

Dipnarine Maharaj, MD

Dr. Dipnarine Maharaj is the Medical Director and founder of the South Florida Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant Institute, one of the few completely outpatient bone marrow/stem cell transplant facilities in the country. He was also involved in the establishment of bone marrow/ stem cell transplant programs at the University of Miami and for other communities in Florida. He has been involved with clinical research studies using stem cells in the areas of cardiac regeneration, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer treatments. Most recently, he has secured an Investigator-initiated IND from the FDA to study a novel treatment of solid tumors using only healthy white blood cells. His innovative approach to medicine has earned him international recognition.

“The harder I work and the more dedicated my care, the closer we all get to beating cancer. The constant strides in science, research and technology have given new hope to patients who, as recently as ten years ago, may have had none. The treatments are getting more effective, the success rates are getting higher, and it's because doctors like me simply refuse to rest.”

Dr. Maharaj earned both his medical degree and research doctorate at the University of Glasgow Medical School. He is also certified in Internal Medicine by the Royal College of Physicians of the UK, and has accreditations in Hematology, specializing in oncology and bone marrow transplantation. He has been a lecturer on Internal medicine, hematology, and bone marrow transplantation at medical schools and universities in the US and Europe, and is currently Professor at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, UMMSM regional campus at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Maharaj maintains professional memberships in the American Medical Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry, American Society of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation, and the American Society of Internal Medicine.

At the upcoming A4M WORLD STEM CELL CLINICAL SUMMIT, to be held in conjunction with theAnti-Aging Conference: Clinical Applications for In-Office Procedures in San Jose, California (September 9-12, 2009), Dr. Maharaj will present, Stem Cells and Bone Marrow Transplants: Current Medical Applications and Clinical Studies in Regenerative Medicine, on Saturday, September 12th.

In this lecture, Dr. Maharaj will discuss the different types of stem cells and the use of adult stem cells for the treatment of Parkinsons, cardiac repair, and generating granulocytes for solid tumor cancer therapy. For more information, call 1-888-997-0112.