Christopher J Centeno, MD
Christopher J. Centeno, M.D. is an international expert and specialist in regenerative medicine and the clinical use of mesenchymal stem cells in orthopedics. He is board certified in physical medicine as well as rehabilitation and in pain management through The American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Centeno is one of the few physicians in the world with extensive experience in the culture expansion of and clinical use of adult stem cells to treat orthopedic injuries. His clinic incorporates a variety of revolutionary pain management techniques to bring its broad patient base relief and results. Dr. Centeno treats patients from all over the US who travel to Colorado to under-go innovative, non-surgical treatments. Dr. Centeno has chaired multiple international research-based conferences. He also maintains an active research-based practice, with multiple publications listed in the US National Library of Medicine. Dr. Centeno has also served as editor-in-chief of a medical research journal dedicated to traumatic injury.
Dr. Centeno trained at the Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center and the Institute for Rehabilitation Research. He hails from both Florida and New York and currently resides in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and three children.
Education
1985-B.S. Florida State University; Tallahassee, Florida, Cum Laude in Chemistry
1989-M.D. University of South Florida; Tampa, Florida
Post-Graduate Training
Residency Baylor College of Medicine; The Institute for Rehab Research, Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Internship Presbyterian/St. Luke Hospitals. Denver, Colorado
Licensure
1993-Present-State of Colorado
1990-1993-State of Texas
Board Certifications
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Academy of Physical Medicine