Dr. Centeno is a 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 Anesthesia.
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. He is a founding member of the International Cellular Medicine Society as well as the Spinal Injury Foundation. His clinic incorporates a variety of pain management techniques his clinic treats patients from all over the U.S. and the world who travel to Colorado to undergo innovative, non-surgical treatments. Dr. Centeno’s clinical practice in Colorado (The Centeno-Schultz Clinic) has a state of the art cell biology research lab, a bioengineering department, and a clinical research arm.
Dr. Centeno has chaired multiple international research-based conferences. He also maintains an active research-based practice and has multiple publications listed in the U.S. National Library of Medicine. He has also served as editor-in-chief of a medical research journal dedicated to traumatic injury. He has lectured all over the world on regenerative therapies including the Vatican in Rome.
Dr. Centeno trained at the Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, and the Institute for Rehabilitation Research all located in Houston, Texas.