Austin Ortho + Biologics: Kelly Cunningham, MD

09/23/2025

Thanks to DataBiologics for featuring my work in regenerative medicine! It's been rewarding to see how these innovations can improve patient outcomes and quality of life, and their commitment to tracking these outcomes is a big part of helping us drive better recoveries and stronger results for patients.

Read the full article here:
https://www.databiologics.com/blogs/kelly-cunningham-texas

Kelly Cunningham, MD
Board-certified orthopedic surgeon
Austin OrthoBiologics
austinorthobio.com
(512)-410-0767

Expert, board-certified orthopedic surgery consultation and treatment in:
-Sports medicine: knee, shoulder, and hip injuries
-Regenerative medicine, non-surgical treatment options for early arthritis
-Cell-based "stem cell" & PRP modalities, surgery & in-office applications

Dr. Kelly Cunningham uses DataBiologics to validate his orthobiologic protocols with real-world outcomes. By benchmarking against national data, he shows faster pain relief, longer-lasting results, and fewer repeat treatments—helping position biologics as a reliable alternative to surgery and conv...

08/25/2025

Can I avoid surgery with Biologics?
Dr. Kelly Cunningham, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon based in Austin, TX, discusses the usages of surgical treatments with biologics. Dr. Cunningham specializes in OrthoBiologics, natural treatments that harvest the pain-relieving cells and products of your own body to provide pain relief and improve activity.

Watch the full interview about OrthoBiologics here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ7dVHE7xuE&t=0s

To schedule a consultation with Dr. Cunningham, visit https://austinorthobio.com or call (512)-410-0767.

07/21/2025

Can PRP or cell-based ("stem cell") therapy help shoulder pain?
Watch Dr. Cunningham discuss shoulder conditions and treatments in detail. Dr. Cunningham specializes in OrthoBiologics, natural treatments that harvest the pain-relieving cells and products of your own body to provide pain relief and improve activity.

Watch the full interview about OrthoBiologics here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ7dVHE7xuE&t=0s

Kelly Cunningham, MD
Board-certified orthopedic surgeon
Austin OrthoBiologics
austinorthobio.com
(512)-410-0767

Expert, board-certified orthopedic surgery consultation and treatment in:
-Sports medicine: knee, shoulder, and hip injuries
-Regenerative medicine, non-surgical treatment options for early arthritis
-Cell-based "stem cell" & PRP modalities, surgery & in-office applications

06/23/2025

I am honored to be recognized as a Top Performer by DataBiologics. This award is presented to providers who have demonstrated the greatest performance outcomes in blood-derived orthobiologics, such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and cell-based ("stem cell") therapies. I am grateful to be recognized among such a top-flight group of orthobiologic clinicians


Kelly Cunningham, MD
Board-certified orthopedic surgeon
Austin OrthoBiologics
austinorthobio.com
(512)-410-0767

Expert, board-certified orthopedic surgery consultation and treatment in:
-Sports medicine: knee, shoulder, and hip injuries
-Regenerative medicine, non-surgical treatment options for early arthritis
-Cell-based "stem cell" & PRP modalities, surgery & in-office applications

04/21/2025

A lot of confusion over biologic "birth products" and exosomes —
these are products used in regenerative medicine, distinct from your own cell-based “stem cells” and PRP (platelet rich plasma).

Perhaps due to recent changes to NIH, HHS, and especially FDA leadership with the new administration, there seems to be renewed interest in birth products, such as cord blood, placental tissue and Wharton's jelly, and their potential as orthobiologic treatments. At Austin OrthoBiologics, we have seen an increase in phone calls and questions about these products.

For numerous reasons, FDA regulations essentially prohibit the orthopedic/joint injection of "birth products" unless used in an FDA-approved IND clinical trial. These trials are lengthy and very expensive, and therefore are few & far between....

Same rules apply for exosomes, another form of biologic “packaging“ to deliver these products. Noted regenerative medicine expert Chris Centeno MD states “exosomes require full FDA approval with clinical trials. However, no exosome product being sold today has that type of biologic drug approval…The myth spread by many sales reps selling exosomes has been that if the company has an FDA IND and permission to perform a clinical trial on a specific disease, that company can sell its exosome products to the public. That contention is, of course, fiction…”

The FDA position has been clear on this issue since at least 2022.
The companies that sell these FDA–prohibited products are well aware of the restrictions - many have received FDA warning letters and more.
However, the doctors asked to consider injecting these may not be.

It is our responsibility as healthcare providers to keep up with the regulations of a high growth and rapidly evolving specialty, as we at Austin OrthoBiologics strive to do. This is not a “static” area of medicine. Changes to treatment protocols will occur and regulations will follow.

Currently and perhaps most importantly –
We find no reason to skirt regulations in our treatment protocols - your own cell-based therapy "stem cells” and PRP for orthopedic, joint pain, and early arthritis indications work well at just about any age. Our experience of 10 years and over 2500 procedures with well-documented successful patient outcome studies (re:databiologics.com) bears this out.

Feel free to reach out to us in Austin with any questions.

Kelly Cunningham, MD
Board-certified orthopedic surgeon
Austin OrthoBiologics
austinorthobio.com
(512)-410-0767

-Expert, board-certified orthopedic surgery consultation and treatment in:
-Sports medicine, knee & shoulder injuries, arthroscopic surgery
-Regenerative medicine, non-surgical treatment options for early arthritis
-Cell-based "stem cell" & PRP modalities, surgery & in-office applications

03/10/2025

Last week, I was honored to be the recipient of a Top Performer award at the Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation conference. This award is presented to providers who have demonstrated the greatest performance outcomes in blood-derived orthobiologics, such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and cell-based therapies. I am grateful to be recognized among such a top-flight group of orthobiologic clinicians!

Kelly Cunningham, MD
Board-certified orthopedic surgeon
Austin OrthoBiologics
austinorthobio.com
(512)-410-0767

Expert, board-certified orthopedic surgery consultation and treatment in:
-Sports medicine, knee & shoulder injuries
-Regenerative medicine, non-surgical treatment options for early arthritis
-Cell-based "stem cell" & PRP modalities, surgery & in-office applications

02/17/2025

What is cell-based, or "stem cell", therapy? Dr. Kelly Cunningham, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, discusses it as a treatment option for joint pain and arthritis.

For more details about OrthoBiologics or to schedule a consultation with Dr. Cunningham, visit https://austinorthobio.com or call (512)-410-0767.

Watch the full interview on OrthoBiologics here: https://youtu.be/ZZ7dVHE7xuE?si=pLaKM0gLHWtx3G4g

02/10/2025

Can PRP or cell-based ("stem cell") therapy help knee pain?

Watch Dr. Cunningham discuss knee conditions and treatments in detail. Dr. Cunningham specializes in OrthoBiologics, natural treatments that harvest the pain-relieving cells and products of your own body to provide pain relief and improve activity.

Watch the full interview on OrthoBiologics here: https://youtu.be/ZZ7dVHE7xuE?si=pLaKM0gLHWtx3G4g

To schedule a consultation with Dr. Cunningham, visit https://austinorthobio.com or call (512)-410-0767.

01/27/2025

Is PRP right for you?
Watch Dr. Cunningham discuss platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections in detail. Dr. Cunningham specializes in OrthoBiologics, natural treatments that harvest the pain-relieving cells and products of your own body to provide pain relief and improve activity.

Watch the full interview on OrthoBiologics here: https://youtu.be/ZZ7dVHE7xuE?si=pLaKM0gLHWtx3G4g

To schedule a consultation with Dr. Cunningham, visit https://austinorthobio.com or call (512)-410-0767.

12/30/2024

Review of over 100 “consecutive“ knee patients who had received injections of PRP (platelet rich plasma) or BMC “Stem Cell” Therapy (purple graph line), compared to a national database of over 6000 patients with similar treatment (black graph line).

KOOS-Jr is a commonly used pre-and post-treatment measure for knee pain and activity level.

Takeaway: Our results are BETTER than the Patient Reported Outcomes of similar treatments from around the country (quite favorable as well; thanks DataBiologics.com).

Dr. Cunningham discusses knee treatments in greater detail at: https://youtu.be/iZqIGV-WJm0

As a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with 30 years of experience in Austin, Dr. Cunningham can review your options and provide supporting data for an a variety of treatments, with or without surgery.

Austin OrthoBiologics

austinorthobio.com 512–410–0767

Kelly Cunningham MD

12/12/2024

What is cell-based, or "stem cell", therapy? Dr. Kelly Cunningham, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, discusses it as a treatment option for joint pain and arthritis: https://youtu.be/8SQXnS3JE3c

Watch the full interview about OrthoBiologics here: https://youtu.be/ZZ7dVHE7xuE

For more details about OrthoBiologics or to schedule a consultation with Dr. Cunningham, visit austinorthobio.com or call (512)-410-0767.

12/05/2024

This evening, Dr Kelly Cunningham educated us on potential bone & joint biologic ("stem cell"/PRP) therapies.
If you have questions, post them in the comments.
If curious about if you may be a good candidate, call us at 512-410-0767
more info is available at austinorthobio.com