Don Buford MD, RMSK

Dr. Don Buford founded The Dallas PRP and Stem Cell Institute with the goal of creating a research institute with well-trained orthopedic surgeons also interested in state of the art orthobiologic therapies. By closely following clinical results from these regenerative therapies, Dr. Buford hopes to further refine the indications and treatments for many musculoskeletal conditions.

Dr. Buford instructs others in regenerative medicine to help patients recover to their desired state of health without a surgical procedure, and will instruct on performing regenerative orthopedic therapies in an office based procedures. Dr. Buford played professional baseball as a second baseman and outfielder in the Baltimore Orioles organisation for 4 years. After graduating from the UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Buford completed a 5-year orthopaedic residency at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.

Dr. Buford also completed a one-year sports medicine fellowship at the prestigious Southern California Orthopaedic Institute (SCOI), where he learned advanced arthroscopy techniques. Because of his interest in minimally invasive and noninvasive orthopedic techniques to treat patients, Dr. Buford was naturally drawn to the orthobiologic subspecialty. Dr. Buford has been training clinicians on MSK ultrasound as the Director of the Las Vegas MSK Ultrasound Course. Dr. Buford and his course faculty have trained over 600 clinicians in MSK ultrasound in the past 9 years.