Stem Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Clinics in Nashville & Franklin, TN

Since July 1, 2026, Tennessee has had its own law for this market. A summary of Public Chapter 1016 says each advertisement for a stem cell or regenerative therapy that is not FDA approved must carry a set notice, and the physician must get a signed consent form before treatment. So in Middle Tennessee you can ask to see two documents before you pay. The four practices below span Franklin, Nashville and Lebanon. They use different materials, and this page says which is which. FDA has approved no stem cell product for a joint, spine or tendon problem.

Middle Tennessee Practices Compared

Clinic	Where	Physician named	What its site says it uses	Price posted
Vita Nova Stem Cell Professionals	Franklin	Hemal V. Mehta, MD	Own cells; also resells a supplier's cell products	Not posted
Stem Cell Therapy Center of Nashville	Franklin	Jill Crowell, MD	Own fat or a donor-derived product	Written at consultation
Paul D. Crook, MD	Nashville, Dickson	Paul D. Crook, MD	Own marrow, PRP	Not posted
iOBX	Lebanon	Dr. Jason Tucker	Own marrow or fat, processed in its lab	Not posted

Vita Nova Stem Cell Professionals

The Franklin practice says “we use autologous stem cells exclusively” on its stem cell therapy page and describes these as coming from your own body, and its home page says it expands those cells on site and gives patients documentation of cell count and viability. The same site also calls the practice an authorized reseller of MCI Dezawa MuseCell and exosome products from an outside supplier, so ask directly which you would receive. Its site covers many more conditions than this page does; this listing addresses orthopedic and pain questions only, and FDA’s position on other conditions is below.

• Address: 4601 Carothers Parkway, Suite 325, Franklin, TN 37067
• Phone: (615) 801-8005
• Website: https://vitanovatn.com/
• Physicians: Dr. Hemal V. Mehta, MD, whom the practice describes as board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and in pain medicine; Kate Sherman, PA-C
• What the site lists: Autologous stem cell therapy, PRP, resold MCI Dezawa products
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
• Insurance and price: Not posted on the pages read
• Ask: Would my procedure use my own expanded cells or the MCI product, and what is the FDA status of each?

Stem Cell Therapy Center of Nashville

Dr. Crowell, the founder, is a board-certified dermatologist per the site, which also says stem cell therapy here is “investigational and has not been approved” by FDA for these uses. The site displays the Tennessee notice. It says cells are either concentrated from your own fat or come from a donor-derived product, depending on the case, and that Dr. Crowell serves on the science advisory board of the company that makes the donor-derived cells the practice uses. It also says you get the cost in writing and decide at home, with no same-day pressure, and that insurance does not cover the treatment.

• Address: 1909 Mallory Lane, Suite 302, Franklin, TN 37067
• Phone: (615) 905-4994
• Website: https://stemcelltherapycenternashville.com/
• Physicians: Dr. Jill Crowell, MD
• What the site lists: Own-fat or donor-derived cell injections for joint, tendon and nerve pain
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 4:30pm; consultations in person
• Insurance and price: Not covered by insurance; cost given in writing at consultation
• Ask: Which product do you recommend for me and why, and what does the written cost include?

Paul D. Crook, MD

Dr. Crook is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon with a sports medicine focus. His regenerative page covers stem cell therapy and PRP, and it is the option here with a street address in Nashville itself. A surgical evaluation makes sense if you want injection and surgery compared by one person.

• Address: 8 City Blvd., Nashville, TN 37209; also 7103 Ramsey Way, Dickson, TN 37055
• Phone: (615) 823-8891
• Website: https://www.paulcrookmd.com/
• Physicians: Paul D. Crook, MD
• What the site lists: Stem cell therapy from your own marrow, PRP, orthopaedic sports surgery
• Hours: 8am to 5pm
• Insurance and price: The site has an insurance page; injection prices are not posted on the pages read
• Ask: Would you offer me an injection or a repair, and what does each cost out of pocket?

iOBX

iOBX’s site says procedures use your own body’s cells and that it processes them by hand in its own lab. The address is in Lebanon, east of Nashville.

• Address: 920 South Hartmann Drive, Suite 320, Lebanon, TN 37090
• Phone: 980.859.2340
• Website: https://www.iobx.com/
• Physicians: Dr. Jason Tucker
• What the site lists: Same-day own marrow or fat cell procedures
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm
• Insurance and price: Most insurance plans and Medicare do not cover procedures, per the site; it says stem cell therapy “can range in the thousands”
• Ask: What result should I expect for my condition, and how would we measure it?

What Tennessee’s New Law Adds

One law firm’s summary of HB 2246, Public Chapter 1016, describes a scope-of-practice limit, a rule that physicians must get products from a facility meeting the law’s standards, an advertising notice and signed written consent. A September 2026 state-by-state summary adds that adverse events must be reported and that the law does not apply to FDA-approved investigational use, hospitals and their outpatient clinics, or Right to Try therapy. Read the chaptered law on the Tennessee Secretary of State’s site for exact terms.

Whatever a clinic says about that law, it does not make a product FDA approved. The notice exists precisely because these therapies have not been approved. The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners and the Board of Osteopathic Examination handle licenses, and a physician assistant’s license is separate.

FDA on Cells, Donors and Exosomes

FDA’s consumer notice says regenerative therapies have not been approved for any orthopedic condition, or for neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis, or for autism. It covers cells from your own body or another person’s, and it warns about being charged outside a clinical trial. FDA has also said there are no FDA-approved exosome products. Its guidance says isolating cells from fat generally goes beyond minimal manipulation, and treats PRP as a blood product.

If a site mentions cells expanded in a lab or a supplier’s certificate, ask what FDA document applies. A certificate of analysis describes a product lot; it is not FDA approval.

Evidence for the Products Named Above

The American College of Rheumatology’s 2026 recommendations strongly recommend against stem cell injections and PRP in knee and hip osteoarthritis. A randomized trial in Nature Medicine, with 480 knee patients (440 analyzed), found marrow, fat and cord tissue cells no better than cortisone at one year. It did not test every product named above, so ask for the evidence on the product you are actually offered.

The order of this list is not a ranking and carries no recommendation, and clinic facts come from their websites as read in November 2026, so call to confirm. This page is general information, not medical advice. FDA has received reports of blindness, tumors and infections from unapproved regenerative products.