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One place for the why, the questions, and the podcast. Education, never a pitch.
Providers
You're good at what you do. You want to grow, and you want to do it right.
Why I Do This
My Why
Regenerative medicine is new, and we don't have all the answers yet. But I've spent ten years inside this industry, and here's what I see every week. Doctors want to help. Most of them were never taught this. If a doctor doesn't know the science, doesn't know the rules, and doesn't know what to ask a manufacturer, then the patient in front of them never gets the conversation. And that's the part I can't accept. Not because the doctor doesn't care. Because nobody sat down and explained it to them.
So my why is simple. Educate the doctors, and the doctors can help the patients. Define the terms, ask the questions, and do it right. That's how regenerative medicine becomes a standard of care.
At the end of the day, this is about families. Grandparents that want to get on the floor and play with their grandkids. Parents that want to get back to the things they love. People that want a beautiful life and are willing to do the work to get there. That's who I do this for.
Who this is for
Patients
You want to know where the product comes from, and what to ask your doctor.
Owners
You make it, sell it, or bank it, and you want to do it the right way.
Scientists
You want the work told straight, from the lab to the market.
Not for the close-minded, or anyone who doesn't want to learn.
My Companies, 01 of 04
Regen Portal
Founder · Consulting and marketing“People do business with people they trust.”
Doctors kept asking me for help with consulting and marketing after their agencies let them down. So Isaac Dibb and I started Regen Portal. We work with doctors, clinics, manufacturers, distributors, labs, and stem cell banks. Consulting first, then the marketing.
Go to regenportal.com →My Companies, 02 of 04
Regen Med Academy
Founder · Hands-on training“Educate the doctors, and the doctors can help the patients.”
That's the whole idea. Private, hands-on training for licensed providers. The theory is online, and the hands-on day is in person, at your practice or one of our instructor locations.
Go to regenmedacademy.com →My Companies, 03 of 04
RegenCompliance.AI
Compliance tool“Compliance is an advantage, not a burden.”
In most of the warning letters I read, the company's own marketing language is part of the evidence. So we built a tool that checks your website, ads, social posts, and emails against FDA and FTC rules before they go out. It's a tool. Your counsel still gets the final word.
Go to regencompliance.ai →My Companies, 04 of 04
Save My Fat
For patientsYour own fat tissue, preserved for the future.
Save My Fat connects patients with a provider and a US tissue bank that stores their own fat tissue. Banking is preservation. It's not a treatment. Providers, you can join the network here.
Go to savemyfat.com →According To Who?
A number without a source is not a number.
Years in regenerative medicine, since I started selling PRP in 201610
Bachelor of Science, Exercise Science and Health Promotion, FAU2015
Founded Regen Portal2022
Started the Oscar Tellez Podcast, in November2025
Going Back To The Beginning
Born in Nicaragua, raised in Miami. Big family, Spanish at home, and my dad is an electrician. I wasn't the smartest kid in school, but I knew all of them.
I've always worked. Mattresses at Sears, where I learned high-ticket selling. You sleep on a bed eight hours a day, so you walk people through it. Door to door for AT&T in the Miami heat. You get the no, you go back, and you follow up.
I went to FAU to become a physical therapist. Then PT became a doctorate: four more years and $200K in debt. So I trained clients through college instead, first at YouFit, then boutique gyms in Boca Raton, and that's where I learned how the body actually works. I became a dad at 20.
One of my training clients asked me what I wanted to do after graduation. I said medical sales. He brought me in before I graduated. C-arm fluoroscopy in 2015. PRP in 2016. I've been learning ever since.
Then I posted a question on LinkedIn: what is PRP considered? The comments were full of confident answers that didn't match the documents. So I went and read the documents. Then I decided to teach them.
The doctors I worked with kept asking me for consulting and marketing help after their agencies let them down. So I started Regen Portal. People do business with people they trust.
What type of stem cell are you talking about? Let's talk specifics.
What I ask first, every time. Stem cells are a category, not a product.
Things I Say A Lot
"According to who?"
Everyone says theirs is the one to buy. Show me the paper. Show me the document. Then we can talk.
"If they don't provide a COA, run away."
Donor or manufactured product? Ask for the certificate of analysis for that lot. Your own blood, bone marrow, or fat prepared in the room? There's no COA. Ask what the device is cleared for.
"Which leukocytes are you talking about?"
There are five subtypes. Rich or poor is where the conversation starts, not where it ends.
"We have a thinking problem, not a product problem."
A lot of the physicians I talk to say the same thing. One of them, who trains other providers, asked a patient questions before doing anything. She walked one way on a slanted beach every morning.
"Registered is not approved."
A lab that's registered with FDA is not the same thing as a product that went through FDA approval. When someone says FDA, ask which one they mean.
"AI is here to please you."
It handles tasks and gives you a good starting point. It's never been in a lab. Use it. Just don't hand it the strategy.
Push Back
I'm going to push back a little bit here.
I hear these all the time. I don't agree with them. Here's how I answer.
Stem cells are illegal.It depends.Just stop saying stem cell.Say which one.PRP is stem cells.Define the terms.
What people say"Stem cells are illegal."
My answerWhich stem cells? It depends on the source, how it's processed, what you're claiming, and which state you're in. Let's talk specifics.
What people say"PRP is stem cells."
My answerIt isn't. PRP is platelets, growth factors, and cytokines from your own blood. Stem cells are a category, not a product.
What people say"I'll lose my license."
My answerEvery time I see a warning letter, the first thing I do is I review it. In most of the letters I read, the company's own marketing language is part of the evidence. So read your website the way FDA would. Start there.
What people say"Then I just won't say stem cell."
My answerGet precise instead. Which stem cell, from what source? Then learn what the rule says you can say about it.
What people say"Stem cells didn't deliver. The trials failed."
My answerWhich trial, which cell, which year? It's new medicine. The research is coming, and the trials are underway.
What people say"Which product should I use?"
My answerThe questions come first. Your own tissue, or a donor's? Where is it coming from? How is it processed? Get those answered, and then we can talk products.
What people say"You're biased. You're pushing a product."
My answerI don't have a product to sell, and I'm not tied to one brand. If you need help in an area, I'll connect you with the best people I know in it. Then you ask them the questions, and you decide.
What people say"You have to go overseas to get stem cells."
My answerFor stem cells, you might not have to leave the country. Some states, like Florida (SB 1768), now have their own stem cell laws, and each one reads differently. There's also Expanded Access and Right to Try. Those are real, but they're narrow: they're for products already being tested in FDA trials, not for any product a clinic offers. Ask your doctor about all of it. A lot of doctors haven't heard of these yet, so bring your questions with you.
Questions I Never Got Answered
If it's illegal, how are licensed physicians using it with FDA's knowledge?
So what does "illegal" actually mean here? I want the straight answer, with the document attached.
Donor tissue or your own: which one is better?
Nobody can honestly say yet. Doctors go off evidence, and for most donor-derived and manufactured products the published evidence is still thin, because it's new medicine.
Bone marrow or fat?
That's a debate I want on the podcast, with the papers on both sides of the table.
Have the answer, with the paper? Send it to me and I'll take a look. Oscar@regenportal.com
The Podcast
Beyond The Lab
Exploring science, regulation, and the future of regenerative medicine.
I started the podcast in November 2025 to bring real conversations into regenerative medicine. Scientists, doctors, and people in the industry come on, say what they found, and I ask the questions. When a guest tells me an outcome, you'll hear me ask: Is that published? Where can people read that?
It's also a place for researchers and doctors who think differently to say it, without being scrutinized by their own colleagues. Prof. Alberto Gobbi told me, "You made me think. You made us think." That's the job.
Recent conversations
- Michael Murphy, MBAWhy does your regenerative clinic feel busy but broke?
- Stephen MartinRight to Try exists. Almost nobody can use it.
- Prof. Alberto Gobbi, MDCan we actually repair cartilage without replacing the joint?
- Prof. Ali MobasheriGene therapy for osteoarthritis: exciting possibilities or dangerous risks?
- Robert Talac, MD, PhDRegenerative intelligence, and soil before signal.
- Syed Hasnain Haider-Shah, MDWhy is the US behind in regenerative medicine?
The views expressed by guests are their own. Statements about outcomes reflect the guest's experience and published work, not a claim by Oscar Tellez.
Off The Clock
The plate.
Carne asada with gallopinto, maduros, tostones, and a cacao drink. That's the Nicaraguan plate.
The game.
Baseball from age five through my teens. These days it's tennis, for fun.
The language.
Spanish at home, with my family and close friends. English at work.
Come Find Me
Compliance Webinar
How To Market Stem Cells
How the rules read for stem cell marketing, the terms people get wrong, and where the line sits. It's free, and I'm hosting it.
Join here →Reach Out
Do your own research. Ask the questions. And when you need help, reach out. Oscar@regenportal.com
Introducing me to someone? Here's the line. "This is Oscar. Ten years in regenerative medicine, and somehow he's the guy everybody calls with their questions."
For The Record, Newest First
2025, Nov
Started the Oscar Tellez Podcast
On YouTube and live on LinkedIn. Real conversations, and a place for people who think differently.
2022
Founded Regen Portal
The doctors I worked with kept asking for help with consulting and marketing after their agencies let them down.
2016
PRP, and ten years of learning
Selling PRP kits to orthopedics, aesthetics, and other specialties. My ten years count from here.
2015
FAU, and C-arm fluoroscopy
Bachelor of Science, Exercise Science and Health Promotion, Florida Atlantic University. A training client brought me into medical sales before I graduated. The first thing I sold was C-arm fluoroscopy.
Before
Sears, door to door, and the gym
Selling mattresses at Sears. AT&T door to door in the Miami summer. Personal training at YouFit, then boutique gyms in Boca Raton.
Miami
Born in Nicaragua, raised in Miami
Big family, Spanish at home, and baseball from age five.