Where we train
Regenerative Medicine Course for Chicago Professionals
Hands-on regenerative medicine training for licensed providers. We run it across Chicagoland, northwest Indiana and southern Wisconsin. One instructor. One consenting patient. And you don’t watch the procedure. You do it.
Live patients
Private training
Practicing clinicians
U.S. based, worldwide
Training in Chicago
Chicagoland practices run from the city out through Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will and Kane counties: Evanston and the North Shore, Oak Brook and Naperville to the west, Schaumburg to the northwest and Joliet to the southwest. Northwest Indiana is under an hour from the Loop outside rush hour, and Milwaukee is about an hour and a half north.
You choose between two formats. One brings the instructor into your practice to train you and your staff on your own equipment, with travel inside the quote. The other has you train at an instructor’s own working practice. Both are private, both work with a real patient who has consented, and both have their scope set before you book.
Who can train? Anyone legally able to provide the treatment in Illinois. That depends on your license, and Illinois draws its lines through the Medical Practice Act and IDFPR guidance. The two sections below walk through both, each with its source. A practice in Indiana or Wisconsin answers to that state.
Local detail
Chicago at a glance.
Which airport the instructor uses, the stretch of Chicagoland a session covers, and the academic medicine in the city.
Getting here
The instructor flies into O’Hare International Airport (ORD) or Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), whichever is nearer your practice. O’Hare tends to suit the north and northwest suburbs, and Midway is usually the shorter drive to the south side and northwest Indiana. Travel and lodging are in the quote.
The area a Chicago session covers
Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane and McHenry counties, from Evanston, Skokie and the North Shore to Oak Park, Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, Oak Brook, Naperville, Aurora, Joliet and Orland Park. Practices in northwest Indiana and southern Wisconsin are inside the drive too, licensed in their own states. Farther out, see Indianapolis, Detroit and St. Louis.
Academic health systems
Northwestern Medicine describes itself as an integrated academic health system, with an essential relationship with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. UChicago Medicine, a not-for-profit academic medical health system with a history dating to 1927, is based on the University of Chicago campus on the South Side and includes the Pritzker School of Medicine. Rush describes itself as an academic health system; it includes Rush University Medical Center and Rush University.
The Illinois Medical District and UI Health
On the Near West Side, the Illinois Medical District was formally established by the Medical Center District Act of 1941 and describes itself as the oldest established medical district in the United States. Its history starts with the opening of Cook County Hospital in 1876. UI Health, part of the University of Illinois Chicago, includes the University of Illinois Hospital, a 451-bed tertiary care hospital, and calls itself the only public academic health center in Chicago.
Worth knowing
Rush Medical College received its charter on March 2, 1837, two days before the city of Chicago was incorporated. It was named for Benjamin Rush, MD, the only physician with medical school training to sign the Declaration of Independence. Source
Illinois scope
What each Illinois license allows.
In Illinois, as anywhere, your license decides what you may do hands on. Here is how Illinois law and the state regulator, IDFPR, read for each license we train, as of October 2026, with the source linked. It is a starting point, not legal advice.
It is your responsibility to confirm the modality is legal in your state for your license. Do that before you book. The authority on your own scope is your licensing board, not us.
Physicians, MD and DO
IDFPR licenses physicians under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Its State Medical Board has 17 members, twelve of them physicians, with the osteopathic and chiropractic branches represented. Source In a 2019 consumer warning, IDFPR said stem cell injections can only be ordered and given by physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, meaning MDs and DOs. Source Its 2025 medical spa memo adds that medspas must be owned and operated by physicians, and for some services by an APRN. Source
Nurse practitioners
Illinois has reduced practice for nurse practitioners, according to the AANP. Source IDFPR states that an APRN needs a written collaborative agreement to practice in Illinois, except in a hospital, a federally qualified health center or an ambulatory surgical treatment center. Source An APRN who holds full practice authority can practice without a written collaborative agreement in all practice settings consistent with national certification, with authority that includes ordering and administering medications. Source How we read it: whether you hold full practice authority decides whose sign-off your hands-on plan needs.
Physician assistants
Illinois requires a written collaborative agreement for every physician assistant, except in hospitals, hospital affiliates and ambulatory surgical treatment centers under Section 7.7 of the Physician Assistant Practice Act. A collaborating physician may collaborate with at most 7 full-time equivalent physician assistants. Source IDFPR’s 2019 warning noted that the Medical Practice Act lets a physician assistant or an APRN give injectables in certain circumstances, while stem cell injections stay with MDs and DOs. Source
Registered nurses
IDFPR’s medical spa memo says that medical procedures at a medspa must be performed by a licensed physician, or by a person the physician delegates to who is appropriately trained and supervised, within a physician-patient relationship. A registered nurse, or anyone else delegated an ablative or non-ablative procedure, must have received appropriate, documented training. Source How we read it: an RN’s hands-on part in a procedure such as PRP starts from a physician’s delegation. Questions on nursing scope go to IDFPR and its Board of Nursing.
Chiropractic physicians
Illinois licenses chiropractic physicians under the same Medical Practice Act as MDs and DOs. Source IDFPR’s 2019 warning urged consumers to avoid stem cell therapy given by chiropractors, or by anyone else not licensed to provide it, without collaboration with a medical doctor. Source How we read it: a chiropractic physician in Illinois should take any injection course to IDFPR as a question first. Put it to the department in writing, and get the answer, before you book.
Physical therapists
IDFPR licenses physical therapists under the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Source Its Physical Therapy Licensing and Disciplinary Board advises the department on disciplinary matters, professional performance and conduct. Source IDFPR’s 2019 warning placed stem cell injections with MDs and DOs. Source How we read it: an Illinois physical therapist should not plan an injection course without a clear answer from IDFPR on scope. Ask before you book.
Illinois law
The Illinois rules that touch regenerative medicine.
State law in this field changes, sometimes more than once a year. Our reading of each state, with its sources and the date we checked, is on the rules by state page. It is a starting point, not legal advice.
IDFPR stem cell warning (2019)
In a consumer warning dated May 31, 2019, IDFPR said that under the Medical Practice Act, stem cell injections can only be ordered and administered by physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches (MDs and DOs). It noted that the Act lets an APRN or a physician assistant give injectables in certain circumstances, and that medical providers cannot make claims for their products that are untrue and lack scientific support. It urged consumers to avoid stem cell treatments given by chiropractors or others not licensed to provide them without collaboration with a medical doctor. Source
Medical spa memo (2025)
IDFPR and the Illinois Department of Public Health issued a joint memo on medical spa services, updated October 30, 2025. It lists platelet rich plasma among the procedures done in medspas, alongside botulinum toxin, dermal fillers and laser hair removal. It says medical procedures at a medspa must be performed by a licensed physician within the scope of practice, or by a person the physician delegates to who is appropriately trained and supervised, within a physician-patient relationship. Source
Who may own a medspa
The same memo says the Medical Practice Act and the Nurse Practice Act require that medspas be owned and operated by physicians, and that for some services a medspa can be owned and operated by an APRN. If you are opening or restructuring a practice around these procedures, read the memo in full with your counsel. Source
Federal rules still apply
Illinois law sits on top of federal law, not in place of it. The FDA’s rules for human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products apply in every state. Our summary is in the federal section of the rules by state page.
Your boards in Illinois
Illinois State Medical Board, Illinois Board of Nursing and Physical Therapy Licensing and Disciplinary Board, all under the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
Formats and pricing
Two ways to train in Chicago, and both are private.
The hands-on work with a consenting patient is the same either way. What changes is whose room it is, and who from your practice is in it. Both prices are starting points: the quote depends on the course, how many people are training and how much of the curriculum is built around you.
At an instructor location
From $5,000
You come to us, at an instructor’s own working practice.
At your own practice
From $10,000
We come to you, anywhere in Illinois, with the instructor’s travel and lodging inside the quote. What on-site training includes.
Cancel or refund any time up to thirty days out. Inside thirty days, no refund.
On a refund, covering card processing and office costs.
To move your date, covering the travel that moves with it.
Questions about dates, format or fit? Talk to us.
Training courses we offer
Every course runs in Chicago.
The hands-on day is in person, at an instructor’s practice or inside yours.
Common questions
What Chicago providers ask before they book.
How much does training in Chicago cost?
Training inside your own practice in Chicago starts at $10,000, with the instructor's travel and lodging included. Training at an instructor's location starts at $5,000. Both are starting points. The quote depends on the discipline, the instructor, how many people are training and how much of the curriculum is built around you.
Who can give stem cell injections in Illinois?
IDFPR's 2019 consumer warning says stem cell injections can only be ordered and given by physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, MDs and DOs. It also says APRNs and physician assistants can give injectables in certain circumstances. PRP is treated separately: the 2025 medspa memo lists it as a procedure a physician performs or delegates. Our reading of both, with sources, is on the rules by state page.
Can an Illinois NP or PA do the hands-on part?
Within your Illinois scope, yes. A nurse practitioner works under a written collaborative agreement unless the setting is exempt or the nurse holds full practice authority. A physician assistant works under a written collaborative agreement outside hospitals, hospital affiliates and ambulatory surgical treatment centers. Share that agreement with us when we plan the session, and we shape the hands-on plan around it before you book.
I'm not licensed in Illinois. Can I train in Chicago?
Bring it up when you request a date. Training in your own practice runs under the license you hold there. If you train at an instructor's location in Illinois, your Illinois licensure decides what you do hands on, and we work that out with you before you book.
My practice is in northwest Indiana or southern Wisconsin. Whose rules apply?
Your own state's. A practice in Hammond, Munster or Merrillville is licensed in Indiana, and one in Kenosha or Racine is licensed in Wisconsin, so the Illinois sections above do not decide your scope. Our reading of Indiana and Wisconsin is on the rules by state page, and the Indianapolis page sets out Indiana's rules license by license.
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Important information
Read this before you book.
Know what a course is not before you book. It won’t make you a specialist. It carries no CMEs, credit hours or accreditation, and it doesn’t cover your malpractice: you arrange that yourself. No one can promise you outcomes. It is education for licensed providers, not medical or legal advice, and some products and modalities discussed are not FDA approved or cleared for the uses discussed. The Certificate of Completion is not a license or a board certification, and it does not expand your scope of practice. Read the full notes.