Founder & medical director · PrimeCell, Orlando
Kenny Chantasi, DO
Board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and in Pain Medicine. A former Columbia University faculty physician and rehabilitation-hospital medical director, he founded PrimeCell in Orlando and performs its evaluations and procedures himself.
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Biography
A physiatrist’s training, applied to the whole person
In brief
Dr. Kenny Chantasi is an osteopathic physician (DO), board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and in the subspecialty of Pain Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOBPMR), where he also serves as a board member. He founded PrimeCell Regenerative & Aesthetic Medicine in Orlando, Florida, and is its medical director.
Both of his certifications come from the AOBPMR, a certifying board of the American Osteopathic Association. His service on that board reflects an ongoing role in osteopathic board certification, professional standards and the PM&R specialty.
PM&R is the medical specialty focused on restoring function: how people move, work and live. It looks at the whole person, not one organ system. Dr. Chantasi has worked in academic medicine, hospital rehabilitation, image-guided pain care and private practice — a range that gives him a broad view of how pain, nerve health, movement and overall health affect one another.
That background shapes his approach at PrimeCell. He starts with a workup that pins down the source of the problem, then looks at how it affects daily life, and builds a plan that begins with the least invasive option that fits.
Career
From academic medicine and hospital leadership to private practice
Each stage added a different view of the same question: what is causing the problem, and what will change how the patient functions?
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Education & residency
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. Internship and residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, New York.
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
After residency he practiced at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, serving as Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at Columbia — combining patient care with teaching physicians and the wider community.
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Sanford Health, Fargo, North Dakota
Department Chair and Medical Director of Sanford Rehabilitation Hospital, with a faculty appointment as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Dakota. His hospital work included caring for patients recovering from stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic injury, and for people with nerve conditions and other complex illnesses that affect movement and independence.
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Teaching, publishing & board service
He has taught through lectures, professional talks and published work, including a contribution to the Oxford American Handbook of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and serves on the AOBPMR Board.
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PrimeCell Regenerative & Aesthetic Medicine
Founder and medical director of a physician-led practice in Orlando’s MetroWest, where his Pain Medicine subspecialty and clinical experience add depth in image-guided procedures for spine, joint, tendon and nerve-related pain.
A personal perspective
Why weight management and skin health matter to him
- About 100 lb lost over one year, on a path that included GLP-1 therapy
- Aesthetic certification training
- Certified in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT)
Dr. Chantasi’s interest in medical weight management and aesthetic medicine is rooted in his own experience. Over one year, he lost approximately 100 pounds during a weight-loss journey that included GLP-1 therapy. Along the way he noticed changes in his skin — dryness, sagging and a more aged appearance — which sparked a personal interest in skin health and in the changes that can accompany significant weight loss.
His wife, who is Korean and passionate about Korean skin care routines and regimens, helped deepen that curiosity. Together they began exploring polynucleotides, and later expanded their learning to poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) and other collagen stimulators. That shared interest became a meaningful part of his path into aesthetic medicine.
It led him to complete aesthetic certification training, driven by a love of learning about skin and a wish to help others improve their skin quality. For him, aesthetics is a natural extension of caring for the whole person: understanding how physical changes can affect confidence, comfort and well-being.
His work in weight management and aesthetics also showed him how closely hormone education and optimization are connected. Thoughtful hormone care starts with helping patients understand their symptoms, laboratory findings, potential benefits and risks, and the lifestyle factors that influence how they feel. That whole-person perspective led him to become certified in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), adding another lens for individualized care when hormone evaluation and treatment are appropriate.
Today that perspective informs his approach at PrimeCell: individualized medical evaluation, thoughtful skin care education and natural-looking aesthetic goals. Each plan reflects the patient’s health, priorities and circumstances, with realistic expectations and a clear understanding of the options.
How he practices
“I built PrimeCell because I kept seeing the same patient: someone bounced between specialists for years, holding a stack of imaging, still in pain, still without a plan. Here, I do the evaluation myself. I order what is needed and skip what isn’t. And I tell you honestly when something isn’t worth your money.”
The goal is not to recommend as many procedures as possible. It is to learn what matters to the patient and lay out the real options — the likely benefits, the limits, the risks and the alternatives.
From there, patient and physician set goals they can measure: function, comfort, health, confidence and quality of life.
Clinical focus
What Dr. Chantasi treats
At PrimeCell, his PM&R and Pain Medicine base connects five areas of care in one physician-led practice: regenerative medicine, pain care, medical weight management, hormone optimization and natural-looking aesthetic procedures.
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Regenerative & interventional pain care
Regenerative and interventional pain management, including ultrasound-guided injections, with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and other regenerative options where clinically appropriate. Musculoskeletal medicine for spine, knee, hip, shoulder, tendon and ligament conditions, and peripheral neuropathy and nerve health — finding the source of burning, tingling, numbness, weakness and balance change.
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GLP-1 medical weight management
Medical weight management, including compounded GLP-1 medications where indicated (compounded drugs are not FDA-approved) — prescribed, monitored and adjusted by the physician.
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Aesthetic medicine
Natural-looking aesthetic procedures, including neurotoxins and Korean-inspired skin care.
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Hormone replacement therapy for women and men
Hormone therapy and optimization, informed by his BHRT certification — with labs, a risk–benefit discussion and monitoring.
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Concierge & membership care
Concierge and membership-based care relationships for patients who want a longer-term physician relationship. About concierge care.
Credentials
Board certification, training & licensure
You can check these credentials yourself. Both the Florida Department of Health license portal and the CMS National Provider Identifier registry list them.
- Board certification
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOBPMR)
- Board certification
- Pain Medicine (subspecialty) — AOBPMR
- Board service
- Member, AOBPMR Board
- Medical degree
- Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine — New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Residency
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY
- Undergraduate
- BS, Biochemistry — Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Academic appointment
- Former Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine — Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Academic appointment
- Former Clinical Associate Professor — University of North Dakota
- Additional training
- Aesthetic certification training; certified in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT)
- Florida license
- Osteopathic Physician, license OS22127 · verify with Florida DOH
- New York license
- License 259456
- NPI
- 1427216175 · view in the NPI registry
- Primary taxonomy
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (208100000X); Pain Medicine (2081P2900X)
Editorial standards
How content on this site is reviewed
Dr. Chantasi reviews every clinical article on primecellmed.com before it goes live. Each one carries a “medically reviewed by” byline with the date of last review.
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Primary sources
Articles cite primary sources wherever they make a factual medical claim — peer-reviewed studies indexed in PubMed, U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidance and professional-society statements.
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Regulatory status, stated plainly
We say clearly which procedures and products are FDA-approved for a given use, and which are investigational, off-label or supported by limited evidence. Regenerative options, including exosome and stem-cell-derived products, are described in line with their current regulatory status, without guarantees about how well they work.
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Kept current
We review articles again when the evidence or the regulatory status changes. If something on this site looks wrong or out of date, please contact us.
In the press
Featured in Orlando Style Magazine
Dr. Chantasi was included in Orlando Style Magazine’s Elite Doctors 2026 feature, profiling physicians across Central Florida.
Practice information
Where Dr. Chantasi sees patients
PrimeCell Regenerative & Aesthetic Medicine 2295 S Hiawassee Rd, Ste 103Orlando, FL 32835 · MetroWest
- Phone
- (407) 512-8878
- Hours
- Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, by appointment
- Serving
- Orlando, MetroWest, Dr. Phillips, Windermere, Winter Garden, Ocoee and Gotha
- Payment
- Self-pay; insurance is not billed. Payment plans for qualifying patients.
Schedule a consultation with Dr. Chantasi.
Your first visit is an evaluation with the physician himself: your history, your goals, and an honest discussion of what is likely to help, what it costs, and what to skip.
The information on this page and throughout this site is provided for general education. It is not medical advice, and it does not create a physician–patient relationship. Individual results vary. Candidacy for any procedure is determined by an in-person medical evaluation. Page last reviewed September 22, 2026.