Lin RegenerativeOntario · California
Founder

Samantha Lin, MD

Board-certified physician. Founder of Lin Regenerative Medicine. One patient at a time, in Ontario, California.

Format
Image-guided
Serving since
2024
Patients / week
≤ 8
Refer-out rate
~25%
Portrait of Dr. Samantha Lin in clinic
PortraitDr. Samantha Lin, MD
The story

In her own words.

I trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation because I wanted to be the doctor who saw the whole arc — not just the surgery, not just the imaging report, but the actual recovery. Six months in, twelve months in. Whether the patient went back to the thing they loved doing.

Regenerative medicine found me, in a sense. I kept seeing patients who weren't surgical candidates yet, but whose conservative care had clearly hit a ceiling. The literature on image-guided biologic injection was moving fast, and the gap between what was being marketed and what was actually evidence-based was widening. That gap is where this practice lives.

Lin Regenerative Medicine is intentionally small. One physician — me. Image-guided procedures, in-clinic processing, transparent pricing. I'd rather see eight patients a week and remember every one of their MRIs than thirty I can't keep straight.

If you're considering a regenerative procedure for a joint or tendon that won't quiet down, I'd like to look at your imaging with you. Sometimes the answer is yes. Often it's not, and I'll say so.

Honest medicine is slower than marketed medicine. That is the trade-off. I have made my peace with it, and the practice is built around it.

— Samantha Lin, MD

Operating principles

How the practice runs.

06 principles · in practice
Principle · 01

One physician, every visit.

No PAs, no rotating injectors. The doctor you consult with is the doctor who performs the procedure and reads your six-month follow-up.

Principle · 02

Pricing is published.

Ranges live on this site. Quotes are written, itemized, and given at consultation. No upsells at check-in.

Principle · 03

Imaging is reviewed, together.

We pull up your MRI in the room. If you don't understand what you're looking at, that is on me to fix before we proceed.

Principle · 04

Candidacy is honest.

About one in four consult patients leaves with a referral instead of a procedure. The consult fee buys an honest evaluation — that's the product.

Principle · 05

Loading is half the protocol.

Every patient receives a written rehab and loading plan. The injection without the protocol is half the medicine.

Principle · 06

Surgery has a seat at the table.

For end-stage disease, the right answer is an orthopedic referral. I will say so, in writing, and refer to a surgeon I trust.

Bring your imaging. We’ll look together.