USC Stem Cell scientist Albert Almada once had ambitions of becoming a catcher in a professional baseball league—until he was sidelined by a rotator cuff injury in his shoulder.
“Life painfully closes one door and then cracks open another, and then over time, you start to realize that that is how things should have happened all along,” said Almada, who recently joined USC as an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, and stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. “I used to see all kinds of orthopaedic doctors when I was getting treated back in high school to figure out what was wrong with my arm. And now I am teaming up with orthopaedic surgeons to use stem cells to help athletes, like I use to be, to recover faster and function better in their sports.”
To read more, visit https://stemcell.keck.usc.edu/albert-almada-profile.