Physician education · Conference speaking · CME
Dr. Tortland teaches physicians nationally. His courses cover musculoskeletal ultrasound, PRP, bone marrow-derived orthobiologics, and regenerative medicine through RMTI faculty programs, cadaver labs, and conferences.
MSK ULTRASOUND INSTRUCTION
Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, hip, knee, foot and ankle, and lumbosacral spine, with systematic diagnostic protocols built around live models and real patients.
Subacromial, rotator cuff, posterior glenohumeral, radiocarpal, hip, ankle and trigger finger injections, with precise needle placement taught at the table.
Ultrasound-guided bone marrow aspiration and lipoaspiration technique, including the procedural variables that change the biologic product delivered.
Teaching since
2009, scanning since 2008
Registration
Among the first physicians nationally Registered in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (RMSK)
Academic appointment
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UConn School of Medicine (since 2002). Associate Professor, Division of Sports Medicine, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) (since January 2023).
Publication
Chapter author, Basics of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Teaching platform
Founder, MSK Ultrasound Training (ultrasounddocs.com)
Hospital affiliations
Active Staff, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT (Family Practice) and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT (Internal Medicine)
Clinical preceptor
Family Practice Residency, Manchester Memorial Hospital (since 2010); UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine (since 2010); Touro University COM, Vallejo, CA (since 2013)
Research collaboration
Uses his VCOM faculty appointment to pursue research opportunities through Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine and Virginia Tech.
Professional ethics
Founding member, Orthobiological Ethics Consortium
Formats
CME lecture, workshop, keynote, panel
Hands-on
Cadaver lab and live-model ultrasound
Teaching since
2009, scanning since 2008
Course volume
8 to 10 MSK ultrasound courses a year
Faculty
Regenerative Medicine Training Institute
Recognition
2024 Caplan Excellence Award, inaugural recipient
Audience
Physicians, fellows and advanced practitioners
Travel
Regional and national
Lecture topics
Four core sessions, each adaptable to a CME hour, a half-day workshop or a conference keynote slot.
Platelet dose, leukocyte content, and preparation method. Why apparently conflicting PRP trials often differ in the product, not the conclusion.
Sampling geography, draw pace, syringe technique, and needle handling. These are the procedural variables that change the biologic product delivered.
Anatomy, dynamic scanning, and needle guidance. Taught around one principle: identify the pain generator before choosing an intervention.
What separates a credible orthobiologics practice from a weekend certificate: diagnosis, patient selection, honest consent and outcome tracking.
Recent stages
2026
Denver, Colorado. High-dose PRP preparation and clinical application, presented to a physician audience.
2026
Denver, Colorado. Real-world outcomes drawn from the DataBiologics registry, with attention to what registry data can and cannot establish.
2025
Las Vegas, Nevada. Ultrasound-guided injection and bone marrow aspiration technique taught at the table.
Ongoing
PRP, BMA/BMAC, adipose biologics and ultrasound-guided injection, taught as recurring hands-on faculty programs through the year.
Featured talks & video
A selection of lectures, interviews and faculty-taught sessions on PRP science, orthobiologic preparation and procedural care.
An in-depth review of adipose tissue biology and the cell types that drive the regenerative process, comparing adipose-derived and bone marrow stem cells for musculoskeletal applications.
Watch on YouTube →A conversation with Dr. Alberto Panero on how nutrition, exercise and testosterone optimization can prime the body for better PRP and BMC outcomes, including prehab structure and peri-injection strategy.
Watch on YouTube →Faculty commentary from an RMTI training course on managing patients' pain expectations for orthobiologic injections.
Watch on YouTube →Dr. Tortland reflects on his three-decade path from prolotherapy to PRP, bone marrow and adipose orthobiologics, filmed with RMTI faculty footage.
Watch on YouTube →Research focus
Evidence matters.
His clinical and teaching work looks at real-world outcomes alongside controlled evidence, with close attention to platelet dose, preparation, and the specific condition being treated.
PRP: dose and characterization.
Physicians are taught to read randomized trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and registry data in context, including the platelet dose and preparation used in each study. That single habit is what stops all PRP preparations from being treated as clinically equivalent.
Bone marrow and BMAC technique.
The Technique Matters work connects aspiration technique with cellular yield, and supports a broader emphasis on the procedural variables that change the biologic product delivered to the patient.
Ultrasound: diagnosis before injection.
The ultrasound teaching emphasizes anatomy, diagnosis and precise needle guidance as part of one sequence: identify the relevant pain generator first, then decide whether an image-guided intervention is appropriate at all.
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