The proposed study will assess primarily safety and secondary efficacy endpoints of autologous stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells administered to 20 patients with disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)-resistant Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) who have been nonresponsive to at least one course of one DMARD selected from a group comprising of: gold salts, leflunomide, methotrexate, and hydroxychloroquine.