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29
May
2017
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17:50 PM
America/New_York
Shepherd's Men, a 17-member team of active and former servicemen and civilians finished their epic eight-city run on Memorial Day, a day chosen for its significance in honoring U.S. service members. Since 2014, Shepherd's Men has completed a run every spring to& ...
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09
May
2017
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
Michael Yochelson, M.D., MBA, has been named chief medical officer of Shepherd Center, a 152-bed private, not-for-profit hospital specializing in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, spine and chronic pain, and ...
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15
Feb
2017
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13:00 PM
America/New_York
The first time Adam Diamond saw Diana Prickett, she was sitting at the end of the long table in Shepherd Center’s board room. He walked over, sat down next to her and started talking.
“The Junior Committee was having an envelope stuffing party,” Adam says. “They were sendi ...
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14
Sep
2016
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11:38 AM
America/New_York
Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc., a California-based biotechnology company focused on regenerative medicine, announced interim clinical trial data today, revealing motor improvement in patients with complete cervical spinal cord injury who were treated with a higher dose of the company’s regenera ...
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12
Aug
2016
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09:30 AM
America/New_York
Whether new or experienced, users of manual wheelchairs have an opportunity to learn and practice advanced wheelchair mobility skills in an upcoming free event scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 15, 2016 at Shepherd Center.
Shepherd Center staff members of various disciplines volunteer their tim ...
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09
Jun
2016
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc., a California-based biotechnology company focused on regenerative medicine, recently announced positive results from long-term follow-up studies of five patients – including two treated at Shepherd Center – with thoracic-level spinal cord injury (SCI) who pa ...
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04
Apr
2016
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09:30 AM
America/New_York
Fourteen men – known collectively as Shepherd’s Men -- completed a 1,300-mile, nine-day trek from Boston to Shepherd Center on Sunday, April 3. A crowd of friends and family gathered along Peachtree Road to welcome them with cheers and applause as a police escort led the way into a celeb ...
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04
Jan
2016
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09:30 AM
America/New_York
For Russell Gore, M.D., becoming part of the clinical team at Shepherd Center represents the convergence of many parts of his life – a military career, experience as a neurologist and a love of technology.
Dr. Gore received a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt ...
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28
Dec
2015
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09:30 AM
America/New_York
Readers of Shepherd Center's news, features and blogs in 2015 learned of new spinal cord and brain injury research, incredible feats to raise money for the hospital, students returning to school after rehabilitation, how to prevent injuries and choose a rehabilitation facility, and new part ...
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20
Oct
2015
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif., biotechnology company focused on the emerging field of regenerative medicine, has begun the second round of patient enrollment in a Phase 1/2a clinical trial of escalating doses of an investigational product to treat newly injured people with cerv ...
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