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Shepherd Center has announced that Wesley Chay, M.D., joined the hospital’s medical staff on July 3, 2017. He is leading two interdisciplinary treatment teams in Shepherd Center’s Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit (CRU). “Dr. Chay is an incredibly talented physician and was with ... Read more

It was a party replete with fancy hats, seersucker suits, mint juleps and lots of fun. Shepherd Center’s annual Derby Day – the largest attended and longest-running fundraising event in Shepherd Center history – celebrated its 35th year on May 6 with a record-breaking crowd of more ... Read more

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& ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more