Search within Newsroom Shepherd Center
|
04
Jan
2016
|
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 ...
Read more
|
|
28
Dec
2015
|
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 ...
Read more
|
|
20
Oct
2015
|
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 ...
Read more
|
|
25
Sep
2015
|
09:30 AM
America/New_York
New – or not so new – 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. 24, 2015.
In response to needs identified by staff members in Shepherd Center’s Seating a ...
Read more
|
|
31
Aug
2015
|
09:00 AM
America/New_York
Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the emerging field of regenerative medicine, announced today that it has completed the first round of patient enrollment in a Phase 1/2a clinical trial of escalating doses of an investigational product to treat newly injured people wi ...
Read more
|
|
20
Jul
2015
|
09:00 AM
America/New_York
The moment the wave caught James Shepherd and flung him to the ocean floor changed everything.
The drop was sudden and deep – about three feet. His head tucked under, colliding hard with the sand below. He thought: I’ll spring off the bottom when the next wave comes. But he coul ...
Read more
|
|
08
Jul
2015
|
09:00 AM
America/New_York
Few could have predicted in 1992 how Shepherd Center would help change the city of Atlanta forever.
After countless hours of planning and preparation from an all-volunteer, Shepherd Center-led exploratory committee, a dream started to materialize in Tignes, France. It was there – home of th ...
Read more
|
|
08
Jun
2015
|
08:00 AM
America/New_York
Shepherd Center has treated the first patient in a Phase 1/2a clinical trial evaluating escalating doses of an investigational product called AST-OPC1 (oligodendrocyte progenitor cells) in newly injured patients with sensory and motor complete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI).
Shepherd Center is ...
Read more
|
|
27
Apr
2015
|
09:38 AM
America/New_York
Thirteen men with a heart for helping U.S. military service members wounded in post-9/11 conflicts joyously completed a 911-mile, eight-day trek from New York City to Shepherd Center on Sunday afternoon. A large crowd gathered along Peachtree Road to welcome them with cheers and applause as a police ...
Read more
|
|
08
Apr
2015
|
09:00 AM
America/New_York
It's important to be confident about the quality of care you or a loved one will receive when entering a rehabilitation program for brain or spinal cord injury. There are certain things to look for and questions to ask when narrowing down your list of options.
A specialized rehabilitation fac ...
Read more
|