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Atlanta’s Shepherd Center Celebrates 50 Years Of Life-Changing Rehabilitation

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Wednesday, August 20th, 2025

The world-renowned Shepherd Center, specializing in spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation, is celebrating its 50th anniversary Monday in Atlanta.

The hospital was born from the vision of Alana and Harold Shepherd after their son James was paralyzed while bodysurfing in Brazil in 1973. Following his recovery at a rehabilitation facility in Denver, the family decided Atlanta needed a similar center. “We were naive enough to not know it was going to be hard,” Alana Shepherd recalled.

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