![]() Morrison: We’re still very much a family-oriented organization where people really live by the mission of serving these catastrophically injured individuals. The Shepherd Center is a specialty hospital that treats spinal cord injuries and similar conditions.ĪJT: What are you most proud of as the chief executive officer of Shepherd? We’re also very excited about our flexibility and our future growth well beyond 2025. ![]() This gift is going to be a catalyst that will absolutely transform how Shepherd cares for these individuals and how others care for these individuals. But again, the innovation goes along with that in enhancing our care, doing more of it and doing better with it. It’ll give us the ability to grow some of our other programs like for multiple sclerosis. It will give us the ability to add more beds. Morrison: The biggest from a structural perspective is to be able to have us grow and be flexible well beyond 2025, when the Shepherd Center turns 50 years old. We know what we do works because we have 100 percent success rate and that 100 percent of our more than 600 clients are still with us and are still productive.ĪJT: What is the impact likely to be of this $80 million gift on the physical structure of the Shepherd Center? There’s a lot more servicemen and women that need our care and need our specialty treatment and protocols. And again, we just need to do more of it. It’s a 12-week program that really has given purpose back to the servicemen and women. Morrison: Our SHARE Military Initiative was started in 2008 for post 9/11 servicemen and women that have a brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. ![]() Sarah Morrison, center, is CEO of the Shepherd Center.ĪJT: How is this gift going to have an impact on the military families that you serve, those military veterans who’ve been impacted by spinal injuries and other conditions? ![]() Right now, there’s not a cure for brain injury or spinal cord injury, but there are certainly technologies and programing that can help our patients become more independent and have them have a better recovery. So, for example, if somebody was paralyzed from the neck down, they can wheel into their patient room and be able to control their environment.Īnd then the third leg is the innovation. We’re also going to have smart rooms in all of our patient rooms. And that’s where our family housing comes in and allowing families to be here throughout their loved one’s rehab. Morrison: This campaign has three different legs to it. ![]() The AJT spoke with Sarah Morrison, CEO of the Shepherd Center, about the impact of the Marcus gift and the hospital’s plans for a five-year fundraising campaign. “Watching Alana and her family nurture the organization from an idea into the premier destination for neurorehabilitation has inspired my family and foundation to continue driving Shepherd Center’s mission forward.” The development of the center’s hospital complex on Peachtree Road has long impressed Bernie Marcus, one of the founders of The Home Depot corporation. “Billi and Bernie believed in us from the beginning as we dreamed to do the impossible, establishing a specialized rehabilitation program following the catastrophic accident our son, James, experienced.” Get The AJT Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories According to Alana Shepherd, co-founder of the hospital and chairman of the board, the Marcus support for the Shepherd Center dates back to the early 1980s. ![]()
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