Shepherd Center, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is a private, not-for-profit hospital specializing in medical treatment, research, and rehabilitation for people with complex conditions, including spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, and other neuromuscular conditions.

[3] James served as chairman of the board of the center prior to his death in December 2019.

Since 1982, Shepherd Center has been designated as a Model System of Care for spinal cord injury by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

It recognized the rehabilitation hospital as a Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS).

It will officially be known as Georgia Model Brain Injury System at Shepherd Center.