Dr. Shepard graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 with a degree in Psychology. While working in private equity, he earned his Master of Public Health with a focus in Health Education and Behavioral Science from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now Rutgers University) in 2012. Subsequently, he obtained his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in 2016. He completed his pediatric residency at the Morehouse School of Medicine in 2019, which is where he was first introduced to the Intown Pediatrics family. After residency, he served as Chief Resident and as a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Morehouse School of Medicine where he worked at both Morehouse Healthcare and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as a General Pediatrician.
In April 2022, Dr. Shepard joined Intown Pediatrics. He is thrilled be a part of the team and enjoys contributing to the culture of excellence in patient care that has been present since its inception. Dr. Shepard is easy-going, attentive, and works collaboratively with his patients and their families to provide holistic, evidence-based care. If your child is ever hospitalized, you may even catch him on the inpatient service at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor of Atlanta since 2023. Dr. Shepard holds adjunct faculty appointments at both the Morehouse and Emory University Schools of Medicine.
Dr. Shepard lives in Atlanta with his wife Ryan, a food writer and journalist, their incredible daughters Nola and Stevie, their two excitable dogs Billie and Hendrix, and two frisky kitties Jagger and Josephine. They love traveling, walking the Beltline, and enjoying the hospitality scene in the city.