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Michael Shepard, MD

Specialty
  • Orthopedic Surgery
    (Board Certified)
Languages
English
Primary Address | Office Details
Orthopaedic Specialty Institute - Orange
363 South Main Street
Suite 200
Orange, CA 92868

Phone: (714) 634-4567

Secondary Address | Office Details
Orthopaedic Specialty Institute - Irvine

16300 Sand Canyon Avenue

Suite 511

Irvine, CA 92618

Phone: (714) 634-4567

Fax: (714) 634-4569

Medical Groups & Affiliations
  • Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph
  • St. Joseph Hospital (Orange)
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  • Meet The Provider
    Biography
    Dr Shepard is a board certified Orthopaedic Surgeon who is subspecialty trained in sports medicine with special emphasis on the care of the overhead athlete. Dr Shepard's clinical expertise includes elbow and shoulder injuries of the overhead athlete, elbow arthroscopy, and complex knee reconstruction. University of California Irvine Medical Center contracts out to Dr Shepard to treat all of their multi-ligament knee injuries.
    Dr Shepard is a team physician for the University of California Irvine, Chapman University, and for Santa Ana Junior College. Mike devotes Friday nights to multiple local high school football games and treats high school athletes throughout Southern California. He is team doctor for Servite HS and Villa Park HS. He also participates in providing team coverage to Godinez HS and Crean Lutheran HS in Irvine.
    Dr Shepard grew up in Tustin and attended Foothill High School. Mike graduated Summa Cum Laude from UC Davis with a degree in Biochemistry and was also captain of the football team, an All American, and the recipient of the Woody Hayes Award as the nation's top Division II scholar athlete. Dr Shepard graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine with AOA honors. He earned the McGraw Hill Scholarship as the top medical student in the basic science years. Mike completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at UCLA and completed a fellowship in Orthopaedic Basic Science Research at UCLA. Dr Shepard completed a second fellowship in sports medicine with world renowned Orthopaedic surgeons James R Andrews MD and William Clancy MD at the American Sports Medicine Institute. At ASMI and now at OSI, Dr Shepard participates in the care of athletes from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA, and the PGA / LPGA tours.
    Dr Shepard has contributed significantly to the research of sports medicine. He has presented his research at numerous national and international scientific meetings. He has been the lead author on numerous publications regarding such topics as the generation of labral lesions in the thrower's shoulder, elbow biomechanics, the diagnosis of meniscal injuries, the forces seen in ACL grafts, and the reconstruction of the posterolateral ligamentous complex of the knee. In 2004, Dr Shepard's poster presentation on SLAP tears in the shoulder was voted the most outstanding presentation at the annual meeting of the AOSSM - sports medicine society. In 2000, he received the Hip Society's Frank Stinchfield Award for outstanding contribution to Orthopaedic research.
    Dr Shepard is a board certified member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. He lectures and teaches about the special needs and care of athletes to Orthopaedic surgical residents, surgeons, therapists, and athletic trainers. In 2008, he was awarded UC Irvine's volunteer faculty teaching award given to the most outstanding faculty member who is not at the University in a full time capacity. Dr Shepard is a faculty member for the Kaiser Permanente Sports Fellowship, where he coordinates the sports coverage and the on field management of the Fellows.
    Dr Shepard's outside interests include spending time with his wife Colleen and their four children - Molly, Katie, Erin, and Delaney. If there is any free time, he enjoys all sports, fly-fishing, paddling, photography, travel, and English Bulldogs.
    Please visit www.michaelshepardmd.com to find out more about Dr. Michael Shepard.     Read More
    Primary Specialties
    Primary Specialties
    • Orthopedic Surgery
      (Board Certified)
    Other Specialties Associations Areas of Interest
    Areas of Interest

    Sports Medicine
    Shoulder Reconstruction
    Elbow Reconstruction
    Knee Injuries

    Certifications
    Board Certifications

    American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
    Education
  • Insurance Accepted

    Insurance Accepted

    • Insurance Plan

    • Aetna HMO
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO
    • Anthem Blue Cross HMO
    • Anthem Blue Cross Medicare Advantage
    • Blue Shield of CA HMO
    • Blue Shield of CA HMO - Trio
    • Blue Shield of CA Medicare Advantage
    • Cigna HMO
    • Health Net - Medicare Advantage
    • Health Net HMO
    • Providence Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
    • SCAN Medicare Advantage
    • United Healthcare HMO
    • United Healthcare Medicare Advantage
    • Vivity by Anthem Blue Cross
 

Orthopaedic Specialty Institute - Orange

Website Information
www.michaelshepardmd.com

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  • Secondary Location

Orthopaedic Specialty Institute - Irvine

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