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Michael F. Shepard, MD

Accepting New Patients
280 South Main Street, Suite 200
Orange, CA 92868
2257.5 miles away
Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph
Speaks: English
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Orthopaedic Specialty Institute - Orange

280 South Main Street, Suite 200, Orange, CA 92868

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About Michael F. Shepard

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.

Medical School

UCLA
1996

Internship

UCLA
1997

Residency

UCLA
2002

Fellowship

American Sports Medicine Institute
2003

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Specialty Institute - Orange
280 South Main Street, Suite 200
Orange, CA 92868

Orthopaedic Specialty Institute - Irvine
16300 Sand Canyon Avenue, Suite 511
Irvine, CA 92618

Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph

Affiliated Locations
Providence St. Joseph Hospital - Orange

Clinical Interests

  • Abnormalities Of The Tarsal Bones
  • Accessory Navicular
  • Achilles Tendon Injury
  • Achilles Tendonosis
  • Acromioclavicular Joint Separation
  • Ankle Dislocation
  • Ankle Fracture
  • Ankle Injury
  • Ankle Tendon Tear
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament (Acl) Injury
  • Arm Fracture
  • Arm Injury
  • Arthritis
  • Arthritis Of Knee
  • Bursitis
  • Bursitis Of The Elbow
  • Cartilage Injury
  • Chronic Muscle Injury
  • Chronic Tendon Injury
  • Clavicle Fracture
  • Compartment Syndrome
  • Compound Fracture
  • Dislocated Patella
  • Distal Radial Fracture
  • Elbow Bone Spur
  • Elbow Dislocation
  • Elbow Fracture
  • Elbow Injury
  • Elbow Sprain
  • Epicondylitis
  • Femur Fracture
  • Fibula Fracture
  • Foot Tendon Tear
  • Forearm Fracture
  • Frozen Joint
  • Fundoplication
  • Gluteal Injury
  • Hamstring Injury
  • Heterotopic Ossification
  • Hip Abductor Tear
  • Hip Arthritis
  • Hip Dislocation
  • Hip Fracture
  • Hip Impingement
  • Hip Injury
  • Hip Osteoarthritis
  • Humerus Fracture
  • Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome
  • Joint Dislocation
  • Joint Infection
  • Joint Sprain
  • Knee Dislocation
  • Knee Fracture
  • Knee Injury
  • Knee Instability
  • Lateral Epicondylitis
  • Leg Fracture
  • Leg Injury
  • Leg Mass
  • Ligament Injury
  • Ligament Tear
  • Medial Collateral Ligament Injury Of The Knee
  • Medial Epicondylitis
  • Meniscus Injury
  • Meniscus Tear
  • Monteggia Fracture
  • Muscle Injury
  • Muscle Strain
  • Muscle Tears
  • Non Displaced Fracture
  • Non-Displaced Fracture Of Radius
  • Nonunion Fracture
  • Olecranon Bursitis
  • Orthopedic Infections
  • Osteochondral Lesions
  • Osteochondral Lesions Of The Hand And Wrist
  • Osteochondroma
  • Osteonecrosis
  • Osteonecrosis Of The Hip
  • Overuse Injury
  • Paratenonitis
  • Patellofemoral Syndrome
  • Pectoralis Major Tendon Injury
  • Pelvic Fracture
  • Prosthetic Joint Infection
  • Proximal Ulnar Fracture
  • Quadrangular Space Syndrome
  • Quadriceps Injury
  • Radial Fracture
  • Radial Head Fracture
  • Radial Pseudarthrosis
  • Repetitive Stress Injury
  • Rotator Cuff Disorders
  • Rotator Cuff Injury
  • Separated Shoulder
  • Shoulder Dislocation
  • Shoulder Injury
  • Shoulder Instability
  • Shoulder Strain
  • Snapping Hip Syndrome
  • Sports Related Injury
  • Stress Fracture Of The Radius
  • Stress Fractures
  • Synovitis
  • Tendinosis
  • Tendon Injury
  • Tenosynovitis
  • Tibia Fracture
  • Tibial Spine Fracture
  • Tibial Tendonitis
  • Ulnar Fracture
  • Ulnar Nerve Compression
  • Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Wrist Dislocation