Dr. Yuriy Shepelyak

Biography

Dr. Yuriy Shepelyak is a Consultant in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is an American-trained physician with more than eight years of experience. He focuses on sports and spine pain, and on regenerative injections that support healing without rushing to surgery.

Raised in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from SUNY Downstate Medical School in 2012. He completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers University–JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in New Jersey, then a fellowship in Interventional Sports and Spine Medicine at Coordinated Health in Pennsylvania. After his fellowship, he built a successful practice in Midtown Manhattan.

He later became head of department at Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Hospital, where he led care for patients with back, neck, and joint pain. He has also served as an assistant team physician for men’s and women’s basketball and soccer teams in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. He has lectured at national meetings, served on the editorial board of the Association of Academic Physiatrists, and remains active in research. His work has been recognized with awards for clinical excellence.

Patients choose Dr. Shepelyak when pain is limiting work, travel, sport, or family life, and they want a clear plan before surgery. He treats the source of the pain, not only the symptoms, and explains each option in plain language.

Field of Expertise 

• Lower back, neck, hip, knee and shoulder pain
• Sports injuries and pain that has not settled with rest or tablets
• Non-surgical care for people who want to stay active
• Prolotherapy, a precise injection used to support weak ligaments and tendons
• Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections, using your own blood platelets to support repair in joints and soft tissue
• Image-guided spine and joint procedures aimed at the exact source of pain

Awards & Accreditations

• Trained in traditional Chinese acupuncture
• Trained member of the Hackett-Hemwall-Patterson Foundation, known for a highly regarded prolotherapy technique
• Member of the Association of Academic Physiatrists
• Member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Top Doctor in New York: Top Physiatrist, 2022
• Top Sports and Spine Specialist, 2022