Getting to the Center for Assistive Technologies
Hours, Directions, and Parking
The Center for Assistive Technologies is conveniently located on the main campus of Shepherd Center in Buckhead Atlanta, next to Piedmont Hospital. We are easily accessible from Interstates 75/85 and just 16 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Our Address
2020 Peachtree Road NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Parking
Free and convenient covered parking is available for all patients in the Shepherd parking deck behind Shepherd Center. ADA parking is available on all garage levels, with van-accessible spaces on the ground level. Direct access to the hospital is accessible by an elevator on each level of the parking deck.
Patients can also be picked up or dropped off adjacent to the Marcus-Woodruff Building Entrance. Transport chairs may be borrowed from our Security Desk if needed by visitors.
Finding the Center for Assistive Technologies in Shepherd Center
If you are arriving for a new evaluation or any of our assistive technology services, you will check in at the Center for Assistive Technologies at Shepherd Center on the third floor of the main Shepherd Center building.
Upon entering Shepherd Center via the visitors’ parking bridge, continue down the hall to the Marcus Woodruff elevators on your right before the Security Desk across from Shepherd Apothecary. Take the elevators to the third floor, go to your right, and check in at the registration desk.
Driving Directions
- Take I-75 North or I-85 North through downtown Atlanta via the I-75/85 connector.
- Bear right onto I-75 North toward Marietta/Chattanooga.
- Take the first exit #252A, Northside Drive (Hwy. 41).
- Turn right onto Northside Drive and continue for a half mile.
- Turn right at the first traffic light onto Collier Road; follow until it dead ends.
- Turn left onto Peachtree Road.
- Turn left at the second light into Shepherd Center.
- Take I-75 South to exit #252 "Howell Mill Road/Northside Drive."
- On the exit ramp, follow signs to Howell Mill Road.
- Turn left onto Howell Mill Road.
- At the second traffic light, turn right onto Collier Road; follow until it dead ends.
- Turn left onto Peachtree Road.
- Turn left at the second light into Shepherd Center.
- Take GA 400 South to exit #2, "Lenox Rd./Buckhead."
Turn right at the end of the ramp. - At the second traffic light, turn left onto Piedmont Road South.
- Merge into the right lane.
- At the second traffic light, turn right onto Peachtree Road.
- Continue for three miles.
- Turn right into Shepherd Center.
- Take GA 400 South to exit #2, "Lenox Rd./Buckhead."
Turn right at the end of the ramp. - At the second traffic light, turn left onto Piedmont Road South.
- Merge into the right lane.
- At the second traffic light, turn right onto Peachtree Road.
- Continue for three miles.
- Turn right into Shepherd Center.
Public Transportation
MARTA, Atlanta's mass transit system, operates a bus line accessing Shepherd Center. The campus is accessible via the #110-Peachtree Road/Buckhead bus from the Arts-Center MARTA station. Visit MARTA's website for more information.
Directions:
- Take the North-South rail line. If you are on the East-West rail line, you must transfer at Five Points Station.
- Take MARTA to the Arts-Center Station in Midtown.
- At the bus station, board Bus #110, which travels Northbound on Peachtree Street.
- About 1.5 miles north of the Arts Center Station, exit the bus stop at the traffic light at 2025 Peachtree Road. Your bus driver will announce “Shepherd Center.”
- This bus stop is located directly across the street from Shepherd Center and the Center for Assistive Technologies.
Nearby Hotels and Apartments
The Center for Assistive Technologies and Shepherd Center have partnered with several nearby hotels to offer discount room rates for patients and/or family members. Rates may be subject to room availability. Each hotel offers various services, including wheelchair-accessible guest rooms for persons with disabilities. Be sure to ask for the Shepherd Center Rate when contacting these hotels.