The doctor put Shepherd on medication. "I was scared," she says. Then she realized that she had to turn her life around or she might not live to raise her son.

Dr. Sij Hemal and Dr. Susan Shepherd are pictured here with passenger and baby following an airplane birth. Cleveland Clinic In movies and TV, the “is there a doctor on board” announcement is ...

A few years into Dr. Jessica Shepherd’s medical career, she started to question the way she had been treating her patients. While she handled what she calls “the nerdy doctor stuff” with aplomb, she ...

The barefoot shepherd boy is now a physician with multiple degrees. At 34, his chosen field is high-risk fetal intervention, and he's on his way to Yale University to perfect his skills. Advertisement ...

Sherri Shepherd tells PEOPLE Health that her 16-year-old son Jeffrey Jr. "motivates me every day" to eat better and exercise, after she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2007 ...