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Scottish Rite for Children Wins Award for Reducing Opioid Use Following Scoliosis Surgeries
Scottish Rite for Children has received one of Texas’ highest honors in health care quality — the Texas Hospital Association’s (THA) Bill Aston Award for Quality — for its innovative program that reduced opioid use by 28% in children undergoing spinal fusion...
Cerebral Palsy Clinic: Your Child’s Care and What To Expect
At Scottish Rite for Children, our experts provide care to the whole child – body, mind and spirit. The Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine department sees children with orthopedic issues who also have related neurological disorders and neuromuscular diseases....
CBS Texas: How the Culture of Youth Sports Is Changing and Becoming More Accepting
A recent CBS Texas report explored how the culture of youth sports is shifting to prioritize fun, balance and emotional well-being over pressure and competition. Director of Medical Sports Medicine, Shane M. Miller, MD, FAAP, emphasized the importance of keeping...
KCBD: Keegan Shares Story At West Texas Golf Classic
The West Texas Golf Classic brought golfers together to raise funds and awareness for Scottish Rite for Children. Among the crowd was the Ratliff family from Mason, Texas. Their son Keegan was born with fibular hemimelia, a rare condition where the fibula bone is...
How Healing Sparked Jasmine’s Future In Medicine
What begins as a chapter of healing can sometimes become the foundation for a lifelong calling. For some patients, like Jasmine, the care they once received becomes the very reason they find their own unique way to give back in the future. In her hometown of...
Frisco Style: When the Game Gets Too Big
By Monica Wallis In cities like Frisco, where the population has surged by over 77% in the last decade and sports are stitched into the community’s identity, the growth of youth athletics is impossible to ignore. Across North Texas, and especially here in Sports...
Two Fellows Begin Training in Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship program proudly welcomes two fellows, marking the first time the program has hosted multiple fellows since its inception. The 2025 – 2026 fellows are Paige Mandas, Ph.D., from University of Georgia and Ashley...
Scottish Rite for Children Announces World Champion Gymnast Skye Blakely as Its Health Care Ambassador
Scottish Rite for Children proudly welcomes Frisco’s own Skye Blakely, world champion gymnast and former patient, as its newest ambassador. Blakely will use her journey as an elite athlete to help spotlight Scottish Rite’s groundbreaking research in injury...
Get to Know Our Staff: Katie Hayward, Child Life
What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a child life specialist. I help prepare patients for procedures and offer support by encouraging them to utilize the coping skills they learn. What is the most fulfilling part of your job?I love preparing a...
Lyda Hill Philanthropies Awards Scottish Rite for Children $1 Million to Study ACL Injury Prevention in Young Female Athletes
Groundbreaking studies will address the ACL epidemic in active adolescent females by using movement science Movement science researchers at Scottish Rite for Children have received a $1 million grant from Lyda Hill Philanthropies to fund, in part, two projects...
Healing More Than a Hip: Pierre Spreads Compassion After Perthes Disease
Riding a bike is a rite of passage in childhood — a symbol of freedom and fun. For 8-year-old Pierre, gliding through his neighborhood in Michigan was a favorite pastime. But one day, what started as an ordinary ride ended with a sudden, sharp pain in his hip. “The...
Adaline’s Courage Outpaces Stiff Skin Syndrome
The motto 14-year-old Adaline follows is to live life to the fullest. “That’s what I try to do with every activity I have the ability to do,” she says. Adaline’s courage grew over the years, beginning in infancy when her parents noticed skin tightness and limited...
Get to Know Our Staff: Shannon Woods, Orthopedics
What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a medical assistant. I am the person who takes the patient’s vitals, obtains their medical history, removes any splints, updates their chart and requests images, among other administrative tasks. What is the...
WFAA: Movement Science Lab Uses Tech to Prevent Sports Injuries
The Movement Science Lab at Scottish Rite for Children is using advanced markerless, 3D motion capture technology to help prevent sports injuries in young athletes. Led by Division Director Sophia Ulman, Ph.D., the lab studies how adolescents move to spot issues...
Stroke by Stroke, Courtney Swims to a Pain-Free Future
Since elementary school, Courtney, of McKinney, Texas, has swum competitively and recreationally. She specializes in freestyle swimming, which allows her to pick the stroke she wants for speed and efficiency. Recently, the freshman competed at her 5A state...