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WFAA: Scottish Rite’s Luke Waites Center Drives Dyslexia Research and Education
WFAA recently featured the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children in honor of Dyslexia Awareness Month. For more than 60 years, the Center has transformed the lives of children with dyslexia through innovative,...
Chaplaincy Care: Nurturing the Human Spirit
Previously published in Rite Up, 2025 – Issue 3 Chaplaincy Care is a meaningful part of life at Scottish Rite for Children, and it is available to everyone. This service provides spiritual, religious, emotional and cultural support to patients, families and staff...
Get to Know Our Staff: Ava Davis, Movement Science Lab
What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a biomechanist for the Movement Science Lab (MSL) in Frisco. I help with a range of things, like collecting data, analyzing data, processing data and reporting findings. I support the MSL team in writing...
Five Common Questions About Spina Bifida
We understand that learning your child has spina bifida can lead to many questions. However, families do not have to handle this journey alone. At Scottish Rite for Children, a large team of doctors and medical experts are ready to treat children with spina bifida....
When Clinical Care Feels Like Family, De’Vaun Rediscovers His Stride
Previously published in Rite Up, 2025 – Issue 3 Family means everything to 6-year-old De’Vaun, of Forney, Texas. Most of De’Vaun’s favorite activities, like watching movies or playing with Legos, are enjoyed best with his parents and older sisters. What he did not...
Get to Know Our Staff: Eddie Krische, Orthotics & Prosthetics
What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a pediatric orthotist and prosthetist, which means I am basically part engineer, part problem solver and part cheerleader for children who are learning to move in new ways. What is the most fulfilling part of...
Building Connections Through the Hand in Hand Support Group
When the first Hand in Hand Support Group met in April 2024, about 60 people gathered to connect, share stories and support one another. A little over a year later, that number has more than doubled. Families primarily come from the Dallas–Fort Worth area, but some...
Noah Dunks on Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee
Cover story previously published in Rite Up, 2025 – Issue 3. by Kristi Shewmaker It happened after school. At an innocent game of touch football, Noah was tackled from behind. He never saw it coming. At just 11 years old, Noah’s knee pain began. A bone bruise in...
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...