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Fatherly: What Parents of Young Athletes Need to Know About Concussion Recovery
The top priority for parents of young athletes is ensuring the safety of their child on the field. At Scottish Rite Hospital, we are constantly working toward that same goal. Member's of the hospital's sports medicine team at Scottish Rite for Childen Orthopedic...
Sports Preparticipation Physical Evaluations: Why Are They Important?
Overview of presentation from a Coffee, Kids and Sports Medicine lecture. Print the PDF Every year, almost 60 million children and adolescents run onto their respective fields, courts and rinks to participate in organized sports in the United States. To ensure the...
Preventing Injuries: What Young Dancers Need To Know
We asked sports medicine physical therapist Laura Saleem to tell us about hip injuries in dancers and how they can be prevented. Why do dancers commonly have hip pain? Dancers put their hips in extreme postures repeatedly and this can cause changes in the soft...
Stress Management For Young Athletes
Exercise, team play and goal-setting are all benefits of participating in youth sports. However, young athletes face a variety of stressors that other students do not face. Some of these are: Anxiety about athletic performance can become a distraction in daily life...
Get to Know our SRH Staff: Stuart Boren, Radiology
What is your role at the hospital? What do you do on a daily basis? I am the Lead MRI Technologist on the Frisco campus. Being at the hospital can be a stressful time for children and adults, so I strive to give patients and families an enjoyable experience while...
Doctors Travel to Israel for International Pediatric Orthopedic Conference
Doctors from the hospital are attending the 38th annual European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS) meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel. EPOS is an international association comprised of over 500 surgeons from across the world. This four-day conference allows members to...
Keeping Your Young Athlete Safe
“Infectious diseases are not uncommon in athletes who participate in team sports, whether it be through school or club sport,” says Jane S. Chung, M.D., Scottish Rite for Children sports medicine physician. “Adolescents in particular are not the best when it comes...
Get to Know our SRH Staff: Jeff Black, M.D.
What is your role at the hospital? I am the medical director for the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders. The dyslexia center is a multi-disciplinary program that provides diagnostic services, community and school outreach, curriculum...
Get to Know our SRH Staff: Bob Walker, President/CEO
What is your role at the hospital? What do you do on a daily basis? My role is to provide support for the staff, medical staff and volunteers who do an outstanding job serving our patients and families each day. Our hospital touches the lives of thousands of...
Get to Know our SRH Staff: Molly McGuire, Research
What is your role at the hospital? What do you do on a daily basis? My job involves working with teams of surgeon-researchers and coordinators all over the world to collect data about patients they treat for Perthes disease, a rare disease that impacts formation...
Rheumatology Overview
Scottish Rite Hospital's rheumatology team includes five board-certified pediatric rheumatologists. The team includes staff from various areas of expertise who evaluate and treat patients with a variety of rheumatic conditions including but not limited to...
Infant and Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
In its highly regarded medical journal, Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) just published a review of current standards for evaluating and treating a condition often recognized in newborns and infants. The condition is called developmental...
Share Your Story: Andi’s Life Changing Journey
Meet Andi, a patient who is treated by our spine and hip experts. Learn more about her journey below. Blog written by Andi's mom, Tera, of McComb, Mississippi. Andi’s life changing journey started the moment she was born. At birth, we were told something was...
Share Your Story: Too Hip for Dysplasia
Meet Sadie, a patient who is treated by our experts in our Center for Excellence in Hip. Learn more about her journey below. Blog written by Sadie's mom, Sarah Beth, of Longview. Sadie was diagnosed with Developmental Hip Dysplasia (DDH) at the age of 2 months old,...
Get to Know our SRH Staff: Marco Flores, Family Services
What is your role at the hospital? What do you do on a daily basis? I am the lead medical interpreter for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. I oversee and help coordinate the day to day operations and language access needs for our patients. My team and I...