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Frisco Enterprise: Ronald McDonald House of Dallas opens first family room in Frisco

Frisco Enterprise: Ronald McDonald House of Dallas opens first family room in Frisco

by | Nov 9, 2018 | General News, Press Coverage

Read the original article on the Frisco Enterprise website here.

Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RMHD) hosted a ribbon-cutting on Friday for its first family room, which is located at Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center in Frisco.

The mayor of Frisco, Jeff Cheney, was joined at the ribbon cutting by Leigh-Ellen Norman and members of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce, leadership from Scottish Rite Hospital, including President and CEO Robert L. “Bob” Walker, the VP of North Campus Jeremy Howell and Assistant Chiefs of Staff Karl Rathjen, M.D. and Philip L. Wilson, M.D, along with the CEO of RMHD Jill Cumnock and RMHD Board Chair Doug Smellage.

For nearly 40 years, RMHD has served as a home-away-from-home to families while their children are being treated for critical illnesses or injuries locally.

The House has traditionally helped families with three daily meals as well as both day and overnight accommodations from its location in Dallas’ Southwestern Medical District.

The new Ronald McDonald Family Room comfortably accommodates 25 people and offers a place of temporary respite, relaxation and comfort to families with children receiving outpatient care at Scottish Rite in Frisco.

Research shows that staying close by allows parents to better communicate with their child’s medical team and improves adherence to complicated treatment plans.  Families with access to a Ronald McDonald Family Room report a better overall clinical experience.

Currently, RMHD hosts 1,400 families annually, but expects the Family Room will help serve approximately 1,000 additional people each year. With the Dallas-area pediatric population expected to increase 27 percent by 2025, RMHD has been taking measures to accommodate as many more families as possible in the years ahead.

In September, RMHD broke ground on The Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Family Foundation Wing, an $11.5 million expansion that will add 30 additional guest rooms to its Southwestern Medical District location.

Community Impact: Scottish Rite for Children opens in Frisco

Community Impact: Scottish Rite for Children opens in Frisco

by | Oct 26, 2018 | General News, Press Coverage

Read the original article on the Community Impact Newspaper website here.

Scottish Rite for Children, which began accepting patients in mid-October, held a grand opening ceremony Thursday.

The orthopedic facility is the first Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children campus outside of its Dallas campus, where the primary location has been for nearly 100 years.

Anchored by the Center for Excellence in Sports Medicine, the facility specializes in orthopedic care and sports medicine exclusively for children.

The campus includes public walking and running trails. And like the Dallas campus, the hallways of Scottish Rite for Children smells of popcorn.

“Today, we are translating the expert care to our location in Frisco, and here we promise to provide the same core values: our commitment to unsurpassed medical care and the magical elements that will make Scottish Rite for Children a place like no other—to give children back their childhood,” said Lyndon Olson, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children board chairman.

The facility is located at the northeast corner of Dallas Parkway and Lebanon Road.

CBS 11: Cursive Making a Comeback?

CBS 11: Cursive Making a Comeback?

by | Oct 26, 2018 | General News, Press Coverage

Watch the original story on CBS here.
 

NORTH TEXAS – In the age of tablets and laptops, fewer students are using loops and tails to communicate.

But is cursive writing making a comeback in Texas?

New state requirements are putting more emphasis on cursive handwriting in particular.

Experts are pleased because they say cursive helps children with dyslexia.

Healthcare Design Magazine: Rising Star: E. Ramon Cavazos III

Healthcare Design Magazine: Rising Star: E. Ramon Cavazos III

by | Oct 16, 2018 | General News, Press Coverage

View the original story on the Healthcare Design Magazine website here.

Cavazos joined HKS’ Dallas office in 2006, initially working part-time while pursuing his Master of Architecture degree at the University of Texas at Arlington. His first post was in the firm’s construction administration department, where he worked on a variety of high-end hospitality projects.

Six years into his career, he was selected to participate in the firm’s annual design fellowship program, where he impressed leadership with his design and presentation skills so much that he was invited to transfer to the elite healthcare studio. There, he developed a specialty in pediatric facility design while working on several high-profile projects, such as Akron Children’s Hospital’s Kay Jewelers Pavilion, Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, and Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center.

His unique background in construction administration and design as well as his ease in creating rapport with clients make him a sought-after resource in the office. In addition to serving as a studio leader and senior designer within the firm’s health sector, he was recently promoted to the role of business development practice leader, where he collaborates on proposals, attends project interviews, and coordinates marketing materials.

Healthcare Design: After spending time in other sectors and design specialties, why did you decide to focus on healthcare?

Cavazos: Admittedly, I was unsure about moving into healthcare after my work in hospitality and sports projects. At first, I was driven by the complexity of healthcare, but, not long after joining the studio, I remember hearing one of my colleagues speak about healthcare in a way that changed my perspective completely. She said, “When you go on vacation, you get to choose which hotel you want to stay in. When you’re sick or in an emergency, you don’t always get that luxury.” From that day forward, I knew I had the power to impact people in a profound way by designing facilities that will sometimes literally bookend their lives.

Describe a recent project and a lesson you learned through your work.

Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center in Frisco, Texas, where I was lead designer, responsible for site and master planning, building blocking and stacking, concept development, and exterior design. The lesson that sticks with me most is the importance of developing trust with the client and project team. There were several times when I had to ask that hospital leadership to take a small leap of faith when it came to design decisions, something I couldn’t have done without first developing that trust.

What do you think is the number one issue facing healthcare designers today?

Designing for a system that fails to holistically integrate with the population being served, which results in inequality in access, lack of personalization, and weakened impact on community health.

Share an idea you have for addressing that problem.

More could be done to better integrate outpatient services into the communities they serve. I’ve seen Starbucks stores within blocks of each other—one a shipping container-inspired setting with drive-through service and another a Starbucks Reserve Bar in a mixed-use development. They both stay busy because they reflect their immediate environment, have adjusted their service model, and cater to different people while serving the same product. Why aren’t our healthcare facilities doing more of the same?

What’s your favorite place to go for inspiration?

The Katy Trail in Dallas. Built on an old rail line, it’s a walking, jogging, and biking trail nestled in the heart of the city. A run usually gives me time to think, and I love to do it where there are lots of people to see. A place that combines so many aspects of social activity, health, community, and nature is inspirational for me.

Preliminary Laboratory Testing Indicates Positive Outcome in the Treatment of Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease

Preliminary Laboratory Testing Indicates Positive Outcome in the Treatment of Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease

by | Oct 11, 2018 | General News, Press Coverage

Washington, DC, October 11, 2018 –(PR.com)– The Legg Calve Perthes Foundation, in partnership with Dr. Harry Kim of the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas has been selected to showcase preliminary laboratory results of this research at the 2018 National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD) annual summit. On October 15-16th, the annual NORD Conference will boast over 700 attendees. “This is truly an honor to both become a NORD member and have our laboratory findings shared with NORD attendees in the same year,” said Dr. Harry Kim, MD.

Kim and his research team consisting of Olumide Aruwajoye PhD; Thomas Wesley Mitchell; Michael Kutschke BS; Vishal Gokani BS; and Naga Suresh Adapala PhD surgically induced femoral head osteonecrosis in an experimental model of Legg–Calvé–Perthes Disease. For those unfamiliar, Perthes disease is a childhood hip disorder initiated by a disruption of blood flow to the ball of the femur called the femoral head. Due to the lack of blood flow, the bone dies (osteonecrosis or avascular necrosis) and stops growing. Perthes disease is one of the most common hip disorders in young children, occurring in roughly 5.5 of 100,000 children per year. Perthes disease usually occurs in children aged 4-10 years. Boys are affected about three to five times more often than girls. New cases of Perthes disease rarely occur after age of 14 years. There is no known cure today.

Kim and his team previous found high levels of an inflammation producing protein called interleukin 6 in the hip joints of patients with Perthes disease. Based on this finding, their research hypothesis was that anti-interleukin 6 therapy would improve chronic hip synovitis and promote bone healing in an experimental model of Perthes disease. Dr. Kim is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Hip Disorders at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. His commitment to returning children to their childhood is unfound, and has treated hundreds of Perthes Disease cases in children over the course of his 20-year career.

Findings conducted from this study were positive and significant, as this is the first study to investigate the effects of anti-IL-6 therapy on femoral head osteonecrosis. The results indicated both a decrease in hip synovitis score and significant increase in bone rebuilding. “More funding is needed to continue these research efforts to cure Perthes disease, and the partnership with the Legg Calve Perthes Foundation will help pave the way,” said founder, Colleen Rathgeber.

About Legg Calve Perthes Foundation
The Legg-Calve-Perthes Foundation is a national educational organization dedicated to helping adults and children living with Perthes, and providing support with the associated difficulties that often come with the Perthes diagnosis. The Foundation’s mission is to create a centralized support community to improve the research, education, and awareness of those diagnosed with Perthes.

Contact Information:
Legg Calve Perthes Foundation
Colleen Rathgeber
202-505-9360
Contact via Email
perthes.org

Read the full story here: https://www.pr.com/press-release/767208

Dallas Business Journal: Take a look inside Scottish Rite’s new sports medicine center in Frisco

Dallas Business Journal: Take a look inside Scottish Rite’s new sports medicine center in Frisco

by | Sep 20, 2018 | General News, Press Coverage

View the original story on the Dallas Business Journal website here.
 

With the new Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children campus just weeks away from opening its doors in Frisco, final touches are being made to the 345,000-square-foot sports medicine facility.

The Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center, a five-story ambulatory surgery center with outpatient clinics and walk-in availability, will start accepting patients in October.

The new campus was built to serve North Texas’ growing community and meet the needs of 25 percent of the pediatric hospital’s patients who live in cities north of Dallas, said Jeremy Howell, vice president of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

Howell said pediatric sports medicine is one of the fastest growing sub-specialties in orthopedics, and the new building, which is anchored by the Center for Excellence in Sports Medicine, will be outfitted with the latest technology that can offer preventative care and conduct valuable research for young athletes.

“We want to be able to come alongside these kids and help them out and hopefully prevent injury,” he said. “But if it happens, we want them to know they’ll be taken care of by the best orthopedic surgeons.”

The facility, which sits on a 40-acre swath of land at the Dallas North Tollway and Lebanon Road near the newly opened Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research center at The Star, has an outdoor sprint track and a soccer field for patient rehabilitation and research. It also has conference rooms, a walking trail and a playground, all of which will be open for community use.

“It was important for us to give back to the community that has given so much to us,” added Howell.

Dallas-based HKS Inc. is the architect behind the sprawling campus and The Beck Group is the general contractor.

The project’s lead architect, Rachel Knox, said her team met with Scottish Rite staff to get a sense of patients’ emotional needs and how the building’s design could help address them.

“A big driver of the design of this space was to bring in natural light into the patients rooms,” said Knox.

The design also accounted for larger waiting rooms that can comfortably accommodate patients’ families and offer them a little privacy, she added.

One waiting room, the result of a partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, features an electric fireplace and a play area, making it feel more like a living room than a waiting room.

Knox said a lot of thought went into how to bring the brand of the 96-year-old Dallas hospital to a new building. The signature crayon colors of the Dallas campus were a must, she said. Vibrant primary colors are threaded throughout the new building, from the art to the color-coded floors to a rainbow spiral staircase in the lobby.

“We don’t want it to feel, smell or look like a hospital,” said Howell.

As North Texas continues to grow, the campus is prepared to grow with it. An additional floor and a half of available shell space is spread throughout the building, including four more operating rooms. And it will likely be needed, Howell said. The campus is anticipating 22,000 clinical visits and 13,000 physical therapy visits in its first year.