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Amputee Ski Trip Spotlight: Maya, age 17 of Buda

Amputee Ski Trip Spotlight: Maya, age 17 of Buda

by | Feb 2, 2018 | Spotlight

Maya, age 17 of Buda, has been treated for prosthetic needs for the past three years at Scottish Rite Hospital. In Maya’s spare time, she enjoys running track, reading The Hunger Games series and drawing. Inspired by her time spent at the hospital, she hopes to become a nurse when she grows up. This will be Maya’s first time to go on the ski trip and she is most excited about seeing snow – since she has never seen it before!

About the Annual Amputee Ski Trip

February 2018 will mark the 37th anniversary of the annual Amputee Ski Trip, held each year at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, Colorado. Fourteen teenage patients with limb differences receive practical recreational therapy, while also having the opportunity to grow, build confidence and bond with others similar to them.

Amputee Ski Trip Spotlight: Alfonso, age 15 of Bedford

Amputee Ski Trip Spotlight: Alfonso, age 15 of Bedford

by | Jan 15, 2018 | Spotlight

Alfonso, age 15 of Bedford, has been treated for hand differences and prosthetic needs at Scottish Rite Hospital since he was five years old. Alfonso dreams of one day becoming an English teacher and his favorite book is Perks of Being a Wallflower. His prosthetist Kara Davis describes him as a “very fun-loving, active kid” and his adventurous spirit is infectious to all who meet him. Alfonso went on the Amputee Ski Trip for the first time in 2017 and is looking forward to seeing friends he made on last year’s trip and making new friends.

About the Annual Amputee Ski Trip

February 2018 will mark the 37th anniversary of the annual Amputee Ski Trip, held each year at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, Colorado. Fourteen teenage patients with limb differences receive practical recreational therapy, while also having the opportunity to grow, build confidence and bond with others similar to them.

Get to Know our SRH Staff: Beatriz Rodriguez, North Campus Appointment Secretary

Get to Know our SRH Staff: Beatriz Rodriguez, North Campus Appointment Secretary

by | Jan 8, 2018 | Spotlight

Beatriz is an appointment secretary who works at our North Campus in Plano. Get to know more about her in our Staff Spotlight below.

What’s your favorite part of your job?
Helping people

What’s your favorite thing about the hospital?
The Staff 

Describe a typical day.
I make sure that everything is ready to as soon as I arrive.
I make sure that I have a positive attitude.

How did you find out about the hospital?
My coworker referred me

What made you want to work here?
The fact that patients can still receive treatment regardless of the family’s ability of payment.

What skills do you need for your job?
Patience 

What was your first job? What path did you take to get here?
Medical Assistant/ Billing and Coding for a Pediatric office. I completed the Medical Assistant program. 

What’s your favorite…

  • Place to travel: the beach
  • Type of food: Pizza
  • TV show: Ninja Warrior

If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Read minds 

What did you want to be when you grew up?
An Interior Designer 

What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done?
Travel to a foreign country with a group of friends 

What’s the last book you read?
The Secret 

What kind of animal would you be?
A bird 

What is something people don’t know about you?
I love to dance 

What’s your go-to karaoke song?
Zombie by The Cranberries

Get to Know our SRH Staff: Chuck Wyatt, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Sports Medicine

Get to Know our SRH Staff: Chuck Wyatt, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Sports Medicine

by | Nov 16, 2017 | Spotlight

Chuck Wyatt, CPNP, RNFA is a Certified Nurse Practitioner who has been working at the hospital for the past three and a half years. Learn more about him in our SRH Staff Spotlight below.

What’s your favorite part of your job?
First assisting in the operating room

What’s your favorite thing about the hospital?
The genuine benevolence of the culture and the people who work at Scottish Rite Hospital.

Describe a typical day.

  • Wake up at 4:30 am and quickly find a lame excuse not to work out
  • Arrive at work by 6:00 am and work on charting
  • Either begin seeing patients or scrub in to surgery by 8:00 am
  • Finish up around 6:00 pm

How did you find out about the hospital?
Through the hospital’s relationship between UTSW and Children’s.

What made you want to work here?
I wanted to be a part of helping grow the Sports Medicine Center into the best pediatric sports medicine practice in the country.

What skills do you need for your job?
A strong work ethic, commitment to excellence in patient care and a strong interest in clinical research.

What was your first job? What path did you take to get here?
Staff RN in Cardiology/Renal at Children’s in Dallas.
I obtained my masters in nursing at TWU while working full time nights and weekends at Children’s.

What is your favorite…

  • Hospital event: Brandon Carrell visiting professor lecture series
  • Place in the hospital: Biomechanics lab

What’s your favorite…

  • Place to travel: Home to FWB Florida
  • Type of food: Italian

If you could have a super power, what would it be?
X-ray vision

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Fighter pilot

What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done?
I rode a bull once at a local rodeo in Mississippi

Hometown Hero: SRH Volunteer Mayra Claudio

Hometown Hero: SRH Volunteer Mayra Claudio

by | Sep 25, 2017 | Press Coverage, Spotlight

31-year-old Mayra Claudio loves to go fast. Her wheelchair has five speeds, and she uses them.

People at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children are accustomed to her smiling, social self as she rides by them. Since 2005, she’s volunteered about five days a week, escorting patients to their appointments, sorting and delivering the mail, delivering gifts to patients and more.

When Mayra was 1 year old, she had leg separation surgery at the Dallas hospital and says through the years the doctors, nurses and staff made a powerful difference in her life.  She’s happy to give back by donating more than 7,300 volunteer hours.

Watch the full video here: www.fox4news.com/news/fox-4-features/hometown-hero-mayra-claudio

Get to Know Our Staff: Tabetha Rowe, Registered Nurse, Sports Medicine

Get to Know Our Staff: Tabetha Rowe, Registered Nurse, Sports Medicine

by | Mar 17, 2017 | Spotlight

Tabetha is a registered nurse who has been working with young athletes for the past five years. She’s currently working at our North Campus in Plano. Get to know more about her in our Staff Spotlight below.

What’s your favorite part of your job?
My sports medicine coworkers. We have an environment of trust, support and respect. We are always having a good time.

What’s your favorite thing about the hospital?
The opportunity to equally care for all kids, regardless of their financial situation.

What skills do you need for your job?
Time management, good sense of humor, patience, ability to stay calm when things get busy, multitasking, problem-solving.

What was your first job? What path did you take to get here?
Sales at The Buckle in Memphis, Tennessee. My first nursing job was in Ventura, California, in pediatrics at a community hospital.

What is your favorite…

  • Team building activity: When the North Campus staff joined a softball league last spring.
  • Hospital event: The Annual Brandon Carrell Conference 

What’s your favorite…

  • Place to travel: anywhere with sand, water and a view.
  • Type of food: dessert, preferably gelato, ice cream or frozen yogurt

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
Teleportation to eliminate my commute.

What is your favorite sport to watch? Do you have a favorite team?
College football – Michigan Wolverines, Go Blue!

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Marine biologist, I love animals.

What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done?
A trip to Alaska that included ziplining, flying in small planes over glaciers, and visiting the Arctic Circle.