Scottish Rite for Children and UT Southwestern Medical Cente are beginning a new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME-accredited Sports Medicine fellowship program with a specialized pediatric focus. Led by program director Henry B. Ellis, Jr.,...
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What is an Ambulatory Surgery Center?
We asked our surgical services manager at the Frisco campus Patty Crabb, B.N., B.S., R.N., ACLS, to tell us all about how the services and the facility make it an ambulatory surgery center just right for kids. Most importantly Crabb says, “We take care of kids as if...
A New Approach in ACL Reconstruction Helps to Reduce Re-injury in High Risk Population
Recently, Assistant Chief of Staff Philip L. Wilson, M.D., and pediatric orthopedic surgeon Henry B. Ellis, M.D., published a novel technique for treating an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Too many young and growing athletes who have an ACL injury and...
Want to Know What the NBA and Scottish Rite Hospital Have in Common?
This weekend, at the third invitation-only Dallas Mavericks Youth Combine, the area’s top middle school basketball players and their parents heard one message over and over again –don’t specialize in one sport too soon.Our team was excited to be there and happy to...
Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiology
Key messages from Joseph (I-Yuan) Chang, M.D., and a panel discussion by pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon Henry B. Ellis, M.D., and Gerad Montgomery, B.S.N., FNP-C, at Coffee, Kids and Sports Medicine. Watch the lecturePrint the PDF How Advances in...
Risks Associated with Knee Surgery in Children and Adolescents
At Scottish Rite Hospital, patient safety is important to us. Our team often collaborates with outside institutions to advance the care for a particular condition or injury. The hospital’s sports medicine experts are working with other centers to evaluate the...
Prevention of ACL Injury in Our Young Athletes
Article originally published by pediatric orthopedic surgeon Henry B. Ellis, M.D., and Assistant Chief of Staff Philip L. Wilson, M.D., in second quarter, 2019 issue of the Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas newsletter. Key messages were also presented by Philip L....
Physician Leadership: As health care moves to value, more leaders going to PROMs
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROM), which are stored in the clinical record, help physicians optimize treatment. These surveys can shed light on important factors following treatment, such as how the patient feels about their quality of life after treatment and...
Functional Testing: Why is it Important for Athletes Returning to Sports?
There are many factors to consider before releasing a young athlete back to sports after an injury. Our sports physical therapists and sports medicine physicians continually review and discuss the latest evidence on risk factors for injuries in young and growing...
Tips to Know About Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee
This week, members from our sports medicine team are attending the sixth annual Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society (PRiSM) meeting. Among many small group sessions, our team is part of a multi-center research group focused on osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)...
D CEO: Scottish Rite’s Frisco Facility is Open for Business
Read the original story on D CEO's website here. The Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center started accepting its first patients this week, and the entire building is a testament to movement and recovery. Color-coded floors, bands of shifting...
Share Your Story: A Ballerina’s Recovery
Meet Julia, a sports medicine patient who had surgery to correct her ankle. Julia was diagnosed with Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) at nine years old. Learn more about her journey to recovery below.Julia, our 9-year-old daughter, leads a very active childhood. She...
Beyond the Basics: Keeping Young Athletes Safe in Winter Sports
It’s well known that each sport has its own rules and regulations. These are meant to protect participants from known risks and injuries. For example, in snow skiing and snowboarding, helmets are certainly the most important piece of equipment to reduce the severity...