Staff Spotlight

Get to Know Our Staff: Katie Hayward, Child Life

Get to Know Our Staff: Katie Hayward, Child Life

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a child life specialist. I help prepare patients for procedures and offer support by encouraging them to utilize the coping skills they learn. What is the most fulfilling part of your job?I love preparing a...

Get to Know Our Staff: Shannon Woods, Orthopedics

Get to Know Our Staff: Shannon Woods, Orthopedics

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a medical assistant. I am the person who takes the patient’s vitals, obtains their medical history, removes any splints, updates their chart and requests images, among other administrative tasks. What is the most...

Get to Know Our Staff: Nerissa Escoto, Surgery

Get to Know Our Staff: Nerissa Escoto, Surgery

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I’m a certified medical assistant in the Surgery department. I help guide patients to their surgery areas in the back and assist them to their vehicles once they are discharged. I also help the doctors with various...

Get to Know Our Staff: Antonette Montero, Shared Servies

Get to Know Our Staff: Antonette Montero, Shared Servies

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a health information management (HIM) coder. What is the most fulfilling part of your job?For me, the most fulfilling part of being a HIM coder is knowing that my work ensures the accuracy and integrity of patient...

Get to Know Our Staff: Nicole Michael, Shared Services

Get to Know Our Staff: Nicole Michael, Shared Services

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am an electronic medical record (EMR) trainer. What is the most fulfilling part of your job?I prepare staff to efficiently document within their respective areas, which is an integral part of being able to deliver...

Get to Know Our Staff: Amy Sitabkhan, Therapy Services

Get to Know Our Staff: Amy Sitabkhan, Therapy Services

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite? I am an occupational therapist (OT). I primarily work in the Hand Clinic and in outpatient settings. I meet with patients regularly to work on specific goals to improve their ability to live as independently as...

Get to Know Our Staff: Susana De La Cruz, Family Services

Get to Know Our Staff: Susana De La Cruz, Family Services

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a medical interpreter, and my primary role is to serve as a communication link between staff, patients and their families. I also receive, assign and document all translation requests. Additionally, I work closely...

Get to Know Our Staff: Tiffany Thompson, Clinical Research

Get to Know Our Staff: Tiffany Thompson, Clinical Research

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a research coordinator for the spine team. I assist the spine doctors, fellows, residents and students with their research. What is the most fulfilling part of your job?I know that what I am doing is making a...

Get to Know Our Staff: Alex Loewen, Movement Science Lab

Get to Know Our Staff: Alex Loewen, Movement Science Lab

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a bioengineer in the Movement Science Lab at Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center in Frisco. We use high-speed motion capture technology, similar to what is used in movies and video...

Get to Know Our Staff: Ronni Rowe, Occupational Therapy

Get to Know Our Staff: Ronni Rowe, Occupational Therapy

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am an occupational therapist (OT) and assistive technology professional. I work with patients and their families to order their custom wheelchairs, cover clinics and see our Intensive Therapy patients. What is the...

Get to Know Our Staff: Julia Kinard, Property Management

Get to Know Our Staff: Julia Kinard, Property Management

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite? I am the property management assistant, and I facilitate and support the activities of our Property Management department. Our team manages the real estate and mineral assets that have been generously donated to...

Get to Know Our Staff: Grace Evasco, Occupational Therapy

Get to Know Our Staff: Grace Evasco, Occupational Therapy

What is your job title at Scottish Rite?I am primarily an outpatient occupational therapist (OT). I meet with patients weekly to work on specific goals related to upper extremity function. I also guide them through activities that support their ability to do the...

Get to Know Our Staff: Beth Boomstein, Information Technology

Get to Know Our Staff: Beth Boomstein, Information Technology

What is your job title at Scottish Rite?I am an enterprise resource planning (ERP) training and testing coordinator. I train the employees on how to use WorkRite and other applications, as well as overseeing Scottish Rite’s release testing throughout the year. What is...

Get to Know Our Staff: Ramon Muentes, Security

Get to Know Our Staff: Ramon Muentes, Security

What is your job title at Scottish Rite?I am a security officer. What is the most fulfilling part of your job?I ensure that everyone is safe and the hospital is protected. What made you choose a career in health care?I honestly didn’t know too much about the “civilian...

Get to Know Our Staff: Marida Williams, Psychology

Get to Know Our Staff: Marida Williams, Psychology

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite? I am a mental health navigator for the Psychology department. I assess patients’ mental health risk through consultations and interventions to provide families with resources for their children. What is the most...

Get to Know Our Staff: Ila Oxendine, Research

Get to Know Our Staff: Ila Oxendine, Research

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite?I am a cell and tissue core coordinator, and I maintain the operations of cell culture facilities at the hospital. I also work with research labs that perform various experiments and procedures. Currently, the Cellular...