Staff Spotlight

Get to Know our Staff: Sheila Burton Adams, Center for Dyslexia

Get to Know our Staff: Sheila Burton Adams, Center for Dyslexia

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite for Children?  I am an assessment specialist on the Diagnostic Team in the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders.  What do you do on a daily basis or what sort of duties do you have at work? My primary...

Get to Know our Staff: Sandra Hatchel, Inpatient Nursing Unit

Get to Know our Staff: Sandra Hatchel, Inpatient Nursing Unit

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite for Children?  I am a registered nurse on the Inpatient Unit.   What do you do on a daily basis or what sort of duties do you have at work? As a R.N., I am kind of a jack-of-all-trades. I do all the tasks needed to...

Get to Know our Staff: Lori Wendt, Center for Dyslexia

Get to Know our Staff: Lori Wendt, Center for Dyslexia

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite for Children? Dyslexia marketing and outreach associate What do you do on a daily basis or what sort of duties do you have at work? I have the privilege of representing Scottish Rite by marketing our new curricula. I...

Get to Know our Staff: Jason Sawa, Inpatient Nursing Unit

Get to Know our Staff: Jason Sawa, Inpatient Nursing Unit

What is your job title/your role at Scottish Rite for Children?   I am in the inpatient care coordinator.  What do you do on a daily basis or what sort of duties do you have at work?   I ensure the needs of the patient and family are met during their inpatient stay...

Get to Know our Staff: Karina Zapata, Therapy Services

Get to Know our Staff: Karina Zapata, Therapy Services

What is your role at Scottish Rite for Children? I am a physical therapist/research therapist in the Therapy Services department. I spend half of my time seeing patients as a physical therapist and the other half working on research or quality improvement projects. I...

Get to Know our Staff: Environmental Services Department

Get to Know our Staff: Environmental Services Department

Our Director of Environmental Services, Stan Whittenberg, answered a few questions to give an inside look at the impact his team has at Scottish Rite for Children.  Who they are:  The Environmental Services (EVS) department responsibilities are broad and constantly...

Get to Know our Staff: Kyle Cavin

Get to Know our Staff: Kyle Cavin

What is your role at Scottish Rite for Children?  I am an assistant administrator and currently support our Clinical Laboratory, Dietary, Neurology, Neurophysiology, PDD, Radiology, Referrals, Therapeutic Recreation and Therapy Services teams. I also serve as the...

Get to Know our Staff: Brittney Iagulli

Get to Know our Staff: Brittney Iagulli

What is your role at Scottish Rite for Children?  I am a nurse and work with the hand surgeons, both in Dallas and Frisco. My days are spent organizing and preparing their clinics, seeing patients with them and helping to provide an overall smooth patient experience....

Get to Know our Staff: Jane S. Chung, M.D.

Get to Know our Staff: Jane S. Chung, M.D.

Where did you go to college? Medical school?  College: University of California, San Diego Medical School: St. George’s School of Medicine    What is your role on the sports medicine team? How does your role overlap or differ from an orthopedic surgeon?   I am a...

Get to Know our Staff: Jessica Dabis, Therapy Services

Get to Know our Staff: Jessica Dabis, Therapy Services

What is your role at Scottish Rite for Children?  I work in the Sports Physical Therapy department in Frisco. I evaluate and treat non-operative and post-op sports injuries, spanning all joints. I typically see patients one-on-one throughout the day in 45-minute...

Get to Know our Staff: Courtney Warren, Physical Therapy

Get to Know our Staff: Courtney Warren, Physical Therapy

What is your role at Scottish Rite for Children?  I am an outpatient physical therapist in the Orthopedic department at the Frisco campus. I evaluate and treat children and adolescents with musculoskeletal, neurologic and rheumatologic conditions through specialized...

Get to Know our Staff: Ron Prater, Security

Get to Know our Staff: Ron Prater, Security

What is your role at the hospital?  I am a security officer and work to provide a safe environment for our patients, families and staff.   What led you to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children? How long have you worked here? After being discharged from the U.S....

Get to Know our SRH Staff: Karol Yeager, Ambulatory Care

Get to Know our SRH Staff: Karol Yeager, Ambulatory Care

What is your role at the hospital? What do you do on a daily basis?  I am the nurse coordinator for the two non-surgical sports medicine physicians in Frisco. I handle the daily coordination of patients, orders, education, referrals and help the clinic run as smoothly...

Get to know our SRH Staff: Dong Tran – Research

Get to know our SRH Staff: Dong Tran – Research

Meet Dong - a clinical research team lead for our spine team. She works closely with our spine doctors and interacts regularly with patients and their families. Learn more about her in our SRH Staff Spotlight below: What’s your favorite part of your job? I love my...

WFAA: Dallas chef making a difference in hospital kitchen

WFAA: Dallas chef making a difference in hospital kitchen

For the video and full story, watch here. Most chefs spend decades trying to get where Venus DeJesus was back in 1996. After years of hard work DeJesus, an immigrant from Mexico, husband and father of two had made it to the top. He landed a job in one of Dallas'...