Scottish Rite for Children

Introducing our amazing orthopedic technician, Sierra! Sierra works in the fracture clinic at our Frisco campus. You can catch her dancing with patients, cracking jokes and making sure patients needing casts get their bones back to being healthy! Sierra's passion for helping others pushed her to a career in health care. We are so lucky to have her as part of the Scottish Rite family. ?? Get to know Sierra in her #StaffSpotlight on our website: bit.ly/4gZGn6S #OrthopedicTechnician #FractureCare #ScottishRiteforChildren

?? This week is all about milestones! ?? 103 years of providing exceptional pediatric orthopedic care, and we’re just getting started! We can’t wait to celebrate many more birthdays with all of you! ???? #HappyBirthdayScottishRite?#103YearsYoung

BIG NEWS! Scottish Rite is #2 in the nation and #1 in Texas and the Southwest for pediatric orthopedic care according to U.S. News & World Report. Best Children's Hospital rankings were just released, and we are proud to have maintained our #1 spot in the state and moved up to #2 in the nation. These exceptional rankings continue to reflect our commitment to excellence and providing world-renowned care to our patients and their families. Learn more about our recent ranking on our website: https://lnkd.in/grHJzC8q

Hance Taplin, who has worked with such brands as lululemon and Nike, launched?By Way of Dallas?in 2012 as part of a personal effort to rebrand the city. Through his streetwear line and creative collaborations with the likes of Erykah Badu and the Dallas Mavericks’ Dwight Powell, he has offered fresh takes on his adopted hometown. So when?Scottish Rite for Children?reached out about a possible partnership, there was a particular reason why his interest was piqued. “One of the things that struck a chord for me was the fact they made all their prosthetics in-house,” he says. “It’s rare for a product to be made here in Dallas from scratch. It got my wheels spinning.” Scottish Rite was founded more than 100 years ago as a facility to treat pediatric polio, and it expanded to become a renowned orthopedic care hospital. Even today, the hospital offers programs that can greatly offset or completely cover many prosthetic costs that are often not covered by insurance, such as secondary prostheses (such as sports legs) or activity-specific upper limb prostheses. Because pediatric prostheses are subjected to more wear and tear, and growth spurts mean they’re worn for shorter periods of time, most of the costly tech advancements have been limited to the adult prosthesis world. A 16- or 17-year-old patient greatly extends the life of the limb, making it easier to justify the investment in a higher-tech device. But Scottish Rite has increasingly incorporated 3D printing and microprocessors in kids’ prosthetics that can both be programmed by and communicate with smartphones. What they wanted Taplin’s help with was to add some fun. After touring Scottish Rite’s prosthetics facility, Taplin was inspired to consider what a community collaboration would look like. He pitched what was then The Richards Group (now?LERMA/) about ways to approach local influencers and advocates. His selling point was simple: “Let’s ask them to create art for a purpose, and that purpose is for prosthetics.” Taplin started with his personal network. He knew marketing guru Jordan Rogers from his time at Nike. Rogers had a connection to the Dallas Cowboys social media manager, who allowed them to lock in Dak Prescott. Prescott may not be known for his artistic skills, but Taplin tapped him, and others, for a different reason. “Beauty and art are all subjective,” he says. “I didn’t want to pick the best artists in the community. It wasn’t about that. Their skill sets are somewhere else, but it was about their effort.” Taplin hopes to continue and expand the work BWOD is doing with the hospital and its patients. “It is the most meaningful thing that I have ever seen,” he says. “If I could quit everything and focus on this collaboration, I would do it in a heartbeat.” Read the full story from Will Maddox here: https://lnkd.in/g4YPHknw

Henry Ellis, MD, recently participated in a National Athletic Trainers' Association forum, where he was part of an interdisciplinary panel that discussed current research surrounding gender differences in sports injuries. He shared what he sees in his practice as well as his top 3 strategies families can use to help mitigate risk.

From Perthes disease to parachuting in the U.S. Army, our former patient Dane welcomes a challenge. ?? Dane was thinking back on his time at Scottish Rite as a child and reached out to share his story. He remembers being a patient in the 80s and has fond memories of the care he received. “My favorite thing about my time at Scottish Rite was the friends and staff,” Dane says. “I remember sharing a room with a kid who had a spine disorder. We would shoot ice at each other through bendy straws.” Hear why Dane says the support he received at Scottish Rite helped pave the way for his future in our #LinkinBio.

Flashback Friday! Do you recognize any of our sports medicine team? Their childhood sports experiences led them to where they are today - taking care of young athletes. ???? Thanks for all you do for our patients! Pictured is Dr. Shane Miller, Dr. John Arvesen, Dr. Henry Ellis and Cody Todesco, P.A.-C., M.M.S. #NationalYouthSportsWeek

Assistant Chief of Staff Philip L. Wilson, M.D., is the recipient of the 2024 Harold A. Peterson Mattson Award for Outstanding Leadership. Wilson was recently given this honor at the 2024 UTSW Residency Graduation Dinner. This award is given annually to a physician who demonstrates outstanding personal, moral, and professional leadership for residents. A proud graduate of UT Southwestern Medical Center, Wilson also completed his internship in general surgery and residency at UTSW and has held a UT Southwestern Orthopaedic Surgery faculty appointment for the past 24 years. Congratulations, Dr. Wilson! ????