Cowboys players rekindle a holiday tradition, visiting local children’s hospitals. Read the full article.Â
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The Psychology of Spine Surgery Pain in Children
Article previously posted on Orthopedics This Week by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M. ED. How catastrophic is surgical pain for children? A group of researchers from Scottish Rite for Children, the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, and The Chicago...
Dallas Morning News: Breaking bones, barriers
Scottish Rite for Children hosted 40 high schoolers as part of an outreach program to expose girls to orthopedic surgery and engineering. Read the full article.
D CEO: Ask the Experts
Previously shared in D CEO Magaizine. How early will a child show signs of having an orthopedic issue that may need medical attention? DR. DANIEL SUCATO:Â Orthopedic issues can present as congenital abnormalities of the bones, meaning the bones were not completely or...
Dallas Morning News: This artist went from making sculptures to making limbs, changing his patients’ lives
By Marin Wolf Read the full article. Dwight Putnam spends a lot of time looking at the ground. It’s a habit he picked up as an artist, always searching for shards of glass and metal for industrial sculptures that were crafted to make people appreciate the beauty in...
Forbes Health: Scoliosis: Symptoms, Treatments, Mental Health Affects And More
Scoliosis is a spine condition that affects approximately 2% to 3% of the global population, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Whether you have scoliosis yourself or know someone who does, read on to learn more about the condition, its...
NBC DFW: Scottish Rite, UTSW Awarded $6.6 Million for Scoliosis Research
Researchers at Scottish Rite for Children and UT Southwestern were awarded $6.6 million over five years by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue research into the underlying causes of idiopathic scoliosis. The grant which was announced by Scottish Rite...
U.S. News & World Report: Best Children’s Hospitals for Orthopedics
U.S. News & World Report ranked Scottish Rite for Children, in collaboration with Children's Medical Center Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center, as the No. 3 pediatric orthopedic program in the country in 2022. In 2013 - 2014, this same group was ranked No....
Scottish Rite for Children Awarded Department of Defense Research Grant
Researchers at Scottish Rite for Children were awarded a $100,000 grant from the Department of Defense’s Neurofibromatosis Research Program. This grant will fund efforts to investigate new treatments for bone fractures in children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)....
Scottish Rite for Children and The University of Texas at Dallas Collaborate to 
Improve Education for Children with Dyslexia
The Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children and The Center for Simulation and Synthetic Humans at The University of Texas at Dallas have joined forces on an innovative project to break down educational barriers. Dyslexia...