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Get to Know our Staff: Kyle Cavin

Get to Know our Staff: Kyle Cavin

by | Aug 10, 2020 | Spotlight

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 safety officer.
 
Each day brings its own unique challenges and I love the teams that I get to work with!

What do you enjoy most about Scottish Rite?
Definitely the people – Scottish Rite has the most talented, innovative and caring staff. I am honored to serve alongside each of you!

What was your first job? How long have you worked here? 
My first job in high school was delivering furniture for a local furniture store and I definitely learned the value of hard work! After I completed my undergraduate degree, I actually worked two jobs simultaneously – I was on the administrative team for the Adult Education Department at Dallas Baptist University while also serving as a children’s pastor at a local church. I have been at Scottish Rite for almost 15 years.
 
What’s the coolest or most interesting thing you’re working on right now?
I have been in awe over the past few months as I have seen our teams evolve and change in order to meet the needs of our patients and families. I am so proud of the way that everyone has come together and communicated while continuing to keep our patients and their families as our primary focus. 
 
What are you currently watching on Netflix/Hulu/TV/etc.?
Honestly, my family watches very little TV, but when we do, we watch live sports. 
 
What would be the most amazing adventure to go on?
Everyone in my family is very active and we love any beach or ski resort. However, I believe what makes an amazing vacation is who I am with, not where I am.  
 
What are some small things that make your day better?
It’s amazing what can happen when I stop thinking about what I need to do next and just stop to have a conversation with one of my team members. Whether we are discussing a work issue, lunch in the cafeteria or simply catching up on each other’s family, I always leave the conversation refreshed and affirmed of my calling to help our patients by serving our staff!
 
What is your favorite thing to do when you’re not working? 
I have two boys who are very active in sports. Kye will be a sophomore at Rockwall High School and plays football and basketball. Kace will be in seventh grade and plays football, basketball and baseball. My wife and I love to watch them compete. Just knowing that through these activities, they are learning so much more than simply how to throw, catch or run. The lessons of accountability, respect and excellence will serve them for MANY years to come!
Get to Know our Staff: Brittney Iagulli

Get to Know our Staff: Brittney Iagulli

by | Aug 4, 2020 | Hand Conditions

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. I work with patients on their post-operative routine and help educate them on how to care for their casts and wounds. I also coordinate referrals, make appointments, schedule surgeries and provide patient education prior to surgery. 
 
What do you enjoy most about Scottish Rite?
The sweet patients and all of my co-workers! Working here allows me to be both a mom and still feel like I am making a difference in this world by helping these kiddos.
 
What was your first job? Why did you decide to do the work you are doing now?
My first job was a cast/brace tech for an orthopedic practice in Ohio. That is where I met my husband and we moved to Dallas. I’ve always been an athlete and had interests in sports and orthopedics. My job as a cast tech gave me the experience to then become an orthopedic nurse. Plus, I just love kids! 
What’s the coolest or most interesting thing you’re working on right now?
I really like working with patients who have brachial plexus injuries or kids that have had to receive nerve grafts. I have seen Dr. Stutz do some amazing things and it is really cool to see nerve function return. 

What are you currently watching on Netflix/Hulu/TV/etc.? 
Ugly Delicious, Master of None, Outerbanks and The Dawn Wall. 

What would be the most amazing adventure to go on?
Right before COVID really hit, my husband and I went to Rwanda on a gorilla trekking trip. Hands down, it was the coolest thing I have ever done. I don’t think that my bucket list will ever end!

What are some small things that make your day better?
Hugs, kisses and giggles from my two babies.

What is special about the place you grew up?
GO BUCKEYES! OH-IO

What is your favorite thing to do when you’re not working? 
Travel the world or spend time at a lake or beach. We like anything with adventure or a body of water!

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

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

by | Jul 20, 2020 | Sports Medicine

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 non-operative pediatric sports medicine physician. I treat sports injuries that do not require surgery. 

Why did you want to become a doctor? Have you always wanted to work in pediatrics?
The seed was planted during mission’s week in my fourth grade Sunday school class, when a missionary pediatrician from Burkina Faso shared her story and work. In college, I traveled to Nairobi, Kenya on a medical mission trip with my church and worked at a hospital helping young children, which solidified my passion for working with kids and the field of medicine.
 
Is there anything you want parents/kids to know about sports safety or returning to sports during/after COVID?
As with any return to play or return to sport following a prolonged period of rest and inactivity, it is important to take a slow and gradual approach to safely re-introduce the body back to activity.
What led you to Scottish Rite for Children? 
I’ve worked at Scottish Rite for about four and half years now. The people and values of the institution are what led me here. The well-being of patients and families always come first. It is amazing to work with a like-minded team that also shares a similar passion to advance pediatric orthopedic medicine through research.

What are your specialties? 

How do you help your patients feel comfortable and confident? 
My belief is to treat the whole child, not just their physical injuries. It is important to also treat their emotional and mental well-being and health.

What is your favorite part of your job?
Working with young athletes to help them get back to their sport. 

What was your first job?
Working at a local surf shop in California.

Tell us something that might surprise us about you:
I don’t cook, but my husband enjoys cooking, so it works out well!

What is your favorite thing to do when you’re not working?
Spending time outdoors with my husband and our rescue dog. My husband and I also enjoy traveling the world and finding new spots to surf.

Keeping Up With the Count – Among other clinical and injury prevention interests, Chung works closely with a multi-disciplinary team providing patient care and content for young dancers.

Get to Know our Staff: Jessica Dabis, Therapy Services

Get to Know our Staff: Jessica Dabis, Therapy Services

by | Jul 6, 2020 | Sports Medicine

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 blocks, implementing activities such as manual therapy, therapeutic strengthening, dynamic movement mobility and speed/deceleration/landing mechanics training. We focus on coordination and motor control development for our young, skeletally immature population. The goal for our athletes is to foster long-term athletic development and equip them with the tools needed to minimize future injury risk factors by building durability for once they return to sport.
What do you enjoy most about Scottish Rite?
I love the people –  my coworkers, the collaborating physicians and nurses, social workers, psychologists and leadership. Everyone seems to truly share a vision of compassion and patient-centered care that I feel contributes to our strong patient outcomes.

Why did you decide to do the work you are doing now?
Scottish Rite for Children was my first job out of physical therapy school. I have worked here for four years now. I was drawn to sports physical therapy because it is a way to use my passion for learning about and understanding the human body – from injury to healing. It is great to know that my work can help to get an athlete back to doing what fulfills them.
 
What’s the coolest or most interesting thing you’re working on right now?
From a rehab to performance standpoint, I have been working on some sport-specific programming resources. I also work on the Keeping Up With the Count dance project, where we have created a variety of resources for the dance community.
 
What are you currently watching on Netflix/Hulu/TV/etc.? 
I watched Money Heist during quarantine and am about to start the Japanese anime series, Demon Slayer.
 
What would be the most amazing adventure to go on?
I would love to make it to Thailand and Bali in the next few years – explore their culture, architecture and tropical landscape!

Keeping Up With the Count – Among other clinical and injury prevention interests, Dabis works closely with a multi-disciplinary team providing patient care and content for young dancers.​

Get to Know our Staff: Courtney Warren, Physical Therapy

Get to Know our Staff: Courtney Warren, Physical Therapy

by | Jun 22, 2020 | Spotlight

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 exercises, activities and other techniques. I work with many specific populations including patients with scoliosis, amputations, birth defects and acquired injuries. My goal is to figure out physical barriers that may keep a child from their goals and then design treatment to improve or adapt those barriers in order to achieve their highest level of function.   
 
What do you enjoy most about Scottish Rite?
I enjoy working with the large variety of patients that Scottish Rite treats. This includes a wide spectrum of age, level of function and even nationalities. People come from all over to be treated here. 
 
I also really enjoy the fact that the staff are here to do what is best for the patients and everyone works hard to make sure finances or other barriers do not restrict treatment. 
 
What was your first job? What path did you take to get here?
My first official job was working at a grocery store when I was a teenager. I had odd jobs all throughout high school and college. My path to becoming an employee at Scottish Rite is kind of interesting. My mother began working as a surgical nurse in Dallas when I was just 3 years old, so I grew up attending holiday parties and staff picnics. I eventually became a junior volunteer, a shadow student and then completed my final clinical rotation for physical therapy school – all at Scottish Rite. It was my first job out of school, and I have been here six years now. 
 
I can actually remember the exact day and specific patient I was observing at Scottish Rite when I decided I wanted to be a physical therapist. I was 14 years old and I never changed my mind! 
What’s the coolest or most interesting thing you’re working on right now?
I completed my first level certification in the BSPTS Schroth based method for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in 2018 and I was planning to attend/test for the second level certification this summer. That was put on hold with the current events, but I’m hoping to complete it soon. 
 

What are you currently watching on Netflix/Hulu/TV/etc.? 
In our home, Daniel Tiger or Sesame Street is usually playing (I have a 2-year-old), but I recently started watching The Amazing Race series and have enjoyed seeing the world travels, even just by TV screen. 
 
What would be the most amazing adventure to go on?
When I was younger, I always wanted to run a race on every continent. So far, I have done two – North America and Europe. I would love to check off more! 
 
What are some small things that make your day better?
At work, I really enjoying watching a child reach a goal or come back for a social visit when they have been discharged for a while. Seeing/hearing children doing what they love is the best!
 
At home, there is nothing better than my son running up to hug me and tell me about his day when I get home. 
 
What is special about the place you grew up?
I grew up in Wylie, Texas. We have a bit of an unusual motto, “AHMO”, that originated from a Dean Martin comedy roast. It means a lot of different things to different people and can be found literally all over the town. 
 
What is your favorite thing to do when you’re not working? 
I can be found doing lots of things to stay active. Running, playing soccer and keeping up with my son are just a few of my favorite things!