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THE TOURNAMENT | MORE THAN JUST GOLF

Shriners Children's

Where Hope and Healing Come Together and Lives Are Changed

Orthopedics
The first Shriners Children’s facility was established in 1922 to
offer help and hope to children with polio. Now we offer care for
a wide range of orthopedic conditions, from the complex to the
routine. Conditions we often treat include clubfoot, hand and
upper extremity disorders, limb deficiencies and discrepancies,
hip disorders, scoliosis (curvature of the spine), osteogenesis
imperfecta (brittle bone disease), orthopedic problems
associated with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular
conditions, as well as common fractures and sports injuries.

Burns
Shriners Children’s has been a leader in burn care, research
and education since entering the field in the mid-1960s. Every
year, countless children have a greater chance of surviving
his year, we celebrate 100 years of improving the lives and recovering from all types of burn injuries because of the
of children since the first Shriners Hospital opened amazing work and research done at our hospitals that focus
Tin Shreveport, Louisiana. Today, Shriners Children’s on burn care.
is a world-class health care system with locations in the
U.S., Canada and Mexico. Shriners Children’s also hosts Treatments for patients with burn injuries can include skin
international and domestic outreach clinics that allow us to grafting procedures, continuous enteral feeding (getting
help more kids in more places. At Shriners Children’s, our nutrition through a feeding tube and pump), infection control
staff is dedicated to improving the quality of life of children and procedures to lessen the effects of scarring. Often,
by providing excellent pediatric specialty care, conducting intense rehabilitation is also necessary. Once patients have
innovative research and offering outstanding educational recovered enough to return to their homes and communities,
programs for medical professionals.
Shriners Children’s helps ensure a smooth transition for kids
and families.
Shriners Children’s was established as the official philanthropy
of the Shriners fraternity, and for the past century, the fraternity In addition, Shriners Children’s researchers are continuing
has continued to support this unique health care system.
to innovate, discover new knowledge and develop ways to
bring new treatments to children with devastating burns and
What We Do skin conditions, with the goal of improving their outcomes and
Shriners Children’s offers care in several areas, quality of life
including orthopedics, burns, and craniofacial, spinal and
gastrointestinal conditions, as well as sports injuries – Spinal Cord Injury
regardless of the families’ ability to pay or insurance status.
In the mid-1980s, Shriners Children’s established the nation’s
first spinal cord injury rehabilitation programs specifically
Our focus is always on the needs of the patients. What sets designed for children and teenagers. Our interdisciplinary
Shriners Children’s apart is that we take the time to listen, and teams of surgeons and other physicians, therapists,
we design customized care plans that match the goals and therapeutic recreation specialists, psychologists, social
concerns of our patients and families. We call it “wrap-around workers and dieticians work together to provide individualized,
care,” and we make sure to consider each patient’s overall well- comprehensive care for each patient.
being. Our teams are devoted to helping our patients become
as healthy, active and independent as possible.
Innovative therapies offered at Shriners Children’s include
body-weight supported automated treadmill training, functional
electric stimulation bikes and experiential programs designed

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