The Specialty Center 2 at Children's Health in Plano is definitely an innovative facility designed to focus on the growing quantity of families in North Texas, with leading pediatric experts, community providers, advanced technology and cutting-edge sports performance-all in one place.
The 203,000-square-foot, four-story facility is the new house towards the Children's Health Andrews Institute for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine and Sports Performance powered by EXOS, as well as the state-of-the-art Live Oak Surgery Center, Imaging Center and physician clinics.
The innovative building includes a number of multidisciplinary services for the entire family-from sports rehabilitation, injury prevention, training and nutrition for youth athletes, to outpatient surgery, outpatient imaging and community provider clinics.
\”We designed Specialty Center 2 for the families and physicians of North Texas-combining the region's leading pediatric experts and community providers to really make it simple for families to gain access to the concern they need in one location,\” said Jeremiah Radandt, executive v . p . of the Northern Market for Children's Health. \”The facility we debuted today does that and more. Our goal is to be a community partner for the growing quantity of families residing in or moving to North Texas by empowering these to become active drivers that belongs to them healthcare.\”
Specialty Center 2 provides a wide array of multidisciplinary services and state-of-the-art technology, including:
Imaging Center: Featuring Siemens Skyra 3 Tesla MRI, Fluoroscopy and EOS(R) X-Ray Imaging System, these imaging technologies supply the best quality images, which allow for quicker diagnoses and more accurate treatment.
Live Oak Surgery Center: A defining feature of Specialty Center 2, this surgical center features state-of-the-art observation capabilities, which permit physicians and family members to check on in on patients undergoing procedures inside the four operating rooms without entering the surgical area.
A striking feature from the new building is really a 60-yard turf football field and running track, which attach to an indoor training area for the Children's Health Andrews Institute and its performance training and injury prevention program, Sports Performance run by EXOS. Originally opened in 2023 around the Children's Health Plano campus, the Children's Heath Andrews Institute is a destination for orthopedics and sports medicine for young athletes and also the only institute available within the region-offering world-class, pediatric- focused orthopedic and sports medicine care with research, education and injury prevention at its core. Developed underneath the direction of world-renowned orthopedic surgeon James Andrews, M.D., it's also the first-ever pediatric program to team up with EXOS, a globally known program that trains the earth's top athletes.
\”As a former Division I collegiate athlete and today as an orthopedic surgeon, I am unable to stress enough the significance of injury prevention, training and rehabilitation that is needed for youth athletes, especially in this North Texas region where youth sports are extremely popular,\” said John Polousky, M.D., surgical director and chief of pediatric orthopaedics at Children's Health Plano. \”At our new location, we offer the latest advances in diagnostics, sports medicine, rehabilitation and sports performance in one building, allowing us to provide the full continuum of care to young athletes in North Texas.\”
The brand new Children's Health Andrews Institute location offers best-in-class sports performance and rehabilitation technology and equipment, including: Physical Therapy: AlterG(R) Anti-Gravity treadmill, Harlequin dance floor, TRAZER computer- based simulation testing and training system, functional squat machine to help strengthen muscles, and HydroWorx(R) Pool and underwater treadmill for sports rehabilitation.
Sports Performance powered by EXOS(R): Pneumatic weight lifting system, six-lane synthetic sprint track, inlaid Olympic lifting platform along with a biomechanics lab.