Shriners Look to Pasadena for Two Exciting Developments

Shriners Hospitals for Children will be joining the Rose Parade on January 2, 2017 for the seventh year in a row with a float representing the hospital’s commitment to helping patients discover and reach their full potential, as it anticipates the opening of a new Shriners for Children Medical Center in Pasadena this Spring.

The Shriners float, titled “Anything is Possible,” features a ship driven by Fezzy, the official mascot and honorary member of Shriners International, the organization that founded and continues to support Shriners Hospitals for Children.

The crew will include the two international leaders of the Shriners organizations, Chris Smith and Jerry Gantt, and their wives, as well David Doan, local Chairman of the Board of Shriners for Children Medical Center, and his wife.

Two national patient ambassadors for Shriners Hospital, Karolina Nogues and Marius Woodward, who represent the hundreds of thousands of children cared for by Shriners Hospitals for Children, will also be riding on the float.

The nonprofit expects to open the new Shriners for Children Medical Center in Pasadena in June 2017. The new facility is currently under construction at 909 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, between Alessandro Street and Hurlburt Avenue close to Huntington Memorial Hospital.

Shriners Hospital says the location will enhance the collaboration between Shriners for Children Medical Center and Huntington Hospital, where surgeons from Shriners for Children Medical Center surgeons will be allowed to operate on patients using the operating rooms of Pasadena’s premier health care institution.

When it is completed in June 2017, the new Shriners for Children Medical Center will occupy 74,800 square feet on two acres and will have two ambulatory surgery rooms and six PACU suites, 20 outpatient clinic examination rooms, three fitting rooms for prosthetics and orthotics, as well as onsite radiology, child life, pharmacy and care coordination departments.

Currently, Shriners Hospitals for Children is a 22-location health care system which specializes in pediatric specialty care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs for medical professionals. The hospitals provide advanced care for children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate.

For more information about Shriners Hospitals for Children, visit www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org.