Our leadership in pediatric cancer and blood disorders speaks for itself. Children's Mercy leads a four-state Hemophilia Treatment Center network and is a leader in Missouri's sickle cell disease in children network. The hospital plays a lead role in an international consortium of hospitals that performs pediatric blood and marrow transplants. With board-certified pediatric hematologists/oncologists who have individual expertise in different areas of our subspecialty and access to the hospitals more than 40 subspecialty areas, we maintain the most comprehensive programs in the region. Our hepa-filtered unit - with 25 private rooms, a play room and a parent room - allows movement within the unit without masks and sets the standard for facility design.
View some of our pediatric hematology/oncology patient stories.
| Keith J. August , MD, MSc | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Shannon L. Carpenter , MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Jignesh Dalal , MD | Director of Bone Marrow Transplant; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Alan Gamis , MD | Section Chief, Oncology, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Maxine Hetherington , MD | Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
| Ram Kalpatthi , MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Karen Lewing , MD | Fellowship Program Director; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics |
| Michelle Manalang , MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine |
| Carla McCrave , MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Doug Myers , MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Kathleen Neville , MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| J. Allyson Niece , MD | Hematologist/Oncologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Mohamed Radhi , MD | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Richard Shore , MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics |
| Brian Wicklund , MD | Director,Hemophilia/Coagulation/Thrombosis Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine |
| Gerald Woods , MD | Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Section Chief, Hematology
Director, Sickle Cell Program
Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine |