Meet the Team: Comprehensive Otology and Hearing Program - Children's Mercy

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Leadership

Michael Puricelli, MD

Pediatric ENT Surgeon

Medical Director, Comprehensive Otology & Hearing Program; Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Kansas School of Medicine

4.9 out of 5

Joseph A Ursick, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology/ENT

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

4.8 out of 5

Advanced Practiced Providers

Michelle L Janes, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC

4.9 out of 5

Emily S Smith, CPNP

Otolaryngology/ENT

Janette L. Yardley, PA-C

Pediatric Otolaryngology/ENT

4.9 out of 5

Manager, Genetic Counseling

Holly I. Welsh, MS, CGC

Manager, Genetic Counseling; Teaching Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Audiologists

Lisa Butler, MA, CCC-A

Audiology

Assistant Director, Audiology

Sandra K. Keener, CCC-A, AuD

Audiology

Director, Hearing & Speech

Michelle R. Middleton, CH-AP, AuD, CCC-A

Audiology

Manager, Audiology

Cochlear Implant Team

Samantha R Beets, AuD, CCC-A

Audiology

Jamie L Hamm, AuD, CCC-A

Audiology

Sandra K. Keener, CCC-A, AuD

Audiology

Director, Hearing & Speech

Katie Kincaid, AuD, CCC-A

Audiology

Bone Anchored Hearing System Team

Reaghan D Beckers, AuD, CCC-A

Audiology

4.9 out of 5

Lauren A Casady, AuD, CCC-A, PASC

4.9 out of 5

Amanda M. Moore, AuD, CCC-A

Audiology

Bailey K. Pepperdine, AuD, CCC-A

Audiology

Hilary T. Schmidt, AuD, CCC-A

Audiology

Kari B Thompson

Speech and Language Specialist

Janise Stueve, MA, CCC-SLP

Speech Pathology

Listening and Spoken Language Specialist

Ashley Armitage, CCC-SLP, MS

Speech Pathology