Research and Scholarship
Pediatric Ethics Fellowship
At a minimum, the Pediatric Ethics fellow will complete one scholarly project during the year. Often this project also serves as the fellow’s capstone project within the Certificate Program. However, many fellows have additional interests and engage in multiple projects over the year. Fellows are encouraged to collaborate with other researchers across the institution, with ensured mentorship.
Additional scholarship and academic expectations include:
- Abstract submission to the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
- An additional abstract submission to a relevant regional or national meeting
- Prepare and submit at least one manuscript
- Present one Ethics Brown Bag session
- Authorship of a LINK article
Examples of scholarships from fellows during their time at Children's Mercy:
- Keyser, Ellen and Keyser, Sarah L., "Art, Ethics, and Identity - The Paper Doll as Spiritual Care" (2026). Pediatric Chaplains Network Annual Conference. 127.
- Hood-Patterson D, Carter BS. Accompaniment and Bearing Witness: The Path Through Liminal Spaces in Healthcare. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Aug;41(8):859-862. doi: 10.1177/10499091231201599. Epub 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37703501.
- Jeong, Yoo Sun (Sunny); Kukora, Stephanie; Finnsdóttir Wagner, Ásdís; and Hood Patterson, Dawn, "Standardizing Clinical Ethics Consultation Documentation" (2024). Research Days. 4.
- Jeong S, Knackstedt A, Linebarger JS, Carter BS. Moral Distress and Pediatric Palliative Care. Children (Basel). 2024 Jun 21;11(7):751. doi: 10.3390/children11070751. PMID: 39062203; PMCID: PMC11274977.
- Wolfe ID, Garrett JR, Carter BS, Lantos JD. Children's Hospital ICU Resource Allocation in an Adult Pandemic. Pediatrics. 2020 Jul;146(1):e20201140. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-1140. Epub 2020 Apr 21. PMID: 32317310.
Our Pediatric Ethics Fellowship team
Kelstan Ellis, DO, MS-CR, MBe
Program Director
(816) 458-4913
klellis1@cmh.edu
Toni Zaner, BA
Fellowship Coordinator
tmzaner@cmh.edu
Jennifer Pearl, BS
Fellowship Liaison
(816) 731-7154
jepearl@cmh.edu