Pediatric Neurogenomics Fellowship

The mission of the Pediatric Neurogenomics Fellowship at Children's Mercy Kansas City is to train future leaders in the field of neurogenetic disease by providing interdisciplinary clinical, laboratory, and translational research experiences to physicians.  The program seeks to advance excellence in patient care, genomic diagnostics, clinical innovation, scholarly activity, and ethical implementation of therapeutics for children and adults with rare and complex neurologic disorders.

AIMS

• Prepare fellows to independently diagnose and manage complex neurogenetic disorders through integrated training in pediatric neurology, adult neurology, medical genetics, and genomic medicine.
• Provide fellows with advanced competency in genomic testing selection, variant interpretation, bioinformatics resources, and precision diagnostic technologies relevant to neurologic disease.
• Develop fellows’ expertise in translational neurotherapeutics, including exposure to gene-targeted therapies, clinical trial design, novel therapeutics infrastructure, and multidisciplinary precision medicine systems.
• Cultivate physician-scholars capable of conducting meaningful research, quality improvement initiatives, and scholarly dissemination in neurogenomics and rare neurologic disease
• Train fellows to communicate complex genomic information effectively and ethically to patients, families, multidisciplinary teams, and healthcare systems while demonstrating professionalism, cultural humility, and patient-centered care.
• Provide clinical and research experiences that prepare fellows to become future leaders in academic neurogenetics, precision medicine programs, translational neuroscience, and rare disease therapeutics.