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Sickle Cell Disease Program
The Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Team at Children's Mercy provides comprehensive care to children and young adults with all types of sickle cell disease. We offer hospital and clinic-based care for more...
Find-a-Provider
Children's Mercy Provider Ratings Looking for a pediatrician? Provider Spotlight Proud to provide the best care to children and families. Check out our listing of community pediatric practices ...
Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)
At the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Children's Mercy experts record brain activity to help diagnose and treat seizure disorders. Our facility dog, Hope, visited the Children's Mercy EMU to show how it...
Stressing about what to do with your teen this summer?
Summer is coming. You have a teen at home. Did your heart just start pounding a little faster? Don’t freak out. We at Parent-ish have compiled a whole list of ideas to help keep your teen busy this summer.
Inguinal Hernia Surgery
An inguinal hernia in an infant or child is due to a persistent communication with the abdominal cavity. Inguinal (groin) hernias are the most common type of hernia in children. They occur in up to 5% of...
Preparing Your Toddler for Surgery
Try to stay as calm and relaxed as possible when talking to your child about surgery. Your energy and emotions can affect your child. What are some things that might be hard for a toddler? Being away...
Continuing Education
Never stop building your skill set. Learning is a lifelong process, especially for health care professionals. Children's Mercy provides comprehensive resources for physicians and providers from all...
Pediatric Proton Therapy
Children’s Mercy is the region’s leading pediatric health system, with more than 750 pediatric subspecialists and researchers, including more than 20 doctors who specialize in children’s cancer. As a...
Milkovich Lab
About the Team The Milkovich lab actively collaborates with numerous investigators and community partners to evaluate the influence of environmental factors impacting children's development and...
IUD Placement: Light and Moderate Sedation
IUD Placement - Light and Moderate Sedation...
Dr. Chavez-Bueno Receives Funding to Study Potential Use of Glycoprotein Secreted in Breastmilk to Prevent Newborn Sepsis
“This project will investigate an innovative approach against neonatal E. coli sepsis for which no prevention currently exists. This approach would also represent a breakthrough, non-antibiotic alternative...
Outbreaks, Alerts & Hot Topics: Mpox Redux
Column Author: Chris Day, MD | Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Services; Medical Director, Travel Medicine Program Column Editor: Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH | Division Director...
Care for Siblings or Other Children in the Same Caregiving Environment
Siblings or other children living in the same caregiving environment as children with abusive injuries are considered high-risk Follow the age-appropriate evaluation if the sibling or other child living in...
Fractures Concerning for Abuse
References Flaherty, E. G., Perez-Rossello, J. M., Levine, M. A., Hennrikus, W. L., & the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, Section on Radiology, Section on...
Vaccine Update: Vaccines for Children - Millions of Lives Saved and Counting
Column Author: Maria Martinez RN, BSN, MSN, MBA, CPN Column Editor: Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH | Division Director, Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Center for Wellbeing ...
Evidence Based Strategies: Vulvovaginitis in the Prepubertal Female
Column Author: Kalyn Erickson, DO | Resident PGY 3 Column Editor: Angela D. Etzenhouser, MD, FAAP | Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program Vulvovaginitis is a term that is...
Visual Diagnosis: What's the Diagnosis?
Column Author: Sean Reynolds, MBBCH | Associate Program Director, Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship Column Editor: Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH | Division Director, Infectious Diseases; Medical...
Vaccine Update: What Is New in Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccines?
Column Author: Christine Symes, MSN, CPNP-PC Column Editor: Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH | Division Director, Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Center for Wellbeing Since the onset...
State of the Art Pediatrics: Navigating a National Shortage of Stimulants
Column Author: Hannah Wolf, APRN, CPNP-PC Jamie Neal Lewis, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHNP-BC Column Author: Amita R. Amonker, MD, FAAP | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City...
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics: Dengue is Setting Records
Column Author & Editor: Chris Day, MD | Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Services; Medical Director, Travel Medicine Program Worldwide, more dengue cases have been reported...