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Sinusitis: Acute Bacterial

Clinical Pathways promote evidence-based, safe, and high-value patient care by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of subject...

Preventing Deadly Antibiotic Reactions in Children

Bactrim-Associated Lung Failure is an underreported and often underrecognized drug reaction. With your help, Children's Mercy can continue its world-class research to fully understand and prevent this...

Meet the Experts

Anesthesiology Cardiology Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Developmental and Behavioral Sciences Ear, Nose & Throat Endocrinology Fetal Health Gastroenterology Genomic Medicine Hematology/Oncology/

Scholarly Work

Scholarly work related to global health varies for each resident and fellow throughout their training. Fellows are required to participate in some form of scholarly work on their international elective.

Local Global Health Initiative

The local global health component is part of the required Advocacy curriculum in the second year of residency. We believe a strong component of global health includes learning about and experiencing...

Educational Sessions

Conferences and Academic Half Days: The educational sessions embedded in our curriculum include approximately six noon lectures per year on global pediatric health care. Faculty members with different...

Dr. Jake Dahl Receives NIH Grant to Create More Precise Method for Diagnosing Upper Airway Obstructions in Newborns

The goal of this project is to develop an innovative, anatomically precise, patient-specific diagnosis method for upper airway obstruction that will use the integration of dynamic upper airway computed...

Wise Use of Antibiotics: Shorter Is Better: 3 – 5 Days of Antibiotics for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Column Author: Josh Herigon, MD, MPH, MBI Column Editor: Rana El Feghaly, MD, MSCI | Director, Infectious Diseases Clinical Services; Director, Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Program; Medical...

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 & Hot Topics: Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia

Column Author: Chris Day, MD | Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Services; Medical Director, Travel Medicine Program Column Editor: Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH | Division Director...

The Link - October 2024

Our October issue features the latest news and updates on pediatric care from Children's Mercy clinicians. The Link - October 2024 Vaccine Update: Importance of Provider Recommendation for RSV Protection...

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...

Pediatric Bioethics: Communicating Serious News: The Added Challenge of Health Literacy Gaps in Difficult Conversations

Column Author: Stephanie K. Kukora, MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Column Editor: Brian S. Carter, MD |

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...

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...

Qualitative Research Skills Series

2025 Series Materials Qualitative Study Design Conducting In-Depth Interviews View Story Conducting Focus Group Discussion View Story Analyzing Qualitative Data View Story Synthesizing and Disseminating...

Endometriosis: Avery and MK's story

Avery and MK are siblings who struggle with pain from endometriosis. With help from Children's Mercy, they've been able to get back to normal teen activities.

Daylight Savings: reminders and tips for a clock change

With our phones, cars and computers updating automatically, daylight savings might seem like any other day of the year, so it’s easy for the clock change to slip your mind. But there are still objects...