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Insurance Information for the Colorectal Center
We understand that you may already be worried about your child’s health, we don’t want you to also worry about the cost of their care. The Comprehensive Colorectal Center at Children’s Mercy is a very...
Child Neurology Residency - How to Apply
The Child Neurology training program at Children's Mercy accepts three residents per year. We are a categorical program; therefore, two years of pediatrics training and three years of child neurology...
Clinical Experience - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Year Clinical Months Elective Month Research Total 1 5 months 7 months* 12 months 2 5 months (1 month MFM) 7 months* 12 months 3 4 months 1 month 7 months* 12 months *Vacation eligible months...
Research Areas
Children’s Mercy fosters integrated research by supporting labs and research groups and providing a rich environment for discovery and collaboration.
Preserving Our Proud Past
Nearly everyone owns at least a few treasures from their past – whether it’s some photos and ticket stubs in the corner of a dresser drawer or tubs of family heirlooms in the basement. Photo: Berry...
Pediatric Nephrology
Description: Attendance, clinical performance and educational proposed research project constitute passing this elective. Educational objectives: Knowledge of pathophysiology, management of common...
Cloaca (Cloacal Anomaly)
Cloaca is a birth defect in which a baby's rectum, vagina and urinary tract are fused together. This common channel ends in a single opening on the baby’s bottom.
Sports Medicine ERAS
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs promote an evidence based, multidisciplinary approach to patient care aimed at facilitating faster recovery from surgery, decreasing hospital length of stay...
Laboratory Studies
Consider Inflammatory Conditions That May Manifest With Fever and Shock Kawaski Disease While rare, shock may be present in children with Kawasaki disease (Çakan et al., 2016) Multisystem Inflammatory...
Cystic fibrosis treatments: Dr. Hugo Escobar receives renewed funding to continue research
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation renewed funding of their Therapeutics Development Network project led by Hugo Escobar, MD, Pulmonology. The $254,699 Therapeutics Development Center Award is for one year and...
Wide World of Vaccines April 2021
I recently watched an episode of 20/20 featuring children who developed OCD, outbursts and tantrums, seizures, catatonia, and paranoia following a diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis. Some of the...
Addressing suicide risk as a parent
The thought of losing your child is one many caregivers try to avoid. And yet, suicide is the second leading cause of death for teens across the nation and in Kansas City. We want to help change this...
Blood and Marrow Transplant Options
Transplant options for every child One of the first questions families ask us is will my child have a donor? When we meet a child in need of a transplant, we search all available donor options. Doing so...
Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship
Our Nephrology Department Faculty and Fellows Meet the Nephrology Team How to Apply The Children’s Mercy Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship is one of the oldest training programs, with continual accreditation...
Lab Follow-Up Processes by Care Setting:
Check for a Confidential Information Note for patient's contact information (found in ad hoc forms). Lab will complete the following steps automatically: Reporting of positive HIV through confirmation...
Spine Care Team
Refer a Patient Spine Care Team Contact Us Patient Review (816) 234-3075...
Rex Brings Sporting KC to Children's Mercy
The atmosphere at Children’s Mercy is vibrant, colorful and engaging – dedicated to letting kids be kids, even when they’re in the middle of a long-term inpatient stay or a series of hospitalizations. “We...
Neonatology Review: Isolette to Crib Podcast
Children’s Mercy neonatologists Joti Sharma, MD, and Julie Weiner, DO, discuss neonatal medicine topics to help prepare for boards and provide tiny tips for those who care for the most vulnerable neonates.
Kirby Bauer Testing
In January 2010, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) published new minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) breakpoints for cefazolin against Enterobacteriaceae (Wayne, 2010). These new...
Resources for Researchers
Resources at Children’s Mercy Research Institute assist researchers and include everything from laboratory services to informatics programs and large-scale data repositories.