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What to Expect: Your Visit
Scheduling an appointment For your first visit to the Sickle Cell clinic, you’ll need a referral from your child’s primary care provider. Many of our families come to us by referral from their primary...
Gastroschisis
Children’s Mercy offers expert care for gastroschisis, an opening in a baby's abdominal wall. Trust our experienced team to provide the immediate surgery your baby will need after birth.
Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Kaela Varberg
Kaela Varberg, PhD, Independent Investigator, Neonatology, is fascinated by maternal-fetal interaction and the field of developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD).
What parents should know about autism
Autism is considered a “spectrum” because it often looks different for different people. One person’s autism symptoms may even change over time. This range, or “spectrum,” can lead to...
Family Support Fund
An unexpected illness, injury, or chronic medical condition can be traumatic for the entire family, both emotionally and financially. The Family Support Fund at Children’s Mercy uses criteria based upon...
Getting a Cast
What is a cast? A cast is a hard bandage that protects your bones and keeps them still while they heal. Why do you need a cast? You will need a cast: If you have a broken bone. After some types...
Physical Therapy Services
The Take CARE Employee Clinic and Pharmacy offers physical therapy services to help meet a growing need and advance efforts by Children’s Mercy to provide leading-edge benefits. Musculoskeletal...
Osteochondritis Dissecans Treatment at Children's Mercy
Osteochondritis dissecans, or OCD, is an articular cartilage defect that develops most often in adolescents. The Children's Mercy pediatric orthopedic surgeons have seen more than 500 patients in the past...
Pediatric Marketplace (PedsMarket)
PedsMarket, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Children's Mercy Kansas City (CMKC) established by the Center for Pediatric Innovation with the sole focus of advancing pediatric innovation.
Lexy’s Story
Meet Lexy lexy-with-therapy-dog Lexy is a strong-willed five-year-old who loves art projects, tater tots, facility dog Jellybean and her big brother, Klay. Her fierce disposition has led the way...
Certificate Program Scholarship Application
Scholarship application for students from developing countries for the Pediatric Bioethics Certificate Program at Children's Mercy Kansas City.
5 Ways to Make Magical Memories this Holiday Season
I can’t remember the gifts I received on Christmas morning. But I remember how I felt. A mix of excitement, pure joy and anticipation for a day spent together as a family. I remember waking up way too...
Anorectal Malformation surgery after care
Instructions and important information for families, caregivers and patients for caring for a child after anorectal malformation surgery.
Institutional Partnerships and Collaborations
Building a network to enhance research, improve health care Collaboration is the cornerstone of research at the Children’s Mercy Research Institute (CMRI) and a key to our success in improving the...
Ophthalmology and Optometry Exam Room Tools
Learn about the different tools the technicians and doctors use during exe exams in the Ophthalmology and Optometry Department at Children's Mercy Kansas City.
Same-day Discharge After G-tube Placement
Through the development of a FASTDischarge (Feeding Advancement and Simultaneous Transition to Discharge) protocol, Children's Mercy proved it was safe to allow a child's tube feeds to be started four...
Heart Transplants in Children
The heart transplant process is complex, but you’re not alone. Our team will walk alongside you the whole way.
Culture and Language Coaching Program Partnerships
The Culture and Language Coaching Program at Children's Mercy and Mattie Rhodes Center in Missouri have transferred the coaching model from CHiCoS to providers serving the community in social work...
Heterotaxy Syndrome – Symptoms and Causes
Heterotaxy is a condition in which internal organs are not where they are normally located. Common organs affected in children are the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, stomach and intestines.
Your Fetal Cardiology Visit
Learn what to expect at your fetal cardiology visit, from the diagnosis process to next steps after your initial evaluation.