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Cardiac: Bypass and Thoracotomy ERAS

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways promote an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to patient care aimed at facilitating faster recovery from surgery, decreasing hospital length of stay...

ACCESS Behavioral Health Lab

About the Team The ACCESS (Adolescent and Child Centered Engagement to Supports and Services) Behavioral Health Lab at Children’s Mercy conducts research on increasing access to behavioral health services...

Pediatric Residency Program

Department of Pediatrics Follow Us Our Leadership Meet the Residents How to Apply A rewarding residency? Challenge accepted. We’re devoted to the wellbeing of children and we’re looking for incoming...

Psychology Training Model and Philosophy

The Children’s Mercy Training Program follows a "Scientist Practitioner" training model. In accordance with the Scientist Practitioner model, our program strives to integrate science and practice...

Food Allergy Patient Family Advisory Council

Mission   PFAC Food Allergy Logo The Food Allergy Patient Family Advisory Council will work in partnership with the Children’s Mercy Food Allergy Center staff members to advocate on behalf of parents...

IBD Patient Family Advisory Council Member Service Description

Location: Children’s Mercy Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic Assignment: PFAC member Days/Hours: Bi-Monthly meeting alternating Friday evening or Saturday morning Organization: Children’s Mercy Family...

Bylaws

Membership   Members are 13-21 years old and currently patients in the Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT. The board consists of a minimum of four members. Meeting facilitators include the AYA...

Mark Hoffman, PhD

Mark Hoffman, PhD, as Chief Research Information Officer, accelerates and improves research through resources such as data, applications and technology.

Language Assistance Russian

Children’s Mercy соблюдает применимое федеральное законодательство в области гражданских прав и не допускает дискриминации по признакам расы, цвета кожи, национальной принадлежности, возраста, инвалидности...

Dr. Vivekanand Yadav Receives Funding to Study Gene Mutations of Lethal Pediatric Brain Tumor with Goal of New Potential Therapies

Dr. Yadav’s study, “Epigenetically activated ID1 is a key transcriptional regulator of DIPG invasion and is targetable with cannabidiol,” will explore the gene responsible for the lethal pediatric brain...

Jonathan Wagner, DO, Receives Grant to Study Contribution of Liver Adiposity on Statin Transport Response

Guidelines for prescribing physicians may subsequently be developed to "personalize" dosing for pediatric obese patients, potentially making statin therapy less toxic and more effective for individual...

Introducing Peanuts: A Guide for Parents

Allergy to peanuts is one of the most common food allergies. It tends to develop early in life and can persist through adulthood. Reactions can range from mild to life threatening. The current treatment...

Dr. Jeffrey Colvin Receives Grant to Investigate Differences in Sudden Unexpected Infant Death by Age

Jeffrey Colvin, MD, FAAP, Pediatrics, received a 2-year, $70,000 grant award from the American SIDS Institute for his study “Using Machine Learning to Differentiate Mechanisms of SUPC from Other SUID...

Project Will Study Housing Assistance During Childhood

Jeffrey Colvin’s study is titled “Childhood Housing Assistance and Adult Health: Life Course Critical Periods and Cumulative Impact.”

Updated asthma guidelines and how they affect kids

In terms of updating asthma guidelines, not much has changed in over 13 years – until recently. With the recent 2020 National Institutes of Health (NIH) report, there’s a new way to help children who have...

Is my child being bullied?

Children often experience issues at school that go beyond classwork. Kids may have a fight with a friend, or they aren’t sitting by the same group of kids at lunch anymore. While we often worry kids are...

Failure as a gift

Webster Dictionary defines failure as “lack of success” or “falling short.” As well-known comedian, Ellen De Generes stated, “When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and...

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COVID Myths

There is a lot of information circulating about COVID-19 and it is important for people to be educated about the virus and how to help keep it from spreading. But with so much information available there...