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SSTI: Indication for Incision and Drainage

Indications for and methods of incision and drainage are outside the scope of this CPG. Please employ clinical judgment, utilizing ultrasound and/or surgical consultation as needed. These pathways do not...

SSTI: Discharge Education

Discharge education: Kids Health Cellulitis Kids Health Abscess Kids Health Impetigo These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is...

Redness

Children’s Mercy obtained permission to use this picture for educational purposes. These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is...

What the heck is social jet lag and why it’s harmful to your teen

Does this sound like your teenager – stays up late on the weekend and sleeps in the next day or takes frequent naps to “catch up” on some Zs.

Opportunities to Make a Difference

Go ahead, make a difference. We’ll help. Harvesters photo Just like you, we’re passionate about pediatrics because we care about the wellbeing of children, our community – and building a better future.

Academic Curriculum Pediatric Dentistry Residency

Pediatric Dentistry is an age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with...

Academic Curriculum - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship

Required Conferences   Pediatric infectious diseases fellows, attendings, APRNs, pharmacists, and rotating residents and medical students attend divisional conferences. ASP Journal Club Every other...

Curriculum - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Fellowship

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (PHO) fellowship conferences are a priority and fellows are expected to attend 75% of these required conferences. PHO core curriculum Weekly didactics presented by PHO fellows...

Faculty - Pediatric Sports Medicine Fellowship

Program Director Greg S. Canty, MD Associate Program Director Brian Harvey, DO Sr. Fellowship Coordinator Danelle Vogt, MBA Fellow Megan Euerle, DO Faculty and Staff Meet the faculty from the division of...

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship - Faculty

The goal of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship is to give fellows comprehensive training to establish a successful clinical career. Our staff also provides clinical and didactic training is intended...

Meet the Formative Research Team

Emily Hurley headshot  Emily Hurley, MPH, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Health Services and Outcomes Research. She founded the Formative Research Team (FRT) in 2019. She has applied her expertise in...

Apply for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

Fellows are required to have completed an ACGME-accredited pediatric or combined pediatric-internal medicine residency program.  All candidates must have passed Step 3. Applicants can apply through ERAS.

Necrotizing Fasciitis

Swollen limb with pain out of proportion history or exam Frequently with overlying warmth on palpation, +/- cellulitis or ecchymosis Surgical emergency: debridement in OR necessary Consult Infections...

Osteochondritis Dissecans: Gabe's Story

After noticing knee pain at 15, Gabe Keeton sought help from Children's Mercy. Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Kevin Latz, MD, diagnosed him with an articular cartilage defect called osteochondritis dissecans...

Stroke: Ben's Story

Call it a mother’s intuition, but Amber McKinnon had an uneasy feeling the entire time she was pregnant that something just wasn’t right. Then on Jan. 13, 2017, baby Benjamin was born full term at Saint...

Protein C Deficiency: Will’s Story

Meet Will   Will McKinnon photo When Amber and Blake McKinnon’s first child, Ben, was born in 2017, they went through an experience no parent would ever want to repeat. Ben suffered a life-threatening...

Type 1 Diabetes and Big Data: Predicting the Future of Health Care

Children’s Mercy Research Institute and Cyft, Inc. have partnered on a grant-funded project that uses data science and advanced prediction methods to help improve diabetes care before negative outcomes can...

Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship Program

Our Department Faculty and Trainees Follow Us Email The Child Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Children's Mercy provides training as a Major Area of Study as defined by the Stages of Education...

Ethics Committee Brown Bag Workshop Schedule

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Date/Location Title of Presentation Presenter(s) January 14, 2025 Tuesday Microsoft Teams CANCELED CANCELED February 11, 2025 Tuesday Microsoft Teams Pediatric Death and Dying in...