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Talking With Teens About Suicide
You matter At Children’s Mercy, we care about the whole person, mind and body. You may be coming to us for a medical condition or injury and wonder, why do we ask about suicidal thoughts? We ask because we...
Infectious Diseases
Adult infectious disease providers If you have commercial insurance, Medicare and Medicaid managed care plans or other state Medicaid insurance programs, you should ask about a list of in-network providers.
Laboratory of Immunogenomics
Disease happens when the immune system fails. We seek to understand how immune responses are regulated and to develop tools to engineer immunity.
How a Healthy Heart Works
Learn the basics of the heart’s structure and function from the experts at the Children's Mercy Heart Center.
What to Expect at the EDC
Learn more about the steps to receive treatment at the Eating Disorders Center at Children's Mercy. Make an appointment A primary care provider (PCP) is a key partner in your child’s long-term recovery.
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Discover how the expert medical team at Children's Mercy Hospital excels in treating ventricular septal defect (VSD) – a condition involving a hole between the heart's lower two chambers.
Host a Fundraising Event
Learn how to organize a meaningful fundraising event in your community that will benefit kids receiving care at Children's Mercy and help to support discoveries that will benefit future generations.
Aplastic Anemia: Nick's Story
Every Little League pitcher who takes the mound dreams of one day unleashing a perfect fastball in a Major League stadium, but few ever get the chance. For most young athletes, their talent eventually fails...
Osteosarcoma: Kambre's Story
The first day of kindergarten is one many parents remember—as both a happy and sad milestone. But Kambre Jo Konrade’s first day marked a milestone of a different kind. She was diagnosed with...
Critical Care Transport: Knox's Story
From the beginning, Knox Yurth was a happy, healthy baby. So, when he began crying inconsolably at only 3 weeks old, mom Kristin felt in her gut that something must be wrong. “Our first child had colic, so...
Critical Care Transport: Xavier 's Story
What started as a normal school day for Xavier Scruggs, 17, quickly changed when he passed out at soccer practice. Revived by CPR, Xavier was taken to a local hospital. Unable to explain what had happened...
What to Expect: Common Questions about Radiation
Providing safe, expert imaging for your child Modern medicine provides us various types of advanced imaging to look inside your child’s body for diagnosis or to rule out a medical condition. Some of these...
Evidence
Our research Conference Sessions Closed-loop, artificial intelligence-based decision support systems and data science Invited Speaker at the ATTD Yearbook Session at ATTD 2024 (17th International Conference...
What to Expect: Polyposis Center
Children’s Mercy offers the broadest spectrum of therapeutic and diagnostic endoscopic procedures in children with hereditary polyposis syndromes. To make the most of your visit, we will partner with you...
Blood and Marrow Transplant Options
Transplant options for every child When we meet a child in need of a transplant, we search all available donor options. Doing so means we can quickly find the best solution for each child. As a...
Omphalocele
Learn about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of omphalocele at Children's Mercy Kansas City, where our team of specialists is committed to providing the highest level of care for your child.
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship: Research Opportunities
Children’s Mercy Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship program aims to train future neonatal scientists. This is done through abundant exposure to clinical, basic science and translational research...
Apply for the Pediatric Pathology Fellowship
Graduate physicians may apply directly. The following items must accompany the Pediatric Pathology Application and should be submitted if you are interested in applying for a fellowship...
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship: Research Opportunities
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellows will spend almost two-thirds of their three-year training pursuing research interests. During the first-year, the fellow’s research interests will be identified and...
Snowplow Parenting
If you follow the news, you might have learned a new term in the past few weeks: “snowplow parenting.” You may have even looked in the mirror, gasped, and thought, “uh-oh...do I do that?”