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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.

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship: Research Opportunities

During the course of the fellowship, each fellow will have the ability to conduct research with a chosen faculty mentor. Education will be implemented to teach basic principles of research, how to evaluate...

Experimental Therapeutics in Pediatric Cancer

These clinical trials test treatment methods that have not yet been used for a cancer diagnosis. Children's Mercy is the only pediatric hospital in the region that provides access to these trials.

How Simulation Works

Our simulation model offers the latest resuscitation training in the convenience of your own hospital setting. Training is designed to recreate real-life medical crises and situational anxiety for an...

Rhabdomyosarcoma: Suela's Story

Persephone Consuela (Suela) Duran had a better chance of being hit by lightning than developing rhabdomyosarcoma. Suela was a 12-year-old when she began experiencing what seemed to be harmless, though...

Hirschsprung Disease: Taitum's Story

Meet Taitum   Meet Taitum photo Ariel Ellis had a normal pregnancy and delivery in a Springfield, Mo., hospital. But shortly after giving birth on Oct. 18, 2018, her newborn son’s health quickly declined.

Research Areas

Children’s Mercy fosters integrated research by supporting labs and research groups and providing a rich environment for discovery and collaboration.

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...

Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training

Blood flow restriction training, also known as occlusion training, uses a specialized device to help athletes rehabilitate injured muscles and limbs.

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.

Liver Transplant Resources

The Liver Transplant Coordinator shares these resources with families and caregivers whose children visit the Pediatric Liver Transplant Program.

Osteopathia Striata with Cranial Sclerosis: Emersyn’s Story

Meet Emersyn Emersyn Gross is a sassy, fun 4-year-old who loves wearing her pink and purple tutus, pretending to be a doctor, and watching Peppa Pig. But when she was born Nov. 1, 2017, doctors weren’t...

Pediatric Abdominal Pain Team

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Kidney Transplant Team

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Urgent Care Team

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Keys in the Fridge and Other Signs You Might Have Pregnancy Brain

Keys in the Fridge and Other Signs You Might Have Pregnancy Brain - After morning sickness and bizarre cravings, pregnancy brain might be one of the most common experiences that veteran moms warn pregnant...

Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is an allergic reaction within airways occurring almost exclusively in patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis. Less commonly reported in patients with...

Quinn’s Story

Meet Quinn When you see the photo of 7-year-old Quinn Liberman leaping for joy over a series of chest-shaped objects stuck in a field, you have to wonder, “What are those things and what’s she doing?”

Antibiotic FAQs – What parents need to know

The holiday season may be the most wonderful time of the year, but it can also bring about a not so fun season of illnesses. Knowing whether your child’s illness needs an antibiotic to get better can be...