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Questions to consider when selecting your health care plan

What are the options for purchasing health insurance for my child? What is a Health Insurance Exchange? When can I enroll/when is open enrollment for insurance coverage on the Health Insurance Exchange (

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Snowed in? S-no-w problem!

A winter wonderland may not seem so wonderful when you’re snowed in and cabin fever begins to take over. But fear not! There are LOTS of things your family can do inside the walls of your home to stay busy...

2025

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Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship: How to apply

The Advance Non-Invasive Imagining Fellowship Program appoints one fellow each year through the San Francisco Matching Program. Qualified applicants must have completed an ACGME-accredited Pediatric...

Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship

Our Heart Center Meet the Team Faculty and Fellows How to Apply The fourth year fellowship in Non-Invasive Imaging provides advanced training in all facets of cardiovascular imaging including transthoracic...

Faculty and Fellows Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Program Director Sanket S. Shah, MD, MHS  ssshah@cmh.edu Fellowship Coordinator Kasi Trader, BA Fellow Lauren Littell, MD Alumni Jenna Schermerhorn, DO   Faculty and Fellows Pediatric Advanced Cardiac...

Dr. Paul Kulesa Receives Nearly $2 Million NIH Grant to Study Relationship Between Sympathetic Nervous System Development and Neuroblastoma

Dr. Kulesa’s study will explore how the signals that regulate the collective movement and differentiation of neural crest cells are arranged, spatially and temporally, to assemble the sympathetic nervous...

Cold weather car seat safety

Though we all want to stay inside where it’s cozy during the cold winter months, we still have places to go – kiddos included. While making sure our children are warm in the car, it’s also important to be...

New Year’s resolutions your whole family can enjoy

New Year’s resolutions are always made with the best of intentions – but when life gets busy, they can be hard to follow through. But what if you had your whole family as accountability partners? While you...

The Link - December 2024

Our December issue features the latest news and updates on pediatric care from Children's Mercy clinicians. The Link - December 2024 Evidence Based Strategies: Febrile Seizures by the Numbers...

Dr. Stephani Stancil and Dr. Mollie Walton Receive P30 MPRINT Grants

Dr. Stephani Stancil and Dr. Mollie Walton both received grants for their studies that are working to better the lives of sick children. Dr. Stancil's study explores drug disposition in the brain and...

Stories that inspired us in 2024

What a year! As 2024 comes to a close, we, like most of you, are looking back on our favorite memories from this year and found ourselves being inspired by the stories shared by patients and families who...

Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleed in the ED (acute)

Clinical Pathways promote evidence-based, safe, and high-value patient care by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of subject...

Li Fraumeni Syndrome

Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare hereditary condition that increases your risk of developing multiple cancers, often at an early age. It is caused by a change or mutation in a gene that can be passed...

Soft Palate Fullness/Bulging Images

Compare to tonsillitis (bilateral enlargement): Photos courtesy of Dr. Laura Neff, MD, MPH, Children's Mercy Otolaryngology These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case.

Important Considerations

History Description of blood loss: Upper vs. lower GI bleed Time of onset Quantity of blood loss Hematochezia: Bright red blood vs melena; streaks vs. mixed with stool vs. clots Hematemesis: Bright red...

Additional National Tobacco Cessation Resources for Adolescents

SmokeFree SmokeFreeTeen SmokeFreeWomen   SmokeFree- Quit Vaping Smokefree TXT for Teens: Text QUIT to 47848 or  Sign up online   National Quitline Call 1-800 QUIT NOW Truth Initiative text...

Quit Plan

Printable Quit Plans (PDF)  English version Spanish version Children's Mercy providers may also order these through the Children's Mercy Printing Portal  These pathways do not establish a...