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Apply for the Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship
Children’s Mercy invites applications for a our three-year Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship training program. Candidates must possess an MD, DO or PhD degree; PhD degree must be in genetics...
Dr. Srivastava Receives Funding to Study Connection Between Scaffold Protein and Nephrotic Syndrome
Tarak Srivastava, MD, FASN, Nephrology, was awarded a 1-year grant shared with his collaborator Mukut Sharma, PhD, at Kansas City VA Medical Center through the Pediatric Glomerular Disease Accelerator...
Top 6 things the pros want you to know about antibiotics
When many of today’s parents were kids, they were prescribed antibiotics almost as often as they went to the doctor. A cough, an earache, or an upset stomach might all be treated with the same...
8. Treating Co-Morbid Conditions
Common co-morbid conditions that complicate the care of asthma include are reviewed here. These should be assessed as they may worsen asthma severity and complicate control of asthma. Allergic...
Baby Health and Behavior Lab
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Clinical Experience - Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Fellows will have opportunities to manage a wide-array of pediatric pathology during their fellowship training. As the only regional pediatric trauma center, PEM faculty & fellows manage level 1 and level...
7 ways to keep pools safe this summer
Multiple layers of protection are needed to prevent drowning. Drowning continues to be the leading cause of unintentional injury death for children aged 1 to 4 years and they are more likely to drown in a...
Bioethics: In Our Healing Era: Supporting and Healing Together in a Time of Trauma
Column Author: Angie Knackstedt, BSN, RN, NPD-BC | Program Manager, Health Literacy & Nursing Bioethics; Co-Director of Certificate Program in Pediatric Bioethics Jennifer Stallbaumer-Rouyer, LCSW...
Mental Wellness for Student-Athletes
Children’s Mercy offers a team of sports medicine mental health professionals to help student-athletes cope with the emotional challenges of participating in sports, whether they’re at the top of their game...
COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ
There is a lot of information out there about the COVID-19 vaccines. Get answers to frequently asked questions from the experts at Children's Mercy.
Meet Kingston
Kingston Morris was born at Children’s Mercy in March 2023, when a team of nearly 30 providers and several departments completed a rare EXIT-to-airway procedure. He has been diagnosed with CHD4...
Run it back season! Football traditions for a Chiefs win
The whole town is painted red for our favorite football team, the Kansas City Chiefs. A few of our employees are sharing their game day traditions and superstitions they practice to guarantee a Chiefs win.
Apply for the Sleep Medicine Fellowship
How to Apply Fellow applicants must be completing or completed an accredited residency in the United States and not have more than a two-year gap from time of completion to application. Individuals who are...
Life skills teens want to know
When you are sent off into the world after high school, you are expected to know so much. Not only all the reading, writing and arithmetic that school has taught, but so much more. Here is a list of some...
Patient is Suspected to Have TLS
Patients may present with metabolic derangements along (laboratory TLS) or both laboratory and clinical sequalae. Laboratory TLS (LTLS): Level above or below normal limits for age for 2 or more of the...
Drs. Laura Plencner and Molly Krager Receive Funding to Broaden Food Security Initiatives, Including Healthcare-Based Food Pantry System at Children’s Mercy
Laura Plencner, MD, Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine, and Molly Krager, MD, Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine, and co-chairs of the Children’s Mercy Kansas City Hunger Free Hospital Council received a...
NICU Patient Family Advisory Council
PFAC NICU Logo The NICU Patient Family Advisory Council (PFAC) is made up of previous families that have been in the NICU at Children’s Mercy. The PFAC meets virtually through Microsoft Teams on the third...
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.
Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex: Jaciel’s Story
Jaciel Lemus was born with epidermolysis bullosa simplex, a condition that causes the skin to be very fragile and blister easily. He was treated at the Children's Mercy Level IV NICU.