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Ways to help teens get more sleep
Teens can have difficulty sleeping because they often face a perfect storm of biological and social factors that disrupt sleep. Teens need an average of 9 hours of sleep each night and with a little...
Your Sports Physical Therapy Appointment
Learn about what to expect during your sports physical therapy appointment at the Sports Medicine Center at Children's Mercy.
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...
Apply for the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Fellow applicants must be completing or completed a residency at an accredited Pediatric Residency Program in the United States. The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program is under the...
Academic Curriculum - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
The academic curriculum is continuously reviewed and modified by the program. The first year serves to provide broad education on pathophysiology of diseases of the newborn, study designs, and introduces...
Apply for the Pediatric Sports Medicine Fellowship
Prospective candidates should apply through the Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS). Specific application requirements and materials are available through the ERAS system. We also participate...
Clinical Experience - Allergy and Immunology Fellowship
Email As part of their cross-training, fellows spend time in a variety of clinics including the pediatric allergy clinic at Children's Mercy, the adult asthma center at University Health, the adult...
Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship: Research Opportunities
The Pediatric Dermatology Fellow is required to complete one research project during their fellowship year. This includes formulating a study design, obtaining IRB approval, analyzing the data, and drafting...
Apply for the Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship
Prerequisites Qualified applicants must complete an ACGME-accredited, three-year pediatric residency program prior to beginning the fellowship. Certification in general pediatrics by the American Board of...
Apply for the Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship
The child abuse fellowship applicant at Children's Mercy Kansas City preferably will have completed a pediatric residency program prior to starting the fellowship. All candidates must have passed...
Academic Curriculum - Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship
There are numerous educational opportunities for the fellow. Lectures and Conferences A core fellowship lecture series is held by the hospital. These conferences cover topics that are general to all...
Academic Curriculum - Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship
Our curriculum is designed to create a solid foundation of pediatric physiatric knowledge and build upon this with advanced learning individualized to each fellow. Core educational opportunities include...
Talking to kids about this phase of re-opening
As local authorities ease restrictions on businesses opening and people gathering, we all have questions about how to make smart decisions to keep our families safe. And if we grown-ups are scratching our...
How to talk about holiday gatherings this year
The holiday season is here and, this year, holiday stress has a whole new meaning. Decisions about whether and how to gather together are on everyone’s minds. We all want our loved ones to be safe and we...
COVID-19 vaccine: 6 facts you need to know
There is a lot of information circulating about COVID-19 vaccines and it is important for people to be educated. Here are six facts you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccines. ...
Pectus Excavatum
¿Qué es el pectus excavatum? Recursos Si su hijo desarrolla un tórax hundido, lo que se conoce como pectus excavatum, es probable que otro miembro de la familia también haya tenido...
1. Introduction to Asthma
Brief definition “Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by recurrent episodes of coughing, wheezing, breathlessness, and chest tightness. These episodes are often...
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...
CHAMP for Parents
How the CHAMP® program helps patients Between the discharge from the first hospital stay in the newborn period and a second staged cardiac surgery (the inter-stage period), children who are born with...
How to promote diversity and inclusion in your child’s life
It’s back-to-school season, and that means getting new school supplies, adjusting to new routines and learning about all kinds of subjects. An important subject that parents can help teach their kids about...