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What to Expect - Heart Surgery
If your child needs cardiovascular surgery, you can be sure that their heart is in good hands. We provide a careful and thorough process from scheduling to follow-up care to ensure that every child gets...
Tuition Repayment
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Pediatric Proton Therapy
Children’s Mercy is the region’s leading pediatric health system, with more than 750 pediatric subspecialists and researchers, including more than 20 doctors who specialize in children’s cancer. As a...
Vacation Time! Time for Travel Vaccines
An important aspect to staying safe and healthy during international travel is to ensure that all appropriate travel vaccines have been given. Clinicians should make sure that patients are current on...
Order a Diagnostic Test for Radiology
Order a Diagnostic Test for Radiology.
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Teo's Story
Meet Teo Teenagers are famous for burning the candle at both ends, and Teo Rosales was no exception to that rule. In May 2018, he was busy with his classwork and involved in the school’s robotics team, a...
Eating disorder facts
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Related Disorders Who gets these types of eating disorders? Anyone can develop an eating disorder. How eating disorders evolve is still poorly understood. Risk...
Multidisciplinary Food Allergy Clinic
Food Allergy Resources The Multidisciplinary Food Allergy Clinic serves children who are diagnosed with two or more major food allergies or those with poor growth due to a food allergy. Your family can...
Food Guidelines
Do not discuss calories with patient Only parents or staff to choose food off meal plan No modifications to meal plan(s) - unless approved by the eating disorder team No outside food or drinks Remove all...
Whole Genome Sequencing
The Genomic Medicine Center began offering clinical whole genome sequencing (WGS) on a limited basis to Children’s Mercy patients in 2015. The Center was one of the first laboratories in the world offering...
Throat and Airway
Conditions we treat Airway problems (breathing problems) Difficulty breathing through mouth or nose. Chronic nasal congestion. History of having a tracheotomy tube. History of needing ventilator support...
Supplemental Oxygen
The Bronchiolitis CPG Committee recommends using supplemental oxygen to maintain an oxygen saturation ≥ 90%, based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP, 2006) statement for the care of the patient...
Faculty - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Physicians in hallway photo Our faculty recognize that being mentors and training future pediatric infectious diseases specialists is a privilege. Our fellows gain confidence and independence as they...
Faculty - Pediatric Sports Medicine Fellowship
Program Director Greg S. Canty, MD Associate Program Director Brian Harvey, DO Sr. Fellowship Coordinator Danelle Vogt, MBA Fellow Megan Euerle, DO Faculty and Staff Meet the faculty from the division of...
Transition to Adulthood: Orthopedics
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. If you currently have no...
CHAMP App
Our Children’s High Acuity Monitoring Program® (CHAMP) provides home monitoring for complex pediatric cardiology patients.
Transition to Adulthood - Medical Insurance Choices for Adults
It is important to start to think about insurance options. Talk with your care team early. Start to ask questions when you turn 16 years old. To start this process, you need to Understand...
How to talk to your kids about their first heartbreak
Our first love can be a highly emotional experience and the same goes for first heartbreak. It’s never easy to see your child hurting, but you can ease their struggle by remaining open and available to...
Full Athlete Care
Children’s Mercy provides a variety of sports performance services to enhance all aspects of a student-athlete’s health. From sports nutrition to mental health to injury prevention, we help your athlete...
Pediatric Critical Care Sub-Internship
Description: Students electing to rotate through the PICU usually have a strong interest in the basic science of physiology/pathophysiology and a desire to care for critically ill children. Most students...