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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...

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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January 2025

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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 Mohamed Aashiq Abdul Ghayum, MBBS Alumni Lauren Littell, MD Jenna Schermerhorn, DO   Faculty...

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...

Dr. Paul Kulesa Receives Grant for Technology Development to Determine Molecular Markers of Nervous System Birth Defects

Tissue repair or regeneration therapies for birth defective or damaged neural connections between the central and sympathetic nervous systems offer a potential therapeutic opportunity and improvements in...

Making the most of being inpatient and resources to make the most of your stay

As a mom, the last thing you want to hear your child’s doctor say is “I think you should be admitted to the hospital.” My 13-year-old son is generally a healthy boy, but he does have a medical diagnosis...

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.

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...

Modeling inclusivity this holiday season

Children notice what we do, how we respond, how we treat others and who we include. This time of year can be jam-packed with anxiety. Our schedules get full, sometimes we overload our resources and...

COVID-19, RSV and the Flu: What you need to know

Viral respiratory season is quickly approaching. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, respiratory viruses seem to circulate in new patterns, so being prepared is important! According to the American Academy of...

December 2024

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