Built for kids.®
Bringing world-class pediatric care to Southwest Missouri
Time to celebrate! Starting in November, Children’s Mercy and Mercy Springfield Communities are teaming up to bring expanded pediatric services and specialized care to families across Southwest Missouri. This means more kids will have access to nationally ranked specialty care, groundbreaking research and compassionate services – right in their own community. We're growing along the families we serve, because Children’s Mercy is built for kids. Read more about our expanded services and partnership.
Together, We Illuminate a Path to Better Mental Health for Kids
Children’s Mercy is leading a bold initiative to address the youth mental health crisis affecting 1 in 5 children, powered by community champions and rooted in compassionate pediatric care.
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): Byron’s Story
Byron came to Children’s Mercy with a slight fever. He left with a rare disease diagnosis and a new immune system. Close collaboration between teams led to Byron’s inherited hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) diagnosis and treatment—chemo followed by a bone marrow transplant.
Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Ana Cohen
It wasn’t a fascination with how the body works. Instead, it was her passion for learning about people and their origin stories that brought Ana Cohen, PhD, FACMG, to the field of genetics.
