Professional Education
Professional Education
Welcome. It’s how you’ll feel every day.
Residency and fellowship programs at Children’s Mercy Kansas City deliver more than standard training. We pride ourselves on making sure your personal goals are a priority. That you have the balance and support to do your very best for children. And that your voice is always heard.
You won’t be sitting on your hands waiting on interesting cases to come along. Here you’re part of a team that redefines what’s possible in pediatrics. Because this is a place where the wellbeing of children is what matters most.
Training doesn’t end with your formal program. Children’s Mercy also offers ways to continue your clinical education and professional growth as a faculty member with Continuing Education, the Office of Faculty Development, Library Services and the Berry Institute.
2025 Wellbeing First Champion
Children's Mercy has been named a 2025 Wellbeing First Champion through the American Medical Association and the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation. This distinction means that our credentialing and peer evaluation documents are free from stigmatizing language around mental health and team members can seek care without fear of losing their license or job. This accomplishment has been verified by ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare — a national coalition of leading health care organizations that works to remove barriers for health workers to access mental health care.
Fellow awarded grant from National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS)
Alexandra Prosser, MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow, was awarded a two- year, roughly $173,444 grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), via the Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Kansas TL1 Postdoctoral Training Program subaward.
Dr. Prosser’s study, “Functional evaluation of a novel RPL30 mutation and its role in Diamond Blackfan anemia: A model for studying ribosomopathies,” aims to describe the functional role of the novel RPL30 (ribosomal protein L30) variant in hematopoietic differentiation, ribosomal assembly, and protein translation.
PEM fellow selected for national committee
Mauro Rodriguez, DO, our 1st year PEM fellow, was selected to serve as a PEM fellow representative on the PED program director national subcommittee for the duration of this fellowship training.
Graduate Medical Education Annual Report
A summary of the Department of Graduate Medical Education's accomplishments in 2021-2022 can be found in this annual report.