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Thank you for supporting Children’s Mercy! PHOTO: Teen Happy Kit As a nonprofit hospital, we rely generously on the support of caring community members to help us provide the highest level of care to all...

MyChart - Ariel Alden, NP | Urgent Care

Ariel Alden, NP is a team member at Children's Mercy who practices Urgent Care.

MyChart - Sandra K, AuD | Pediatric Audiology | Kansas City, MO

Director, Hearing & Speech...

MyChart - Eun Park, MD

Resident PGY 3...

MyChart - Emily Paprocki, DO | Pediatric Endocrinology | Kansas City, MO

Co-Director, Prader Willi Syndrome Clinic Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Education Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School...

MyChart - Nicole Demarco, DO

Resident PGY 3...

Meet the Trainer

Meet Your Environmental Services Trainer: Carmesha Davis View Story Carmesha Davis has been part of Children’s Mercy for 16 years and now trains new Environmental Services (EVS) team members through...

Clinician: Educational Resources For Patients and Families

Clinicians should determine which resources are beneficial for their specific patients. For more information, please refer to Children's Mercy Clinical Pathways (link) Abdominal Pain for Community...

Meet the Team Behind Your Impact

Connect with the Children's Mercy team that supports giving, volunteering, fundraising events and community partnerships to help children and families.

Advanced Neuroimaging Lab

The Advanced Neuroimaging Lab's mission is to bridge the gap between the research and the clinical care and making advanced neuroimaging tools practical and impactful for each individual patient.

The Link - July 2026

Our July issue features the latest news and updates on pediatric care from Children's Mercy clinicians. The Link - July 2026 Evidence Based Strategies: Pediatric Chronic Pain Initial Assessment and...

Vaccine Update: The History of Hepatitis B Vaccines and the Importance of Universal Vaccination in Infancy

The first hepatitis B vaccine, Heptavax, was plasma-derived and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1981. It was used in targeted populations of high-risk individuals, including...

State of the Art Pediatrics: EndoFLIP Expands Pediatric Motility Diagnosis and Treatment Insights

Children with gastrointestinal motility disorders frequently experience years of symptoms before receiving a diagnosis. This is especially true with motility disorders of the esophagus, which often cause...

Pediatric Bioethics: Ethical Guidance for Responding to Parental Requests for Potentially Nonbeneficial Treatment

Medical decision-making in pediatrics relies on shared decision-making (SDM) between parents/caregivers and the medical team, and at times the child as well. In most cases, SDM allows all parties to...

Mental Health: Substance Use, Teens and You – You Don’t Know If You Don’t Ask

Substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs) are frequently underrecognized and associated with significant psychiatric, neurocognitive and social sequelae. According to a 2022 survey of 13-year-olds...

Evidence Based Strategies: Pediatric Chronic Pain Initial Assessment and Management: What Every Pediatric Clinician Should Know

Chronic pain affects approximately 1 in 5 children and adolescents, with a higher prevalence in girls. The most common types are headache, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal pain. Chronic pain is often...

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