Children's Mercy Hospital — Kansas City

Established in 1897, Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City is the pediatric hospital of choice for families in the Kansas City metro area and surrounding communities. The hospital focuses exclusively on children and their unique needs and works closely with pediatricians and hospitals throughout the region, providing pediatric expertise on non-critical illnesses, and serious acute and chronic conditions. Children’s Mercy is a not-for-profit hospital and provides more than $20 million in charity care annually.

Residencies Practicing Here

• Anesthesiology
• Community and Family Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
• Neurology
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Radiology
• Surgery

Fellowships Practicing Here

• Internal Medicine — Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine — Hematology/Oncology
• Internal Medicine — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Location Highlights*

• Nationally ranking in 10 pediatric specialties by US News & World Report
• One of 30 Level 1 children’s surgery centers in the nation
• Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with 85+ beds
• Largest pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in the region with 40+ beds
• Largest clinical pharmacology program in North America
• 390 inpatient beds
• 600 medical students each year
• 30-plus subspecialty fellowship training programs
• 14,000 cases a year (65% outpatients)
• 778 pediatric specialists on medical staff
• 19,469 surgical cases completed

* Source: Children's Mercy facts