Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

Children’s Mercy Kansas City is once again recognized as one of the nation’s top pediatric hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 “Best Children’s Hospitals” report. For the fifth year in a row, Children’s Mercy is listed with the best in the country in 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties included in the survey. Children’s Mercy is among an elite handful of pediatric hospitals which consistently rank in all 10 specialties.

Children’s Mercy specialties in the top 30 rankings, with three in the top 15:

Nephrology/Kidney (#7)
Neonatology/Neonatal Care (#13)
Orthopedics (#13)
Urology (#17)
Cardiology and Heart Surgery (#20)
Gastroenterology/Digestive Disorders (#22)
Neurology/Neurosurgery (#23)
Pulmonology (#27)
Diabetes and Endocrinology (#29)

Children’s Mercy Kansas City is home to the first pediatric genomic medicine center in a children’s hospital and the largest pediatric clinical pharmacology program in North America. These services are integrated into their subspecialty care, putting them at the forefront of personalized medicine and individualized therapeutics in areas such as oncology, nephrology, heart, neonatology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, developmental medicine, rheumatology, and asthma/allergy. Their pediatric surgery program is an international research leader through their Center for Prospective Clinical Trials and academically is responsible for the leading pediatric surgery textbook, Ashcraft’s Pediatric Surgery. An institutional commitment to innovation and research at Children’s Mercy is leading to breakthrough outcomes, such as their CHAMP program for children with single ventricle heart disease, which received a Microsoft Health Innovation Award in 2017.

Children’s Mercy is a special hospital in the Heartland of the United States where you can find both world-class pediatric care and the home away from home your family needs during one of life’s most challenging experiences. Their compassionate, renowned staff works with commitment and the heart for which their geography is named to remove cultural, language, and distance barriers.

The family-centered approach is what they are known for at Children’s Mercy, evidenced by their large Child Life staff whose only goal is to ensure your child’s comfort. For families traveling great distances to help their children, this unique brand of care makes all the difference. In their 120-year history, this special blend of compassion and pediatric expertise has transformed countless lives both here in the center of the US and around the world.