CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics will establish the region s only pediatric heart transplant center within the next 12-18 months. The program was kicked off by a major gift from hospital CEO Randall L. O Donnell, PhD and his family to establish the Randall and Melva O Donnell Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology.
Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics is establishing the Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Center, one of only three centers in the U.S. devoted exclusively to pediatric small bowel transplantation and rehabilitation. The program is headed by Joel Lim, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, and transplant surgeon Richard Hendrickson, MD
Gregory Kearns, PharmD, PhD, Chairman of the Department of Medical Research at Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, has been named one of the co-principal investigators in the new Pediatric Trial Network, funded by a $95 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Children s Mercy serves as the Core Clinical Pharmacology facility for this network, which will study off-patent drugs that are of critical importance to the treatment of infants, children and adolescents.
Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics has established the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, a center devoted to the genomic diagnosis of Mendelian diseases in infants and children. This center is directed by Stephen Kingsmore, MB ChB, DSc, BAO, an internationally-recognized expert in genomic medicine. Dr. Kingsmore comes to Children s Mercy from The National Center for Genome Resources.
Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics has become a member of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Network. This network is devoted to conducting therapeutic research in neonatology. The unit at Children s Mercy is directed by William Truog, MD, the Sosland Family Endowed Chair in Neonatal Research.
In 2010, Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics initiated the development of the new Experimental Therapeutics Unit in Pediatric Cancer, focused on conducting early phase studies (Phase I and II) of promising new agents and treatment regimens employed in cancer therapy. The unit is headed by Kathleen Neville, MD, M.S., a Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist who is also board-certified in Clinical Pharmacology.
The Center for Children s Healthy Lifestyles and Nutrition is a new collaboration between Children s Mercy and the University of Kansas Medical Center that is solely dedicated to conducting pediatric research in the areas of obesity and nutrition. This new center is co-directed by Gregory L. Kearns, PharmD, PhD, from Children s Mercy and Ann Davis, PhD from the University of Kansas.
The Bi-State Nursing Workforce Innovation Center involves nurses at seven hospitals in Kansas City who are investigating unit-level opportunities to improve patient outcomes, devising reforms and putting them into effect. The center is led by Susan Lacey, RN, PhD director, and Karen Cox, RN, PhD, Executive Vice President for Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.
The Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratories at Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, directed by Richard Hopkins, MD, the Thomas Holder/Keith Aschraft Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Research, is leading institutional efforts in the field of Regenerative Medicine. Current research is focusing on the development of a bioengineered heart valve suitable for pediatric use, work that has already generated several patents for Children s Mercy.
Children s Mercy is to receive a $900,000 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to support one of three programs (T32) in the U.S. for training postdoctoral fellows in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology. This program will be directed by Gregory Kearns, PharmD, PhD Chairman of the Department of Medical Research and the Marion Merrell Dow/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medical Research at Children s Mercy and UMKC.
New Pediatrician-In-Chief Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Michael Artman, MD Pediatrician In-Chief at Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Joyce C. Hall Endowed Chair in Pediatrics at Children s Mercy Pediatric cardiologist
New Pediatric Genomics Researcher Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Stephen Kingsmore, MB, ChB, DSc, BAO Director, Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Comes to Children s Mercy from the National Center for Genome Resources.
New Pediatric Heart Transplant Surgeon Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Kimberly Gandy, MD, PhD Chief, Cardiac Transplantation, Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Heading development of the first pediatric heart transplant program in our region at Children s Mercy