Children's Mercy Hospital-University of Kansas Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is an integrated, academic child neurology residency combining two years of pediatrics at Children's Mercy, one year of adult neurology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and two subsequent years of child neurology at Children's Mercy, positioning graduates for both subspecialty fellowship and academic or private practice careers. The program emphasizes individualized education tailored to each resident's clinical interests, with a required scholarly project (each resident graduates with at least one first-author publication) and access to the Children's Mercy Research Institute, a hospital-wide hub for genomic medicine and translational pediatric research. A distinguishing feature is the Basic Neuroscience Track, a modified structure (one year pediatrics, one year adult neurology, two years child neurology, one dedicated research year) for candidates pursuing a research-based career, requiring explicit interest at the time of interview. Clinical training spans inpatient and outpatient child neurology with exposure to both common and uncommon pediatric neurological disease, home call at a 1:7 ratio, and structured didactics tied to both Children's Mercy and KUMC neurology conferences.