Children's Mercy Kansas City

Founded in 1897, Children's Mercy is one of the nation's top pediatric medical centers. With not-for-profit hospitals in Missouri and Kansas, and numerous specialty clinics in both states, Children's Mercy provides the highest level of care for children from birth through age 21. U.S. News & World Report has repeatedly ranked Children's Mercy as one of "America's Best Children's Hospitals". For the fourth time in a row, Children's Mercy has achieved Magnet nursing designation, awarded to less than seven percent of all hospitals nationally, for excellence in quality care. Its faculty of more than 850 pediatric subspecialists and researchers across more than 40 subspecialties are actively involved in clinical care, pediatric research, and educating the next generation of pediatric subspecialists.