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Why Children's Mercy


  • Since 1995, three-year patient survival following kidney transplantation has remained at 100 percent.

  • Since 1995, only one kidney has been lost within two years of transplantation for an overall kidney survival rate of 95.7 percent.

  • We offer a nationally/internationally recognized End Stage Renal Disease (Dialysis and Transplantation) program.

  • Children’s Mercy operates the largest pediatric transplant center between St. Louis, MO, and Denver, CO.

  • Children’s Mercy participates in multiple pediatric renal transplant studies to evaluate new therapies. Our hospital is a member institution of the Combined Clinical Trials in Pediatric Transplantation (CCPTP) Study Group.

  • Our multidisciplinary team consists of a pediatric nephrologist, pediatric urologist, transplant surgeon, transplant coordinator (nurse), pediatric renal dietitian, renal social worker, child life specialist, and a developmental medicine specialist.

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