Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City is one of the leading children's hospitals in the Midwest. Our Bone Marrow Transplant center offers a highly skilled team of pediatric blood and marrow transplant specialists including Board certified pediatric hematologists, pediatric oncologists, and surgeons.  Our team also includes specially BMT trained nurses, dieticians, child life specialists, pharmacists, social workers and nurse coordinators.  Our BMT Program is Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) accredited.

There are many different types of patients that are referred to Children’s Mercy Hospital for transplant.  No two patients are alike and treatments may vary, even among patients with the same diagnosis.  Our dedication to quality patient care is reflected in our Mission Statement:

The missions of the Children’s Mercy Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program are:

• To provide the highest quality blood and marrow transplant care.
• To deliver this care in a comprehensive, coordinated, cost-effective, and patient- and family-centered manner.
• To function as a collaborative team of health care professionals which values respect, cooperation, and open and timely communication both within the Children’s Mercy Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program and with referring physicians and their colleagues.
• To educate patients, family, medical staff, and others regarding hematopoietic progenitor cell therapy.
• To participate in local, regional, national, and international clinical research protocols which meet the highest ethical and scientific standards.

Meet some of our patients and parents: