Rare Disease Center of Excellence at Children’s Mercy, The University of Kansas Medical Center, and The University of Kansas Health System
- Kansas
- Missouri
Director(s): Bryce Heese, MD, J.B. Le Pichon, MD, PhD, FAAP, Andreas Schmid, MD, John D. Serfas MD
Associate Director(s): Jay L. Vivian, PhD, Shobana Kubendran MBBS, MS, CGC
Contact information
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Serves children
For Patients and Families (self-referral): 816-234-3700
The University of Kansas Health System
Serves adults
For Patients and Families (self-referral): 913-588-1227
The University of Kansas Health System
Serves adults
For Referring Physicians: 913-588-5862
Genomic Answers for Kids
The Children’s Mercy Research Institute is undertaking Genomic Answers for Kids, a research initiative to build a first-of-its-kind pediatric data repository to facilitate the search for answers and novel treatments for pediatric genetic conditions. GA4K accelerates diagnoses of rare, inherited diseases through cutting-edge next-generation sequencing (NGS), variant interpretation, and omics-based diagnostics. The growing repository data is deposited annually and made accessible through the NGHRI/AnVIL platform. The program collaborates with a growing network of regional, national, and international partners and is a member of the NHGRI GREGoR Consortium. For questions about Genomic Answers for Kids, please contact us at [email protected].
For patients and families: 816-915-4200
Genomic Answers for Kids
See previous description.
For questions about Genomic Answers for Kids, please contact us at [email protected].
For Referring Physicians: 816-915-4200
