The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at Children's Mercy develops pediatricians into excellent pediatric infectious diseases clinicians, educators and researchers. During the three-year fellowship, trainees will develop experience with a wide variety of both general and immunocompromised infectious diseases pathology and undertake a scholarly project resulting in a conference presentation and a publishable manuscript. Fellows supplement their clinical activities through experiences with antibiotic stewardship, infection control and prevention, and the microbiology laboratory as well as regular clinical and educational conferences. Our experienced physicians are nationally recognized in pediatric infectious diseases and translational and clinical research, including host-pathogen defense, pharmacokinetics, vaccine and therapeutic clinical trials, infectious diseases epidemiology, antimicrobial and diagnostic stewardship, quality improvement, and outcomes research.

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Works from 2024

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Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in children: an update on antibiotic duration and immunization strategies., Edward Lyon and Liset Olarte (Article)

Works from 2023

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Respiratory Pathogen Panel Use in Hospitalized Infants <2 Months of Age and Impact on Patient>Management., Edward Lyon (Oral Presentation)

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Factors associated with respiratory pathogen panel utilization in children hospitalized with acute respiratory illness — New Vaccine Surveillance Network, Kansas City, 2017–2021, Edward Lyon, Brian R. Lee, Benjamin Clopper, Heidi L. Moline, Rangaraj Selvarangan, and Jennifer Schuster (Poster)

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Increasing vaccination rates of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine among patients at high-risk for invasive pneumococcal disease., Edward Lyon, Tracey Wetzel, Ann L. Wirtz, Douglas Swanson, Rachel Moran, Jessica Peters, Christine Symes, Liset Olarte, and Rana El Feghaly (Poster)

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Impact of an antibiotic stewardship program on antibiotic choice, dosing, and duration in pediatric urgent cares., Amanda Nedved, Brian R. Lee, Megan Hamner, Ann Wirtz, Alaina N. Burns, and Rana El Feghaly (Article)

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Stewardship Opportunities for Cervical Lymphadenitis and Deep Neck Space Abscesses, Aaron Shaw, Brian R. Lee, Lauren Kazmaier, Emily Baker, Tina Dao, Sandra Arnold, and Angela Myers (Abstract)

Works from 2022

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Improving Duration of Antibiotics for Skin and Soft-tissue Infections in Pediatric Urgent Cares., Megan Hamner, Amanda Nedved, Holly Austin, Donna Wyly, Alaina N. Burns, Kathleen Berg, Brian R. Lee, and Rana El Feghaly (Article)

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Improving Antibiotic Durations for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Pediatric Urgent Care Clinics, Megan Hamner, Amanda Nedved, Holly Austin, Donna Wyly, Alaina N. Burns, Brian Lee, and Rana El Feghaly (Presentation)

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Repeat Tracheal Aspirates in Pediatric Intensive Care Patients: Understanding Clinical Application, Edward Lyon (Poster Presentation)

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Repeat Tracheal Aspirates in Pediatric Intensive Care Patients: Frequency, Resistance and Antimicrobial Use, Edward Lyon, Jennifer Goldman, Brian Lee, Margaret Campbell, Rangaraj Selvarangan, and Elizabeth Monsees (Poster)

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Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Lymphadenitis and Deep Neck Space Infections at a Children’s Hospital, Aaron Shaw (Poster Presentation)

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Stewardship Opportunities for Cervical Lymphadenitis and Deep Neck Space Infections, Aaron Shaw, Brian R. Lee, Lauren Kazmaier, Emily Baker, Tina Dao, Sandra Arnold, and Angela Myers (Poster)

Works from 2021

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Antibiotic Durations for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections In Pediatric Urgent Care Clinics, Megan Hamner (Poster Presentation)

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Improving Skin and Soft Tissue Antibiotic Duration Concordance with National Guidelines in Pediatric Urgent Care Clinics, Megan Hamner, Amanda Nedved, Holly Austin, Donna Wyly, Alaina N. Burns, Diana King, Brian Lee, and Rana El Feghaly (Poster)

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Antibiotic Durations for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Pediatric Urgent Care Clinics, Megan Hamner, Amanda Nedved, Holly Austin, Donna Wyly, Alaina N. Burns, Diana King, Brian R. Lee, and Rana El Feghaly (Poster)

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Comparison of nasal swab and saliva specimen for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in children, Aaron Shaw (Poster Presentation)

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Addressing HPV and HBV immunizations in pediatric acute sexual assault care, Katie A. VanderVelde (Poster Presentation)

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Improving the approach to fellowship trainee feedback, Katie A. VanderVelde (Oral Presentation)

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Optimization of Perioperative Prophylaxis in Penicillin-Allergic Labeled Patients, Katie A. VanderVelde (Oral Presentation)

Works from 2020

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Provider Education and Rapid Antigen Detection Test Use in Private and Academic Pediatric Clinics, Steven Dahl (Oral Presentation)

Works from 2019

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Reducing streptococcal testing in patients,3 years old in an emergency department, Tania Ahluwalia, Shobhit Jain, Laura Norton, Jennifer Meade, Jana Etherton-Still, and Angela Myers (Article)

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Provider Education and Rapid Antigen Detection Test Use in an Academic Pediatric Clinic, Steven Dahl (Poster Presentation)

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Impact of a Mobile Device-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool on Guideline Adherence and Mental Workload Among Trainee and Attending Physicians, Katherine M. Richardson (Presentation)

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Impact of a Mobile Device-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool on Guideline Adherence and Mental Workload Among Trainees and Attending Physicians, Katherine M. Richardson (Oral Presentation)

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A 16-Year-Old Girl With Eye Pain., Katherine M. Richardson, Kevin S. Chen, Derrick L. Goubeaux, C Scott Atkinson, Abraham Poulose, Gerald Woods, and Jennifer L. Goldman (Article)

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Impact of Mobile Device-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool on Guideline Adherence and Mental Workload., Katherine M. Richardson, Sarah Fouquet, Ellen Kerns, and Russell J. McCulloh (Article)

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Impact of Mobile Device-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool on Guideline Adherence and Mental Workload., Katherine M. Richardson, Sarah Fouquet, Ellen Kerns, and Russell J. McCulloh (Article)

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Optimization of Surgical Prophylaxis in Penicillin-Allergic Labeled Patients, Katie A. VanderVelde (Poster Presentation)

Works from 2018

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Improving Guideline-Based Streptococcal Pharyngitis Testing: A Quality Improvement Initiative., Laura E. Norton, Brian R. Lee, Lory Harte, Keith Mann, Jason G. Newland, R Alan Grimes, and Angela Myers (Article)

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Fever of Unknown Origin, Laura Norton and Mary Anne Jackson (Book Chapter)

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Pertussis, Joel Waddell and Russell J McCulloh (Book Chapter)

Works from 2017

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Clostridium difficile Ileitis in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease., David Butler, Sanet Torres-Torres, Barbara A. Pahud, Angela Myers, Julie A. Bass, Shawn D. St Peter, and Russell McCulloh (Article)

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Extending Antimicrobial Stewardship to All Hospitalized Children: The Time Is Now., Russell J. McCulloh, Laura E. Norton, and Jennifer L. Goldman (Response or Comment)

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Gastroenteritis, Laura Norton and J Christopher Day (Book Chapter)

Works from 2016

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A 9-Year-Old Boy With a Chest Mass and Eosinophilia., Laura E. Norton, Sean N. Curtis, and Jennifer L. Goldman (Article)

Works from 2015

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First use of investigational antiviral drug pocapavir (v-073) for treating neonatal enteroviral sepsis., Sanet Torres-Torres, Angela Myers, J Michael Klatte, Eric E Rhoden, M Steven Oberste, Marc S. Collett, and Russell J. McCulloh (Article)