Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics is expanding its presence in St. Joseph.

Although Children’s Mercy has had outreach clinics in St. Joseph for the last 20 years, this is the first permanent location, housed on the campus of Heartland Regional Medical Center.

 

Children’s Mercy announced the move in a news release Monday.

“We’ve heard from both doctors and families that their patients want access to the expertise of Children’s Mercy without travel to Kansas City,” said Marshaun Butler, Vice President, Children’s Mercy South and Regional Medical Practices.

“This move supports our commitment to meeting the needs of children in St. Joseph and Northwest Missouri, in partnership with the outstanding St. Joseph medical community. We value that partnership and feel our services will complement the existing pediatric services already available in this area.”

Two outreach clinics, Children’s Mercy Cardiology and Endocrinology, are expanding and relocating to new space under the name Children’s Mercy Kansas City-Heartland Specialty Clinics. The clinics be located in the Plaza One building at Heartland, at 802 N. Riverside Road, Suite 105.

Both the Cardiology Clinic, provided by William Drake, MD, MS, and the Endocrinology Clinic, with Joseph Cernich, MD, Sripriya Raman, MD, and Figen Ugrasbul, MD, began seeing patients in the new year. In addition, plans are under way to establish an Asthma/Allergy telemedicine clinic with Jay Portnoy, MD, Division Director, Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Office. Other clinics, including Gastroenterology and Weight Management, are under consideration.