Education

Chief Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY (2016)

Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology, NewYork-Presbyterian/ Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY (2016)

Chief Resident, General Pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, CT (2013)

Resident, General Pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven, CT (2012)

Intern, General Pediatrics, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven, CT (2010)

M.D., Gold Humanism Honor Society, Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ (2009)

B.A., Cum Laude, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (2004)

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2021-present)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2016-2020)

Clinical Appointments

Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, The University of Vermont Children's Hospital, Burlington, VT (2021-present)

Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The University of Vermont Children's Hospital, Burlington, VT (2016-present)

Awards and Honors

Jerold and Ingela Lucey Early Career Investigator Prize for Innovations in Infant or Child Health (aka “The Lucey Prize”), “Effect of Losartan or Atenolol on Children and Young Adults with Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Dilated Aorta” (2021)

Teaching Academy Curriculum Development and Scholarship Award (2020)

Healthcare Hero, University of Vermont Medical Center (2017) (2020)

Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont Career Development Award (2019)

Teaching Academy, The University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine (2018)

Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (2017)

American Heart Association Early Career Investigator Finalist, Council on Cardiovascular Diseases in the Young (CVDY) (2016)

Welton M. Gersony Research Fellow, Columbia University Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology (2016)

Oberfield Prize in Clinical Science, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics (2016)

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Employee of the month (2015)

Columbia Pediatric Cardiology Consult Fellow Award (2015)

Yale Pediatric Global Health Track Certificate (2012)

Yale Pediatrics International Elective Award, Kigali, Rwanda (2012)

Gold Humanism Honor Society, Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School (2009)

The Dr. Michael W. Pozen ’70 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Award, Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School (2008)

The Alexander Gordon, M.D. ’98 Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School (2008)

Publications

Flyer JN, Zuckerman WA, Richmond ME, Anderson BR, Mendelsberg TG, McAllister JM, Liberman L, Addonizio LJ, Silver ES. Prospective Study of Adenosine on Atrioventricular Nodal Conduction in Pediatric and Young Patients After Heart Transplant. Circulation. 2017. Jun 20; 135 (25): 2485-2493. PMID: 28450351 PMCID: PMC5539538 DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028087 

Nees SN, Flyer JN, Chelliah A, Dayton JD, Touchette L, Kalfa D, Chai PJ, Bacha EA, Anderson BR. Patients with Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Coronary Artery Remain at Risk After Surgical Repair. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2018. June; 155 (6): 2554-2564.e3. PMID: 29526358 PMCID: PMC5960432 DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.12.134 

Salavitabar A, Flyer JN, Torres AJ, Richmond ME, Crystal MA, Turner ME, Chai PJ, Zuckerman WA. Transcatheter Stenting of Superior Vena Cava Obstruction after Pediatric Heart Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience Assessing Risk Factors and Outcomes. Pediatric Transplantation. 2018;22:e13267. 
PMID: 29992703 DOI:10.1111/petr.13267

Smith BJ, Flyer JN, Edwards E, Soll R, Horbar JD, Yeager SB. Outcomes for Ectopia Cordis. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2020; 216:67-72. PMID 31668886 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.09.014 

Satzer MB, Flyer JN, Zuckerman WA, Liberman L, Richmond ME, Anderson BR, Addonizio LJ, Silver ES. Impact of Dipyridamole on Adenosine Dosing in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients After Heart Transplant. Pediatric Transplantation. 2020 May;24(3)e13689. PMID: 32157785 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13689 

Flyer JN, Sleeper LA, Colan SD, Singh MN, Lacro RV. Effect of Losartan or Atenolol on Children and Young Adults with Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Dilated Aorta. 
The American Journal of Cardiology. 2021 Apri1 1; 144:111-117.

Runte KE, Flyer JN, Edwards E, Soll R, Horbar JD, Yeager SB. Variation of ductus arteriosus treatment in very low birth weight infants. Pediatrics. 2021 

Zuckerman A, Robinson KJ, Twichell S, Runte KE, Bonenfant N, Couser S, First L, Flyer JN. Increasing morning report educational value through quality improvement. Pediatrics. 2022;150(1):e2021053103 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-053103 

Flyer JN, Goudie BW, Greenstein, EP, Toro-Salazar OH, Nikolli K, Sleeper LA, Clarke CJ, Hidestrand P, Karnik R, O’Brien SE, Zilberman MV, Lacro RV. New England Congenital Cardiology Association Bicuspid Aortopathy Registry (NECCA BAR): A Regional Preventive Cardiovascular Care Collaboration. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology. 2022:66;101543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppedcard.2022.101543 

Wahlberg KJ, Mughal A, Li Zhaojin, Cipolla MJ, Cushman M, Flyer JN. The impact of a preclinical medical student mentored summer research experience in cardiovascular disease on scholarship and career trajectory. British Medical Journal Open 2022; 12 e059629. doi.10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059629