Providing expert care using the most advanced techniques and understanding of physiology is at the heart of the care I provide to patients and their families. This is also accomplished through educating new doctors and collaborating with families in their health journey.
About F. Anthony Willyerd, MD
Frederick Anthony Willyerd, MD, is the pediatric critical care medicine fellowship program director and a pediatric critical care medicine physician at Phoenix Children's. Dr. Willyerd has a clinical interest in caring for children who need the skilled neurocritical care provided in Phoenix Children's pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
Dr. Willyerd earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, before earning his medical degree at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He completed his pediatric residency training at Phoenix Children's in Phoenix and a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh.
He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics with subspecialty certification in pediatric critical care medicine. Dr. Willyerd is a member of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group, the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Pediatric Research Collaborative on Critical Ultrasound.
Dr. Willyerd serves as principal investigator for a variety of national and international clinical studies ranging in topics from traumatic brain injury to cardiac arrest, epilepsy and bronchiolitis. He has published peer-reviewed research in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the Journal of Neurotrauma, among others. Dr. Willyerd has been a Phoenix Children's Grand Rounds panelist. He is also the medical director and a presenter at Phoenix Children's Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Symposium.
In addition, Dr. Willyerd works as an assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Creighton University School of Medicine and is part of the volunteer faculty at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine.
In his spare time, Dr. Willyerd enjoys watching movies and spending time with his wife and kids.
Medical School / Education
Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Residency
(Pediatrics) Phoenix Children's, Phoenix, AZ
Fellowship
(Pediatric Critical Care) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center / UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA
Pediatrics, Subspecialty-Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatrics
Academic Affiliations
Volunteer Faculty, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Creighton University School of Medicine
Professional Affiliations
Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member, Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group
Member, Pediatric Research Collaborative on Critical Ultrasound
Member, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network
Fink EL, Kochanek PM, Beers SR, Clark RRSB, Berger RP, Bayir H, Topjian AA, Newth C, Press C, Maddux AB, Willyerd F, Hunt EA, Siems A, Chung MG, Smith L, Doughty L, Diddle JW, Patregnani J, Piantino J, Walson KH, Balakrishnan B, Meyer MT, Friess S, Pineda J, Maloney D, Rubin P, Haller TL, Treble-Barna A, Wang C, Lee V, Wisnowski JL, Subramanian S, Narayanan S, Bluml S, Fabio A, Panigrahy A. Assessment of Brain Magnetic Resonance and Spectroscopy Imaging Findings and Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2320713. PMID: 37389874.
Fink EL, Kochanek PM, Panigrahy A, Beers SR, Berger RP, Bayir H, Pineda J, Newth C, Topjian AA, Press CA, Maddux AB, Willyerd F, Hunt EA, Siems A, Chung MG, Smith L, Wenger J, Doughty L, Diddle JW, Patregnani J, Piantino J, Walson KH, Balakrishnan B, Meyer MT, Friess S, Maloney D, Rubin P, Haller TL, Treble-Barna A, Wang C, Clark RRSB, Fabio A; Personalizing Outcomes After Child Cardiac Arrest (POCCA) Investigators. Association of Blood-Based Brain Injury Biomarker Concentrations With Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Sep 1;5(9):e223518. PMID: 36074465.
Patrick M. Kochanek, MD, P. David Adelson, MD, Bedda L. Rosario, PhD, James Hutchison, MD, Nikki Miller Ferguson, MD, Peter Ferrazzano, MD, Nicole O'Brien, MD, John Beca, MD, Ajit Sarnaik, MD, Kerri LaRovere, MD, Tellen D. Bennett, MD, MS, Akash Deep, MD, Deepak Gupta, MCH, PhD, F. Anthony Willyerd, MD, Shiyao Gao, PhD, Stephen R. Wisniewski, PhD, and Michael J. Bell, MD, for the ADAPT Investigators. Comparison of Intracranial Pressure Measurements Before and After Hypertonic Saline or Mannitol Treatment in Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Mar; 5(3): e220891. PMID: 35267036.
Willyerd FA, Empey PE, Philbrick A, Ikonomovic M, Puccio AM, Kochanek PM, Okonkwo DO, Clark RS. Expression of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters B1 and C1 after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Humans. J Neurotrauma. 2016 Jan 15; 33(2): 226-31. PMID: 25891836.
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