(Philadelphia,
PA) - Avrum N. Pollock, MD, FRCPC, has been named
Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the Department of
Radiology.
Dr. Pollock was born in Winnipeg, Canada and attended
the University of Winnipeg, studying basic sciences.
He went on to receive his medical degree in 1988 from
the University of Manitoba and completed his residency
in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Toronto.
His fellowships in Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric
Interventional/Body Imaging/Neuroradiology and apprencticeship
in Pediatric Neuroimaging were completed at The Children's
Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). From 1996 to 2000, Dr.
Pollock served as Director of Radiology Residents and
Fellows at CHP.
As a Pediatric Neuroradiologist, Dr. Pollock's research
interests include accidental and non-accidental pediatric
trauma, ENT and Head & Neck Imaging, and radiology
of syndromes. In the last year, he has been invited
to lecture at CHP on three separate occasions; most
recently for a Pediatric Morbidity and Mortality Conference.
Dr. Pollock has authored or co-authored research studies,
abstracts and chapters for print publications including
Pediatric Radiology, Pediatric Neurosurgery, the
Journal of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Otolaryngology.
He is a member of several professional societies including
the Radiological Society of North America, College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the American College
of Radiologists, the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology,
and The Society for Pediatric Radiology.
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