Sylvie Polsky, MD

Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

My education and training

  • Medical School: Wayne State University
  • Residency: Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center - Chestnut Hill
  • Fellowship: Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center - Chestnut Hill

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Polsky is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Hymes-Green Z, Ipaye O, Lee I, Shah A, Polsky A, Yang A, Grosh T, Graff V Implementation of Pectoralis and Serratus Anterior Plane Blocks for Analgesia in Minimally Invasive Robotic Mitral Valve Repair: A Quality Improvement Initiative , ASRA Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Phoenix, AZ: 2026

Ipaye O, Hymes-Green Z, Yang A, Basha A, Hart A, Polsky S, Yang A, Grosh T, Graff V Effect of Preoperative Methadone on Recovery Efficiency: A Single-Center Quality Improvement Study in Total Knee Arthroplasty , ASRA Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Phoenix, AZ: 2026

Polsky S, Stone A, Shorten A, Vlassakov K. Regional Anesthesia for Perioperative Management of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Insertion , ASRA Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, San Diego, CA: 2024

Polsky S, Chen E, Ankiewicz L, Zeballos J. Hypotension Reveals the Presence of an Epidural Hematoma: A Case Report , ASRA Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, San Diego, CA: 2024

Menon AA, Berg DD, Brea EJ, Deutsch AJ, Kidia KK, Thurber EG, Polsky SB, Yeh T, Duskin JA, Holliday AM, Gay EB, Fredenburgh LE. A Case of COVID-19 and Pneumocystis jirovecii Coinfection , Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 202(1): 2020,136-138

Hyman JB, Park C, Lin HM, Cole B, Rosen L, Fenske SS, Barr Grzesh RL, Blank SV, Polsky SB, Hartnett M, Taub PJ, Palvia V, DeMaria S Jr, Ascher-Walsh C. Olanzapine for the Prevention of Postdischarge Nausea and Vomiting after Ambulatory Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial , Anesthesiology, 132(6): 2020,1419-1428

Polsky SB. Early oral refeeding in acute pancreatitis reduces length of hospital stay , Clin Res Prac, 4(1): 2018,eP1566

Bihani NR, Jan J, Polsky SB, Tran T, Chadwell M, Binienda J. Use of Text Messaging to Improve Patient Attendance and Satisfaction , Society of Student Run Free Clinics annual meeting, Anaheim, CA: 2017

Polsky SB, DeMaria S, Park CH, Fenske SS, Hyman JB Olanzapine for the Prevention of Post-Discharge Nausea and Vomiting after Ambulatory Surgery , American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting, Chicago, IL: 2016

Bloch N, O'Brien M, Norton TD, Polsky SB, Bhardwaj N, Landau NR. HIV type 1 Infection of plasmacytoid and myeloid dendritic cells is restricted by high levels of SAMHD1 and cannot be counteracted by Vpx , AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 30(2): 2014,195-203