Penn Medicine Provider
Anesthesiology
Sylvie Polsky, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Education and training

  • Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Insurance accepted

My 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

My research

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


Hofmann H, Norton TD, Schultz ML, Polsky SB, Sunseri N, Landau NR. Inhibition of CUL4A Neddylation causes a reversible block to SAMHD1-mediated restriction of HIV-1 , J Virol, 87(21): 2013,11741-50


Hofmann H, Logue EC, Bloch N, Daddacha W, Polsky SB, Schultz ML, Kim B, Landau NR. The Vpx lentiviral accessory protein targets SAMHD1 for degradation in the nucleus , J Virol, 86(23): 2012,12552-60