Dr. Pollak is The James Lawrence Kernan Professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
He also serves as Senior Vice President for Clinical Transformation and Chief of Orthopaedics for the University of Maryland Medical System.
Dr. Pollak received BS and MD degrees from Northwestern University and completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the integrated Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland program. In 1994 he completed a fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at the University of California Davis Medical Center.
He has served in the past as treasurer and chair of the Extremity War Injuries Project Team and as Chair of the Board of Specialty Societies for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
He is a past president of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and the Maryland Orthopaedic Association. Dr. Pollak is currently vice chair of the Maryland Health Care Commission and vice chair of the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium.
Board Certification and Education
Medical School:
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 1987
Internship:
University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1988
Residency:
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 1993
Fellowship:
University of California, Davis Medical Center - Orthopaedic Traumatology, 1994
Certification:
American Board of Emergency Medicine - Emergency Medicine, 2017
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopaedic Surgery, 1996
Hospital Affiliations
University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus
University of Maryland Medical Center
External Professional Relationships
External Professional Relationships
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Dr. Pollak disclosed the following external professional relationships:
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