Tracey G. Polsky, MD, PhD

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)
MD- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Pathology - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Pathology - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BA in Biochemistry - Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY
PhD in Cellular & Molecular Biology - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Director
Assistant Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Park J, Fortina P, Polsky T, and Kricka L. The future of laboratory medicine – a 2014 perspective. Clinica Chimica Acta (in preparation).
Polsky T, Ganetsky A, and Milone M. Pharmacokinetics of mycophenolic acid in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients (in preparation).
Polsky T, Sun Y, Morrissette J, and Bagg A. Clonally distinct acute myeloid leukemia, t(9;22)-negative, in a patient with persistent chronic myelogenous leukemia. Society of Hematopathology/European Association of Hematopathology Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, October 2013 (accepted for discussion).
Polsky T, Morrissette J, and Bagg A. De novo t(8;21)-positive AML (rather than therapy-related t(8;21)-AML). Society of Hematopathology/European Association of Hematopathology Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, October 2013 (accepted for discussion).
Polsky T and Master SR. Modern Medical Laboratory Diagnostics: Principles and Applications. Chapter 6: Single biomarkers: genes, proteins and metabolites. Cambridge University Press (in preparation).
“Pediatric Clinical Chemistry: Special considerations for our smallest patients” - ASCLS-PA Spring Meeting, Plymouth Meeting, PA, May 5, 2014.
“The current landscape of point-of-care, home, and direct-to-consumer testing” – Lecture for Path 305 (Frontiers in Medicine Course for the Perelman School of Medicine), April 2014.
2014, The Association for Mass Spectrometry: Applications to the Clinical Laboratory (MSACL) Annual Conference Travel Awardee
2005, Adolph J. Creskoff Prize for Meritorious Research in Hematology and Related Fields (University of Pennsylvania)
2000, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship
1998, University of Pennsylvania Franklin Fellowship
1998, Phi Beta Kappa
2011-2012, Senior Associate Editor, American Association for Cancer Research
2013-present, PennOmics Governance Board, Member
2012-present, Curriculum Committee, Pathology Residency Program, Member
2013-present, American Association for Clinical Chemistry
2013-present, American Society for Clinical Pathology
2012-present, American Society for Clinical Pathology
2010-present, American Medical Writers Association