Tracey Polsky, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Director of the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, CHOP
Contact InformationChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
34th & Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Clinical Expertise
Clinical Pathology, Clinical Chemistry
Education
BA (Biochemistry), Columbia College, 1998
MD (Medicine), University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Ph.D. (Cellular & Molecular Biology), University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Specialty Certification
American Board of Pathology, Clinical Pathology, 2014
Postgraduate Training
Resident in Clinical Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, 2006-2007
Resident in Clinical Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, 2012-2014
Awards and Honors
Phi Beta Kappa, 1998
Franklin Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania, 1998
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 2000
Adolph J. Creskoff Prize for Meritorious Research in Hematology and Related Fields - University of Pennsylvania, 2005
The Association for Mass Spectrometry: Applications to the Clincal Laboratory (MSACL) Annual Conference travel Awardee, 2014
Physician Leadership Program, CHOP (2021-2022 Cohort), 2020
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2012 - Present
American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 2013 - Present
College of American Pathologists, 2015 - present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Reducing Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Ordering: De-implementation and Diagnostic Stewardship
Yasaman Fatemi, Tracey Polsky, Julianne Burns, Nathan L'Etoile, Amrom Obstfeld, Joseph J Zorc, Ellen Nord, Susan Coffin, Kathy Shaw, Hospital Pediatrics, 2024
De-implementation and Diagnostic Stewardship: Reducing Unnecessary Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Ordering in a Children's Hospital Using Electronic Clinical Decision Support
Yasaman Fatemi, Tracey Polsky, Nathan L'Etoile, Joseph Zorc, Amrom Obstfeld, Julianne Burns, Ellen Nord, Susan Coffin, Kathy Shaw, American Academy of Pediatrics 2022 National Conference and Exhibition, 2022
Chapter 30: Newborn and Pediatric Clinical Chemistry
Khushbu Patel and Tracey Polsky, Clinical Chemistry, 9th Edition, 2022
HbA1c Access and Opportunity During the COVID 19 Pandemic
Derick Lim, Khushbu Patel, and Tracey G Polsky, AACC Clinical Laboratory News, 2021
Qualitative tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) serum testing in an urban children's hospital has sad value
Bouchelle Z, Lim D, Polsky T, Osterhoudt K., North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology San Francisco, CA(): , 2020
Vecuronium- and Esmolol-Induced Pseudohypernatremia Due to Drug Interference With Ion-Selective Electrodes
Polsky, Tracey G, Salmon, Eloise, Welsh, Sarah, Lim, Derick, Feg, Sheng, Ballester, Lance, Ehlayel, Abdulla, Hewlett, Jennifer, Denburg, Michelle, Boyer, Donald, Beier, Ulf, Critical Care Explorations 2(1): e0073, 2020
Methamphetamine-associated pulseless electrical activity in a young child
Carmelle Tsai, Maria Quidgley-Martin, Natalie Laub, Tracey G. Polsky, Kevin C. Osterhoudt, The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 39(257): e1-257.e2, 2020
Vecuronium-Induced Pseudohypernatremia: A Case Report
Eloise Salmon, Sarah S. Welsh, Derick Lim, Tracey G. Polsky, Jennifer L. Hewlett, Donald L. Boyer, Ulf H. Beier, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Scientific Meeting Philadelphia, PA(): , 2019
Challenges in the Implementation of a Urine Immunoassay for Buprenorphine at a Children's Hospital
Kristen McCabe, Tracey G. Polsky, and Kevin C. Osterhoudt, American College of Medical Toxicology 15(2): 54, 2019
Pseudohypernatremia due to esmolol: a novel case report of drug interference in laboratory testing
Sarah Welsh, Tracey Polsky, Derick Lim, Susan Warrington, Donald Boyer, Critical Care Medicine 46(1): 421, 2018
