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
Franklin Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania, 1998
Phi Beta Kappa, 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 Clinical 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
Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine, 2013 - Present
College of American Pathologists, 2015 - present
Web Links
Selected Publications
An Electronic Health Record-Based Solution to Reduce the Volume of CBC Differentials Performed on Inpatients
Elizabeth Margolskee, MD, MPH, Robert Klenk, MLS, Tracey Polsky, MD, PhD, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2025
The Power of Suggestion: Irrelevant Test Options in Order Panels, an Interrupted Time Series with Cost Analysis
Nathan L’Etoile MD, Yun Li Ph.D., Sanjeev Swami MD, Tracey Polsky MD, Ph.D., Kenneth Smith, Ph.D., SHEA Spring Conference, Orlando, FL, 2025
Discontinuation of Phencyclidine Urine Drug Screen at a Northeast U.S. Children's Hospital Due to Lack of Clinical Utility
Izmarie Poventud-Fuentes, Kevin Osterhoudt, Tracey Polsky, Khushbu Patel, PLUGS National Summit, Seattle, WA, 2025
Steps Toward CK-MB Test Discontinuation in a Tertiary Care Children's Hospital
Niluksha Walalawela Abeykoon, Willima, Butler, Tracey Polsky, Izmarie Poventud-Fuentes, Khushbu Patel, PLUGS National Summit, Seattle, WA, 2025
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 14(8): 658-665, 2024
Robust Vitamin D - 25-Hydroxy Ordering Clinical Decision Support is a Tasty Recipe for Clin-Fin-Stew (Clinical Financial Stewardship)
Greg Lawton MD, FAAP, FAMIA; Tracey Polsky MD, PhD; Ashley Catanese; Sandra Astorino; Mike Wallace MHA, Jess Boyle; Bimal Desai1, MD, MBI, FAAP, FAMIA, Nudges in Healthcare Symposium, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2024
Identifying Opportunities for Urine Culture Diagnostic Stewardship in a Pediatric Health System
Hee-won Yoon, MPH; Didien Meyahnwi, MD, MPH; Kathleen Chiotos, MD, MSCE; Michelle Dunn, MD; Rebecca Green, MD; Brandon Ku, MD; Charmaine Mutucumarana, MD; Maya Overland, MD, PhD; Tracey Polsky, MD, PhD; Gwyneth Sharer, MSN; Kenneth Smith, PhD; Sanjeev Swami, MD; Rebecca Same, MD, IDWeek Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 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 National Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, 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
