| Titles:
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
Contact:
Email: mpollack@phoenixchildrens.com
Degrees:
EDUCATION:
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION |
DEGREE |
YEAR |
FIELD |
University of Rochester
(Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum Laude) |
BA |
1970 |
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY |
MD |
1974 |
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| Residency: |
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| Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. |
Resident |
1974-1977 |
Pediatrics |
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Chief Resident |
1977 |
Pediatrics |
Fellowship:
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Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. |
Fellow |
1977-1978 |
Intensive Care Pediatrics |
| Graduate: |
Year |
George Washington University School of Business, MBA
|
1999 |
Administrative Titles:
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Children's National Medical Center
Center for Hospital Based Specialties
Executive Director
1999 - 2006
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Children’s National Medical Center
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Chairperson: 1995- 2006
Training Director: Director, 1982-1989, 1996-1999
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Children’s Research Institute,
Center for Health Services and
Director, 1990 – 1997: Clinical Research
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PRISM III PICU Evaluations: Director, 1994- 2007
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HSC Pediatric Center
Vice President for Medical Affairs
2005 - 2007
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Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
2007 – present
Academic Appointments:
- George Washington University School of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology
Instructor: 1978 - 1979
Assistant Professor: 1979 - 1983
Associate Professor: 1983 - 1988
Tenure: 1985
Professor: 1988 – 2007
Biography:
Murray Pollack, MD, MBA, a 28-year veteran of Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and a pioneer in pediatric critical care medicine, joined Phoenix Children's as CMO and Vice President, Medical Affairs in 2007. Pollack is responsible for planning, managing, and evaluating clinical services at the Hospital. Departments and positions reporting to him include Physician in Chief, Division Chiefs, Research Administration, Medical Staff Services, Medical Education, and Quality Management. He also has a major role in implementing the Hospital's strategic plan and promoting patient safety, as well as helping to build research and medical education programs at the Hospital.
Most recently, Pollack served as the Vice President for Medical Affairs at the HSC Pediatric Center as well as Director of their Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Evaluations. Concurrently, he served as Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine. Pollack is also the creator of the PRISM scoring system, which measures the acuity and status for PICU patients, a system now in commercial use in hospitals across the country. Pollack was named to the "Best Doctors in America® 2007-2008" database, a valued resource with approximately 40,000 of the best doctors in the United States, as chosen by their peers.
Pollack is a graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He completed his residency in Pediatrics, as well as his fellowship in Intensive Care Pediatrics, at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. In his tenure at D.C. Children’s, Pollack led the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Evaluations, the Center for Hospital Based Specialties, the Critical Care Division, and the Center for Health Services and Clinical Research.
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