Sylvie B. Polsky, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Associate Program Director, Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
3400 Spruce Street, Dulles 680
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
3400 Spruce Street, Dulles 680
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biology)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011.
MS (Physiology and Biophysics)
Georgetown University, 2015.
MD
Wayne State University, 2019.
Permanent linkBS (Biology)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011.
MS (Physiology and Biophysics)
Georgetown University, 2015.
MD
Wayne State University, 2019.
Selected Publications
Hymes-Green Z, Ipaye O, Lee I, Shah A, Polsky A, Yang A, Grosh T, Graff V: Implementation of Pectoralis and Serratus Anterior Plane Blocks for Analgesia in Minimally Invasive Robotic Mitral Valve Repair: A Quality Improvement Initiative. ASRA Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Phoenix, AZ April 2026 Notes: Poster Presentation.Ipaye O, Hymes-Green Z, Yang A, Basha A, Hart A, Polsky S, Yang A, Grosh T, Graff V: Effect of Preoperative Methadone on Recovery Efficiency: A Single-Center Quality Improvement Study in Total Knee Arthroplasty. ASRA Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Phoenix, AZ April 2026 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Polsky S, Stone A, Shorten A, Vlassakov K. : Regional Anesthesia for Perioperative Management of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Insertion. ASRA Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, San Diego, CA March 2024 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Polsky S, Chen E, Ankiewicz L, Zeballos J. : Hypotension Reveals the Presence of an Epidural Hematoma: A Case Report. ASRA Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, San Diego, CA March 2024 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Menon AA, Berg DD, Brea EJ, Deutsch AJ, Kidia KK, Thurber EG, Polsky SB, Yeh T, Duskin JA, Holliday AM, Gay EB, Fredenburgh LE. : A Case of COVID-19 and Pneumocystis jirovecii Coinfection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 202(1): 136-138, July 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1164/rccm.202003-0766LE.
Hyman JB, Park C, Lin HM, Cole B, Rosen L, Fenske SS, Barr Grzesh RL, Blank SV, Polsky SB, Hartnett M, Taub PJ, Palvia V, DeMaria S Jr, Ascher-Walsh C. : Olanzapine for the Prevention of Postdischarge Nausea and Vomiting after Ambulatory Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesthesiology 132(6): 1419-1428, June 2020 Notes: doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000003286.
Polsky SB. : Early oral refeeding in acute pancreatitis reduces length of hospital stay. Clin Res Prac 4(1): eP1566, August 2018 Notes: doi: 10.22237/crp/1534464060.
Bihani NR, Jan J, Polsky SB, Tran T, Chadwell M, Binienda J. : Use of Text Messaging to Improve Patient Attendance and Satisfaction. Society of Student Run Free Clinics annual meeting, Anaheim, CA February 2017 Notes: Oral Presentation
Polsky SB, DeMaria S, Park CH, Fenske SS, Hyman JB: Olanzapine for the Prevention of Post-Discharge Nausea and Vomiting after Ambulatory Surgery. American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting, Chicago, IL October 2016 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Bloch N, O'Brien M, Norton TD, Polsky SB, Bhardwaj N, Landau NR. : HIV type 1 Infection of plasmacytoid and myeloid dendritic cells is restricted by high levels of SAMHD1 and cannot be counteracted by Vpx. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 30(2): 195-203, February 2014 Notes: doi: 10.1089/AID.2013.0119. Epub 2013 Sep 4.