Ross Pollack MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
75 E. Newton St | (617) 638-8902Ross.pollack@bmc.org
rapollac@bu.edu
Biography
Dr. Ross Pollack is a cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He provides comprehensive cardiovascular care at Sturdy Memorial Hospital and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Pollack is board certified in Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiac Echocardiography and Internal Medicine.
Dr. Pollack received his Bachelor's of Science with honors from Johns Hopkins University. He subsequently received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and his fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Boston Medical Center.
Education
MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Molecular Biology, BS, Johns Hopkins University
Publications
Liu R, Yeh YJ, Varabyou A, Collora JA, Sherrill-Mix S, Talbot CC, Mehta S, Albrecht K, Hao H, Zhang H, Pollack RA, Beg SA, Calvi RM, Hu J, Durand CM, Ambinder RF, Hoh R, Deeks SG, Chiarella J, Spudich S, Douek DC, Bushman FD, Pertea M, Ho YC. Single-cell transcriptional landscapes reveal HIV-1-driven aberrant host gene transcription as a potential therapeutic target. Sci Transl Med. 2020 May 13; 12(543). PMID: 32404504.
Published on 2/18/2019Pollack RA, Brown SP, May S, Rea T, Kudenchuk PJ, Weisfeldt ML. Bystander automated external defibrillator application in non-shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2019 Apr; 137:168-174. PMID: 30790694.
Published on 12/1/2017Weisfeldt ML, Pollack RA. Public Access Defibrillation: Is This Making Any Difference? Controversial Issues in Resuscitation from Cardiac Arrest. Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2017 Dec; 9(4):551-557. PMID: 29173401.
Published on 4/12/2017Pollack RA, Jones RB, Pertea M, Bruner KM, Martin AR, Thomas AS, Capoferri AA, Beg SA, Huang SH, Karandish S, Hao H, Halper-Stromberg E, Yong PC, Kovacs C, Benko E, Siliciano RF, Ho YC. Defective HIV-1 Proviruses Are Expressed and Can Be Recognized by Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, which Shape the Proviral Landscape. Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Apr 12; 21(4):494-506.e4. PMID: 28407485.
Published on 1/17/2017Martin AR, Pollack RA, Capoferri A, Ambinder RF, Durand CM, Siliciano RF. Rapamycin-mediated mTOR inhibition uncouples HIV-1 latency reversal from cytokine-associated toxicity. J Clin Invest. 2017 Feb 01; 127(2):651-656. PMID: 28094770.
Published on 8/8/2016Bruner KM, Murray AJ, Pollack RA, Soliman MG, Laskey SB, Capoferri AA, Lai J, Strain MC, Lada SM, Hoh R, Ho YC, Richman DD, Deeks SG, Siliciano JD, Siliciano RF. Defective proviruses rapidly accumulate during acute HIV-1 infection. Nat Med. 2016 Sep; 22(9):1043-9. PMID: 27500724.
Published on 1/1/1987Greenstein SM, Verstandig A, McLean GK, Dafoe DC, Burke DR, Meranze SG, Naji A, Grossman RA, Perloff LJ, Barker CF. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The procedure of choice in the hypertensive renal allograft recipient with renal artery stenosis. Transplantation. 1987 Jan; 43(1):29-32. PMID: 2948308.