Charles Pollick MD

Echocardiography, Non-Invasive Cardiology

Staff Physician III, Medicine, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

127 S San Vicente BlvdA3412Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone+1 424-315-2551

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Summary

Charles Pollick, MBChB is a cardiologist based in Los Angeles, CA. He received his medical degree from the University of Birmingham in England, Dr. Pollick completed his fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Toronto and Stanford University. He specializes in echocardiography and non-invasive cardiology. He has held several significant positions including Director of Quality in Echocardiography at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Chair of Cardiology at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. His areas of experience include general cardiology, echocardiography, stress echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography. He is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He has over 50 peer reviewed publications in esteemed journals like the New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, Nature, and Echocardiography. Dr. Pollick is a Fellow of various prestigious bodies including the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American Society of Echocardiography, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Royal College of Physicians, and The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1980 - 1981
Birmingham University Medical SchoolClass of 1973

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1992 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
ARDMSRPVI Registered physician in Vascular Interpretation
ARDMSRVT certifying credential in vascular technology
CBCCTDiplomat of the Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
CBNCCertifying Board Exam in Nuclear Cardiology
National Board of EchocardiographyComprehensive Certification in Adult Echocardiography

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAHA) American Heart Association
Fellow (FASE) American Society of Echocardiography
Fellow (FSCCT) Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Severe diastolic dysfunction as a clue to the cause of stroke: a case report.
Maya Maalouf, William J Mandel, Charles Pollick
European Heart Journal. Case Reports. 2024-02-01
Blinded, randomized trial of sonographer versus AI cardiac function assessment.
Bryan He, Alan C Kwan, Jae Hyung Cho, Neal Yuan, Charles Pollick
Nature. 2023-04-01
Dissimilar Atrial Rhythms Seen by Transesophageal Echocardiography During an Electrophysiology Study.
Natasha Cuk, Jeffrey Goodman, Charles Pollick
CJC Open. 2022-05-01

Books/Book Chapters

Heart Disease in Women
Chapter: Mitral valve disease
Pollick CEditors: Wilansky S, Willerson J.W.B.Saunders2002
Guide to Cardiology
Chapter: Exercise Testing
Pollick CEditors: Kloner R.LeJacq Communications, Inc.1994
Atrial Fibrillation
Chapter: Echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation
Pollick CEditors: Falk R, Podrid P.Raven Press1991

Abstracts/Posters

Persistent left superior vena cava may be missed by CTA
Pollick C, SCCT Annual Meeting, 1/1/2013
Atrial pacing stress echo in the elderly
Siegel R, Macrum B, Pollick C et al, ASE scientific session; Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 1/1/2006
Aminorex to Fen/Phen: An Epidemic Foretold
Pollick C, Circulation, 1/1/1999

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