Erica Pollack, MD

Publications

• Lugossy A, Andon K, Dako F, Dixon R, DuCharme P, Duggan C, Durand M, Einstein S, Elhai A, Kesselman A, Kilinski L, Mango V, Pollack E, Scheel J, Schweitzer A, Svolos P, Wetherall M, Mollura D. Building Radiology Equity: Themes from the 2023 RAD-AID Conference on International Radiology and Global Health. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 Aug;21(8):1194-1200. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2024.04.025.
• Bamberg EE, Maslanka M, Vinod-Paul K, Sams S, Pollack E, Conklin M, Kabos P, Hansen KC. Obesity-driven changes in breast tissue exhibit a pro-angiogenic extracellular matrix signature. Matrix Biol Plus. 2024 Sep 22;24:100162. doi: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2024.100162.
• H.L. Chung, L. McLemore, S. Lee, E. Pollack, S. Gupta, D.E. Wolverton. Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: Case Series and Pictoral Essay. E-Poster presented at Society of Breast Imaging Annual Symposium. Montreal, Canada. April 2024.
• C. Campbell, L. Liu, E. Sterbis, A. Merkle, E. Pollack. Maintaining a partnership while oceans apart: A University of Colorado and Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Perspective. Poster presented at RAD-AID International Conference on Global Health Radiology. Washington DC. November 2024.
• M. Burger, D. Malek, Z. Aulgur, J. Scheel, E. Pollack, G. Abbey. Development of a comprehensive breast ultrasound curriculum. Poster presented at RAD-AID International Conference on Global Health Radiology. Washington DC. November 2024.
• Adeleye Omisore MD, Rachael Akinola MD, Mobolaji Jaiyesimi MD, Jeff Reiner MD, Cindy Thornton RT(M), Dolores Brown Smith RT(M), Erica Pollack MD, Farouk Dako MD, Victoria L. Mango MD, FSBI. "RAD-AID Nigeria Breast Imaging Update." SBI News. In press.
• Melissa Durand, MD, FSBI; Augustina Badu-Peprah, MD, ChB, FWACS; Mark Kettler, MD; Seth Quanash; Erica Pollack, MD. “Ghana Update.” SBI News. Spring 2023; 14-15.
• M. Abdolell, R. Surratt, M. Dindial, V.L. Mango, G.G. Spear, E. Pollack, N.J. Collier, A. Finless, S. Schofield, A. Schweitzer, J. Surratt. Driving mammography image quality improvement using A.I. in Guyana during the COVID-19 pandemic. EPOS Poster presented at: European Congress of Radiology; poster #C-23808. Vienna, Austria March 2023.
• M. Abdolell, R. Surratt, M. Dindial, V.L. Mango, G.G. Spear, E. Pollack, N.J. Collier, A. Finless, S. Schofield, A. Schweitzer, J. Surratt. AI in Breast Imaging: Scaling AI on Image Quality Assurance for Technologists & Physicians. Orally Presented at: RAD-AID International Annual Conference on Global Health Radiology. Washington D.C. November 2023.
• Erica Pollack. Global Health Education for Residents. RAD-AID Conference on Radiology for Developing Countries: Global Health Outreach. Washington, DC. November 2023.
• Jalloul M, Miranda-Schaeubinger M, Noor AM, Stein JM, Amiruddin R, Derbew HM, Mango VL, Akinola A, Hart K, Weygand J, Pollack E, Mohammed S, Scheel JR, Shell J, Dako F, Mhatre P, Kulinski L, Otero HJ, Mollura DJ. MRI scarcity in low- and middle-income countries. NMR Biomed. 2023 Dec;36(12):e5022. PubMed PMID: 37574441
• Ashna Raiker, Austin Young, Michael Jin, Brant Lai, Navya Malapanagudi, Erica Pollack. RAD-AID Volunteers: Who are they? RAD-AID Conference for Radiology in Developing Countries. Washington, DC November 2022.
• M. Abdolell, R. Surratt, M. Dindial, V.L. Mango, G.G. Spear, E. Pollack, N.J. Collier, A. Finless, S. Schofield, A. Schweitzer, J. Surratt. Driving mammography image quality improvement using A.I. in Guyana during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at: Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Scientific Meeting; poster #125 . Montreal, QC April, 2022.
• M. Abdolell, R. Surratt, M. Dindial, V.L. Mango, G.G. Spear, E. Pollack, N.J. Collier, A. Finless, S. Schofield, A. Schweitzer, J. Surratt. Driving mammography image quality improvement using A.I. in Guyana during the COVID-19 pandemic. Orally Presented at: the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting. Chicago, USA November, 2022.
• Erica Pollack, MD. RAD-AID International Breast Imaging. Society of Breast Imaging/American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Symposium (Savannah, GA). May 2022.
• John Scheel, MD, PhD, MPH and Erica Pollack, MD. International Opportunities. Washington State Radiological Society Annual Meeting (Seattle, Washington). November 2022.
• Erica Pollack, MD and Mary O'Keefe, MD. Imagen mamaria en poblaciónes especiales: Indicaciones y hallazgos en pacientes embarazadas y lactantes, hombres, y pacientes transgeneros. Congreso Internacional de Imagen Mamaria (Virtual, Monterrey, Mexico). May 2022.
• Erica Pollack, MD. BI-RADS in Mammography and Breast Sonography. Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Radiology Course: Workshop on Mammography and Breast Sonography Keynote Lecture (Kathmandu, Nepal). September 2022.
• Evan Norris, Philip Asamoah, Eduardo Bent-Robinson, Erica Pollack. Global Health Outreach in Nepal: RAD-AID University of Colorado Chapter Experience. RAD-AID Conference on Radiology for Developing Countries: Global Health Outreach. Washington, DC November 2022.
• Pollack EB, Abbey G, DuCharme P. Developing Breast Imaging Services in Low-Resource Settings. Appl Radiol. 2022;51(2):28-32.
• Erica B. Pollack, MD; Genevieve Abbey, MD; Amina Farooq, MD; Daniel J. Mollura, MD; John R. Scheel, MD, PhD, MPH. “RAD-AID Column.” SBI News. Summer 2022; 20,22.
• Pollack, E.B., O’Keefe, M.C. Breast Imaging in Special Populations: Indications and Findings in Pregnant and Lactating, Male, and Transgender Patients. Curr Breast Cancer Rep 13, 268–281 (2021).
• Alsheik N, Blount L, Qiong Q, Talley M, Pohlman S, Troeger K, Abbey G, Mango VL, Pollack E, Chong A, Donadio G, Behling M, Mortimer K, Conant E. Outcomes by Race in Breast Cancer Screening With Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Versus Digital Mammography. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 Jul;18(7):906-918. PubMed PMID: 33607065
• González Moreno IM, Trejo-Falcón J, Matsumoto MM, Huertas Moreno M, Martínez Gálvez M, Farfán Quispe GR, Chavez Pareja FY, Mollura DJ, Pollack E, Scheel JR, García Santos JM. Radiology volunteers to support a breast cancer screening program in Peru: description of the project, preliminary results, and impressions. Radiologia (Engl Ed). 2021 May 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34083079
• Mollura DJ, Culp MP, Pollack E, Battino G, Scheel JR, Mango VL, Elahi A, Schweitzer A, Dako F. Artificial Intelligence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Innovating Global Health Radiology. Radiology. 2020 Dec;297(3):513-520. PubMed PMID: 33021895
• Matsumoto MM, Widemon S, Farfán G, Vidaurre T, Dunstan J, Krotish DE, Ferris DG, García Santos JM, Mollura DJ, Pollack E, Scheel JR. Earlier Breast Cancer Detection in Peru: Establishing a Comprehensive Program in an Underserved Region. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Nov;17(11):1520-1524. PubMed PMID: 32645288
• Sood R, Rositch AF, Shakoor D, Ambinder E, Pool KL, Pollack E, Mollura DJ, Mullen LA, Harvey SC. Ultrasound for Breast Cancer Detection Globally: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Glob Oncol. 2019 Aug;5:1-17. PubMed PMID: 31454282
• "Women's Imaging in Global Health Radiology" in Radiology in Global Health. 2019: Springer International Publishing. pp 261-281.
• "Mobile Strategies for Global Health Radiology" in Radiology in Global Health. 2019: Springer International Publishing. pp 283-307.
• Authors: Rupali Sood, Anne Rositch, Erica Pollack, Kara-Lee Pool, Susan Harvey, Emily Ambinder.The Potential of Ultrasound for Breast Cancer Detection in Low-Resource Settings: A Literature Review. Society of Breast Imaging. Oral Presentation.
• Authors: Rupali Sood, Susan Harvey, Anne Rositch, Erica Pollack, Kara-Lee Pool, Emily Ambinder, Dan Mollura.The Potential of Ultrasound for Breast Cancer Detection in Low-Resource Settings: A Literature Review. BGHI. Poster Presentation.
• Ultrasound for Breast Cancer Detection in Low-Resource Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Rupali Sood, Anne F. Rositch, Emily Ambinder, Kara-Lee Pool, Delaram Shakoor, Erica Pollack, Lisa Mullen, and Susan Harvey. Journal of Global Oncology 2018 4:Supplement 3, 43s-43s.
• Breast Anatomy and Normal Multi-Modality Imaging Appearance of the Breast. CerviCusco Symposium on Breast Cancer Detection. April, 2018. Cusco, Peru.
• Breast Cancer Imaging in Low- and Middle- Income Countries. RAD-AID, International Conference. November, 2018. Washington, D.C.

Practice Locations

University of Colorado Cancer Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0300

UCHealth Breast Center - Highlands Ranch Hospital
1500 Park Central Drive
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
720-516-2100

UCHealth Breast Center - Lone Tree
9548 Park Meadows Dr
3rd Floor
Lone Tree, CO 80124
720-553-1200

CU Medicine Breast Surgical Oncology - Cherry Creek Medical Center
100 Cook Street
Suite 210
Denver, CO 80206
720-516-9402

Hospital Affiliation

• Denver Health Medical Center
• University of Colorado Hospital
• UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Diagnostic, Board Certification
• Breast Radiology Fellowship, Specialized Training (2013)

Conditions & Treatments

• Radiology - Breast Imaging (Mammography)
• Radiology