Ashley Polski, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor

Recognitions

• Outstanding Resident of the Year, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center (2025)
• Achievement Reward for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship, ARCS Foundation (2022)
• Janet M. Glasgow Achievement Award, American Medical Women's Association (2021)
• Dean's Research Scholarship and Wright Foundation Research Award, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (2019)

Publications

• Polski A, Brintz BJ, Stagg BC. Methodological bias in glaucoma IOP management - reply. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2026. Online ahead of print.
• Polski A, Brintz BJ, Hess R, Kawamoto K, Medeiros FA, Stein JD, Stagg BC. Data volume and the need for clinical decision support in glaucoma care. Ophthalmol Sci. 2026;6(8):101227.
• Polski A, Brintz BJ, Stagg BC. Impact of provider differences on primary open-angle glaucoma treatment patterns. American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting. Palm Springs, CA. 2026.
• Larsen CL, Conner IP, Agapov J, Hwang J, Polski A, et al. Bleb preservation in the face of instability: managing a subluxed intraocular lens in pseudoexfoliation glaucoma. JCRS Open. 2026;14:e00229.
• Polski A, Brintz BJ, Hess R, Kawamoto K, Medeiros FA, Stein JD, Stagg BC. Influence of Intraocular Pressure on Clinical Decision-Making in Glaucoma Management. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2026 Feb 1;144(2):167-173. PubMed PMID: 41505118
• Yanagihara RT, Takayesu JSK, Crotty EE, Ji X, Zou Y, Sultana S, Rashid R, Sherief ST, Cassoux N, Garcia Leon JL, Diaz Coronado RY, Zapata López AM, Ushakova TL, Polyakov VG, Roy SR, Ahmad A, Reddy MA, Sagoo MS, Al Harby L, Berry JL, Polski A, Astbury NJ, Bascaran C, Blum S, Bowman R, Burton MJ, Foster A, Gomel N, Keren-Froim N, Madgar S, Zondervan M, Kaliki S, Fabian ID, Stacey AW. Clinical Stage of Retinoblastoma Based on Presenting Signs of 4578 Patients from 121 Countries. Ophthalmology. 2025 Sep;132(9):1045-1053. PubMed PMID: 40334716
• Srivatsan S, Polski A, Kersten RC. A Unique Medial Rectus Entrapment Configuration. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Jan-Feb 01;41(1):e36. PubMed PMID: 38776163
• Kaliki S, Vempuluru VS, Desai A, Ji X, Zou Y, Rashid R, Sultana S, Sherief ST, Cassoux N, Diaz Coronado RY, Garcia Leon JL, López AMZ, Polyakov VG, Ushakova TL, Yarovoy AA, Rani Roy S, Ahmad A, Al Harby L, Reddy MA, Sagoo MS, Berry JL, Kim J, Polski A, Astbury NJ, Bascaran C, Blum S, Gomel N, Bowman R, Burton MJ, Foster A, Stacey AW, Steinberg DM, Refaeli D, Zondervan M, Didi Fabian I. Lag Time Between Onset of First Symptom and Treatment of Retinoblastoma: Outcomes at Three Years from Recruitment. Semin Ophthalmol. 2025 Aug;40(6):551-557. PubMed PMID: 40219812
• Polski A, Brintz BJ, Hess R, et al. Information overload: quantifying clinical data burden in glaucoma care. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT. 2025.
• Sharma M, Johnson C, Carpenter CM, Ofori-Atta BS, Brintz BJ, Polski A, Nakatsuka AS. Post-operative outcomes at one year of STREAMLINE microinvasive glaucoma surgery combining micro-goniotomy and focal ab-interno canaloplasty. Clin Ophthalmol. 2025;19:3381-3387.
• Polski A, Mai AP, Stagg BC, Wirostko B. The role of stress reduction and mindfulness meditation in glaucoma management: a review. Open Ophthalmol J. 2025;19:e18743641340238.
• Polski A, Brintz B, Stagg BC. Understanding data burden and the need for clinical decision support in caring for glaucoma patients. American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting. Huntington Beach, CA. 2024.
• Stagg BC, Polski A, Brintz BJ, et al. The influence of historical eye pressure cutoff on current clinical decision making. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. 2024.
• Polski A, Long T, Stagg BC, Wirostko B. Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphema Syndrome From Subtle Malposition of a Hydrus Microstent. J Glaucoma. 2024 Nov 1;33(11):e92-e96. PubMed PMID: 38884627
• Hicks RM, Ji X, Zou Y, Sultana S, Rashid R, Sherief ST, Cassoux N, Garcia Leon JL, Diaz Coronado RY, López AMZ, Ushakova TL, Polyakov VG, Roy SR, Ahmad A, Reddy MA, Sagoo MS, Al Harby L, Berry JL, Polski A, Astbury NJ, Bascaran C, Blum S, Bowman R, Burton MJ, Gomel N, Keren-Froim N, Madgar S, Zondervan M, Kaliki S, Fabian ID, Stacey AW. Differences in Childhood Growth Parameters Between Patients With Somatic and Heritable Retinoblastoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 Apr 1;65(4):39. PubMed PMID: 38662390
• Lloyd P, Westcott M, Kaliki S, Ji X, Zou Y, Rashid R, Sultana S, Sherief ST, Cassoux N, Diaz Coronado RY, Garcia Leon JL, López AMZ, Polyakov VG, Ushakova TL, Roy SR, Ahmad A, Harby LA, Berry JL, Kim J, Polski A, Astbury NJ, Bascaran C, Blum S, Bowman R, Burton MJ, Foster A, Gomel N, Keren-Froim N, Madgar S, Stacey AW, Mohamed A, Zondervan M, Sagoo MS, Fabian ID, Reddy MA. The role of maternal age & birth order on the development of unilateral and bilateral retinoblastoma: a multicentre study. Eye (Lond). 2023 Apr;37(5):966-970. PubMed PMID: 35361938
• Polski A, Long T, Jacoby R, et al. Integration of an interactive workshop for responding to patient-initiated sexual harassment at an academic ophthalmology program. Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium. Marco Island, FL. 2023.
• Polski A, Liu K, Gupta D, et al. Incident glaucoma after periocular and intravitreal steroid injections: a claims-based analysis. American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. 2023.
• Polski A, Liu KC, Gupta D, Grewal DS, Horns J, Wirostko BM, Stagg BC. Incident glaucoma and ocular hypertension after periocular and intravitreal steroid injections: a claims-based analysis. BMJ Open Ophthalmol. 2023;8(1):e001508.
• Nishath T, Li X, Chandramohan A, Othus M, Ji X, Zou Y, Sultana S, Rashid R, Sherief ST, Cassoux N, Garcia Leon JL, Coronado RD, Zapata Lopez AM, Ushakova TL, Polyakov VG, Roy SR, Ahmad A, Reddy A, Sagoo MS, Harby LA, Kim JW, Berry JL, Polski A, Astbury N, Bascaran C, Blum S, Bowman R, Burton MJ, Foster A, Gomel N, Keren-Froim N, Madgar S, Zondervan M, Kaliki S, Fabian ID, Stacey A. Risk factors associated with abandonment of care in retinoblastoma: analysis of 692 patients from 10 countries. Br J Ophthalmol. 2023;107(12):1818-1822.
• Polski AA, Osborn KJ, Hayward JL, et al. Egg cannibalism as a foraging tactic by less fit Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens). Wilson J Ornithol. 2022;133:552-567.
• Polski A, Kennedy B, Bair C, Simpson R. Acute iris vascular tuft hemorrhage treated successfully with intravitreal bevacizumab and pressure patching in a patient with branch retinal vein occlusion. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022;29:101780.
• Polski A, Kim ML, Xu L, et al. Comprehensive somatic copy number analysis using the aqueous humor liquid biopsy for retinoblastoma. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. 2021.
• Randhawa JK, Kim ME, Polski A, et al. The effects of breastfeeding on retinoblastoma development. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. 2021.
• Randhawa JK, Kim ME, Polski A, Reid MW, Mascarenhas K, Brown B, Fabian ID, Kaliki S, Stacey AW, Burner E, Sayegh CS, Poblete RA, Ji X, Zou Y, Sultana S, Rashid R, Sherief ST, Cassoux N, Garcia J, Coronado RD, Zapata Lopez AM, Ushakova T, Polyakov VG, Roy SR, Ahmad A, Reddy MA, Sagoo MS, Harby LA, Astbury NJ, Bascaran C, Blum S, Bowman R, Burton MJ, Gomel N, Keren-Froim N, Madgar S, Zondervan M, Berry JL. The effects of breastfeeding on retinoblastoma development: results from an international multicenter retinoblastoma survey. Cancers (Basel). 2021;13(19):4773.
• Kim ME, Polski A, Xu L, Prabakar RK, Peng C, Reid MW, Shah R, Kuhn P, Cobrinik D, Hicks J, Berry JL. Comprehensive somatic copy number analysis using aqueous humor liquid biopsy for retinoblastoma. Cancers (Basel). 2021;13(13):3340.
• Wong EY, Xu L, Shen L, Kim ME, Polski A, Prabakar RK, Shah R, Jubran R, Kim JW, Biegel JA, Gai X, Kuhn P, Hicks J, Berry JL. Inter-eye genomic heterogeneity in bilateral retinoblastoma via aqueous humor liquid biopsy. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2021;5(1):73.
• Kaliki S, Ji X, Zou Y, Rashid R, Sultana S, Sherief ST, Cassoux N, Diaz Coronado RY, Garcia Leon JL, Zapata Lopez AM, Polyakov VG, Ushakova TL, Roy SR, Ahmad A, Harby LA, Reddy MA, Sagoo MS, Berry JL, Kim J, Polski A, Astbury NJ, Bascaran C, Blum S, Bowman R, Burton MJ, Foster A, Gomel N, Keren-Froim N, Madgar S, Stacey AW, Steinberg DM, Mohamed A, Zondervan M, Fabian ID. Lag time between onset of first symptom and treatment of retinoblastoma: an international collaborative study of 692 patients from 10 countries. Cancers (Basel). 2021;13(8):1956.
• Xu L, Kim ME, Polski A, Prabakar RK, Shen L, Peng C, Reid MW, Chevez-Barrios P, Kim JW, Shah R, Jubran R, Kuhn P, Cobrinik D, Biegel JA, Gai X, Hicks J, Berry JL. Establishing the clinical utility of ctDNA analysis for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment monitoring of retinoblastoma: the aqueous humor liquid biopsy. Cancers (Basel). 2021;13(6):1282.
• Polski A, Berry JL, Gombos DS. Ophthalmological manifestations of systemic neoplasia and its treatment. In: Albert D, Miller J, Azar D, et al., eds. Albert and Jakobiec's Principles and Practices of Ophthalmology, 4th ed. Switzerland: Springer, 2021.
• Berry JL, Munier FL, Gallie BL, Polski A, Shah S, Shields CL, Gombos DS, Ruchalski K, Stathopoulos C, Shah R, Jubran R, Kim JW, Mruthyunjaya P, Marr BP, Wilson MW, Brennan RC, Chantada GL, Chintagumpala MM, Murphree AL. Response criteria for intraocular retinoblastoma: RB-RECIST. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 May;68(5):e28964. PubMed PMID: 33624399
• Polski A, Xu L, Prabakar RK, Gai X, Kim JW, Shah R, Jubran R, Kuhn P, Cobrinik D, Hicks J, Berry JL. Variability in retinoblastoma genome stability is driven by age and not heritability. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2020 Oct;59(10):584-590. PubMed PMID: 32390242
• Xu L, Shen L, Polski A, Prabakar RK, Shah R, Jubran R, Kim JW, Biegel J, Kuhn P, Cobrinik D, Hicks J, Gai X, Berry JL. Simultaneous identification of clinically relevant RB1 mutations and copy number alterations in aqueous humor of retinoblastoma eyes. Ophthalmic Genet. 2020 Dec;41(6):526-532. PubMed PMID: 32799607
• Xu L, Polski A, Prabakar RK, Reid MW, Chevez-Barrios P, Jubran R, Kim JW, Kuhn P, Cobrinik D, Hicks J, Berry JL. Chromosome 6p Amplification in Aqueous Humor Cell-Free DNA Is a Prognostic Biomarker for Retinoblastoma Ocular Survival. Mol Cancer Res. 2020 Aug;18(8):1166-1175. PubMed PMID: 32434859
• Berry JL, Xu L, Polski A, Jubran R, Kuhn P, Kim JW, Hicks J. Aqueous Humor Is Superior to Blood as a Liquid Biopsy for Retinoblastoma. Ophthalmology. 2020 Apr;127(4):552-554. PubMed PMID: 31767439
• Polski A, Berry JL, Randolph LM. Retinoblastoma and the RB1 cancer syndrome. In: Emergy and Rimoin's Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics and Genomics: Oncology, Vol. 4. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2020.
• Weir SK, Henson SM, Hayward JL, Atkins GJ, Polski A, et al. Every-other-day clutch-initiation synchrony as an adaptive response to egg cannibalism in Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens). Wilson J Ornithol. 2020;132:575-586.
• Polski A, Xu L, Prabakar RK, Kim JW, Shah R, Jubran R, Kuhn P, Cobrinik D, Hicks J, Berry JL. Cell-free DNA tumor fraction in the aqueous humor is associated with therapeutic response in retinoblastoma patients. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2020;9(10):30.
• Polski A, Xu L, Prabakar RK, et al. Longitudinal aqueous humor sampling reflects treatment response in retinoblastoma patients. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. 2020.
• Xu L, Shen L, Polski A, et al. Refining the aqueous humor surrogate biopsy for retinoblastoma: simultaneous identification of clinically relevant RB1 mutations and somatic copy number alterations in the aqueous humor of retinoblastoma eyes. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. 2020.
• Polski A, Xu L, Prabakar RK, et al. Longitudinal aqueous humor sampling reflects treatment response in retinoblastoma patients. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. 2020.
• Berry JL, Polski A, Cavenee WK, et al. The RB1 story: characterization and cloning of the first tumor suppressor gene. Genes. 2019;10:879.
• Gudiseva HV, Berry JL, Polski A, et al. Next generation technologies and strategies for the management of retinoblastoma. Genes. 2019;10:1032.
• Polski A, Amin S, Patel S, et al. Biopsy techniques in ocular oncology. In: Yanoff M, ed. Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry, Vol. 4. Philadeophia: Elsevier, 2019; 101-28.
• Polski A, Sibug Saber M, Kim JW, Berry JL. Extending far and wide: the role of biopsy and staging in the management of ocular surface squamous neoplasia. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;47(2):193-200. PubMed PMID: 30156057
• Bellerive C, Berry JL, Polski A, Singh AD. Conjunctival Squamous Neoplasia: Staging and Initial Treatment. Cornea. 2018 Oct;37(10):1287-1291. PubMed PMID: 29863543
• Greer C, Polski A, Berry JL. Topical chemotherapy and the evolving role of the biopsy for ocular surface squamous neoplasia. In: Yanoff M, ed. Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry, Vol. 3. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2018; 115-37.
• Atkins J, Polski AA, Henson SM, Hayward JL. Copulation call coordinates timing of head-tossing and mounting behaviors in neighboring glaucous-winged gulls (Larus glaucescens). Wilson J Ornithol. 2017;129:562-569.
• Hayward JL, Atkins GJ, Reichert AA, Henson SM. Common raven (Corvus corax) prey on rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) eggs, chicks, and possibly adults. Wilson J Ornithol. 2015;127:336-339.

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), Member
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA), Member
• Colorado Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (CSEPS), Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital
• Children's Hospital Colorado
• Denver Health Medical Center

Specialty Information

• Ophthalmology
• Ophthalmology, Board Certification (2026)
• Glaucoma, Specialized Training (2026)

• Eyes and Vision
• Eyes and Vision - Cataract
• Eyes and Vision - Cataract Extraction
• Eyes and Vision - Glaucoma
• Eyes and Vision - Eye Disease
• Surgery - Eye and/or Orbital Surgery
• Surgery