TamarPolonskyMD

Preventive Cardiology

Associate Professor of Medicine, Director Cardiovascular Prevention, University of Chicago Medicine

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Office
5841 S Maryland Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone+1 888-824-0200

Fax+1 773-702-8875

University of ChicagoFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2006 - 2009
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 2002

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

PubMed

Individualized transfusion decisions to minimize adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction and anemia.
Gerard T Portela, Gregory Ducrocq, Marnie Bertolet, John H Alexander, Shaun G Goodman
American Heart Journal. 2025-04-01
Hepatocyte growth factor for walking performance in peripheral artery disease.
Mary M McDermott, Robert Sufit, Kathryn J Domanchuk, Nicholas J Volpe, Kate Kosmac
Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2025-01-06
1 citations
Restrictive Versus Liberal Transfusion in Patients With Type 1 or Type 2 Myocardial Infarction: A Prespecified Analysis of the MINT Trial.
Andrew P DeFilippis, J Dawn Abbott, Brandon M Herbert, Marnie H Bertolet, Bernard R Chaitman
Circulation. 2024-12-03

Journal Articles

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Tamar S Polonsky, George L Bakris, JAMA
Special Focus Issue: Blood Pressure Original Investigation Editorial Comment Presence of Diabetes Does Not Mandate Lower Blood Pressure to Reduce Cardiovascular Events∗
George L Bakris, Tamar S Polonsky, ScienceDirect