Allison Jill Pollock, MD

Allison Jill Pollock, MD

Endocrinology and Diabetes

On staff since December 2023

  • Biography

    Allison J. Pollock, MD, is a pediatric endocrinologist at Seattle Children's Hospital and is an associate professor with the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Washington School of Medicine. She received her MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and completed her pediatric residency and pediatric endocrinology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health American Family Children's Hospital.

    • Related Pages

    • Diabetes in School Health (DiSH) program

      Diabetes in School Health (DiSH) program

      Diabetes in School Health ECHO is a monthly school diabetes health teleconferencing program for school nurses and school personnel who care for students with diabetes. Each ECHO session will have a 10-15 minute talk by a pediatric diabetes expert followed by 45-50 minutes of discussion of school nurse experiences and questions to promote collaborative learning between school personnel in communities across the state.

    • Pediatric Endocrine Conditions: Resources for Families

      Pediatric Endocrine Conditions: Resources for Families

      A Patient Education Subcommittee comprising members from the PES Education Council and the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Endocrinology have been working together since 2010 to develop a series of patient education fact sheets covering topics such as growth, thyroid, puberty, diabetes, adrenal, PCOS, and vitamin D. All patient education sheets were updated in

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  • Publications

    Other Publications

    • Pollock AJ, Beaton WN, Burgess BA, Logel SN, Wilson L, Ciha JE, Allen J
      Diabetes in School Health (DiSH): Telementoring Collaboration Between Pediatric Diabetes Specialists and School Nurses to Improve Care of Children With Diabetes.
      37332110 The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses, 2023 Jun 18 : 10598405231181351
    • Gannon J, Pollock AJ, Allen DB, Kling PJ
      A Practical Screening Tool to Predict Early Childhood Obesity Risk: Examining a Birth Cohort.
      33148015 Clinical pediatrics, 2020 Nov 4 : 9922820971006
    • Kemper AR, Grosse SD, Baker M, Pollock AJ, Hinton CF, Shapira SK
      Treatment Discontinuation within 3 Years of Levothyroxine Initiation among Children Diagnosed with Congenital Hypothyroidism.
      32437757 The Journal of pediatrics, 2020 Aug. : 223136-140 PMCID:PMC7427425
    • Szadkowski A, Pollock AJ, Al-Subu AM
      Hyperkalemia and Acute Kidney Injury in an Adolescent: Thinking Outside the Box.
      29200139 Pediatric emergency care, 2020 May : 36(5)e288-e290
    • McCabe KE, Pollock AJ, Rehm JL, DeSantes KB
      Curative potential of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant in type 1 diabetes.
      27572817 Pediatric diabetes, 2017 Dec. : 18(8)832-834 PMCID:PMC5955001
    • Wrigley R, Kerruish N, Hofman PL, Jefferies C, Pollock AJ, Wheeler BJ
      Growth attenuation therapy for children with severe physical and cognitive disability: Practice and perspectives of New Zealand paediatricians.
      28671746 Journal of paediatrics and child health, 2017 Dec. : 53(12)1180-1185
    • Pollock AJ, Seibert TS, Salvatori C, Caturegli P, Allen DB
      Pituitary Antibodies in an Adolescent with Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency and Turner Syndrome.
      27355580 Hormone research in paediatrics, 2017 : 87(2)123-129 PMCID:PMC5201459
    • Pollock AJ, Moreno MA, Bekx MT, Connor EL
      Online Resources for Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: What Adolescents Want.
      27170634 Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2016 Nov. : 10(6)1419-1420 PMCID:PMC5094327
    • Pollock AJ, Allen DB, Wiebe D, Eickhoff J, MacDonald M, Baker M
      Development of filter paper hemoglobin A1c assay applicable to newborn screening.
      27016455 Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 2016 Jun 1 : 45724-6 PMCID:PMC4875889
    • Pollock AJ, Seibert T, Allen DB
      Severe and Persistent Thyroid Dysfunction Associated with Tetracycline-Antibiotic Treatment in Youth.
      27059913 The Journal of pediatrics, 2016 June : 173232-4 PMCID:PMC4884496
    • Pollock AJ, Fost N, Allen DB
      Growth attenuation therapy: practice and perspectives of paediatric endocrinologists.
      26203123 Archives of disease in childhood, 2015 Dec. : 100(12)1185 PMCID:PMC4762252
    • Pollock AJ, Hitt SL, Stier MA, Houser LM
      Eosinophilic Endomyocarditis: A Rare Case of Neonatal Mortality.
      26495174 AJP reports, 2015 Oct. : 5(2)e150-2 PMCID:PMC4603850
    • Saha DT, Davidson BJ, Wang A, Pollock AJ, Orden RA, Goldman R
      Quantification of DNA repair capacity in whole blood of patients with head and neck cancer and healthy donors by comet assay.
      18032094 Mutation research, 2008 Jan 31 : 650(1)55-62 PMCID:PMC4289908

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology

Medical/Professional School

University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Residency

University of WI Hospital & Clinics, Madison, WI

Fellowship

University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI

Clinical Interests
  • School health – diabetes care 
  • Technology and online resources for youth 
  • Telehealth 
  • Health communication and patient education 

 

Research Description

Dr. Pollock is passionate about collaborating with school nurses and communities to improve the care of children with diabetes in creative and practical ways. With this mission, she developed and now directs Diabetes in School Health (DiSH), a Project ECHO telementoring program to educate and partner with school nurses. Additionally, through implementation, quality improvement and school and patient engagement, she studies how technological tools, connections and educational resources can improve diabetes and endocrine care for patients and families at home and the community. This work includes studies involving the electronic health record (EHR) and online resources for health information and support, as well as telehealth and telementoring.

Research Focus Area

Chronic Conditions / Special Health Care Needs, Diabetes, Healthcare outcomes, Informatics, Quality Improvement, Science Education Outreach