Diagnostic Imaging Laboratory
Faculty & Staff
Rachael Pollard - Assistant Professor
1122B Tupper Hall
(530) 752-2511
Email: repollard@ucdavis.edu
http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/repollard/
Dr. Pollard attended the University of Washington in Seattle for her undergraduate work and Washington State University for her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. She then moved to New York for a 1-year internship at the Animal Medical Center. Dr. Pollard moved to Davis, CA in 1997 to complete the 4-year residency in Diagnostic Imaging at the University of California, Davis. She then completed a PhD in Comparative Pathology and has been an Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at UC Davis since April 2005. Her areas of research focus primarily on quantitative imaging techniques using both contrast enhanced computed tomography and contrast enhanced ultrasound to evaluate tumor blood flow. Additionally, she has a clinical interest in dynamic imaging techniques such as contrast fluoroscopy for the diagnosis of swallowing disorders.
1. 1999 Pollard R, Nyland TG, Bernsteen L, Gregory CR, Hornof WJ. Ultrasonographic evaluation of renal autografts in normal cats. Vet Radiol Ultrasound, 40(4): 380-5.
2. 1999 Bernsteen L, Gregory CR, Pollard RE, Griffey SM, Menwrath V. Comparison of two surgical techniques for renal transplantation in cats. Vet Surg, 28(6): 417-20.
3. 2000 Pollard RE, Marks SL, Davidson A, Hornof WJ. Quantitative videofluoroscopic evaluation of pharyngeal function in the dog. Vet Radiol Ultrasound, 41(5): 409-12.
4. 2001 Samii VF, Kyles AE, Long CD, Mellema LM, Pollard RE, Kass PH, Hornof WJ. Evaluation of interoperator variance in shunt fraction calculation after transcolonic scintigraphy for diagnosis of portosystemic shunts in dogs and cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 218(7): 1116-9.
5. 2001 Pollard RE, Long CD, Nelson RW, Hornof WJ, Feldman EC. Percutaneous ultrasonographically guided radiofrequency heat ablation for treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 218(7): 1106-10.
6. 2002 Pollard RE, Sadlowski AR, Bloch SH, Murray L, Wisner ER, Griffey S, Ferrara KW. Contrast-assisted destruction-replenishment ultrasound for the assessment of tumor microvasculature in a rat model. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment, 1(6): 459-70.
7. 2003 Chomas JE, Pollard RE, Sadlowski AR, Griffey SM, Wisner ER, Ferrara KW. Contrast-enhanced US of microcirculation of superficially implanted tumors in rats. Radiology, 229(2): 439-46.
8. 2003 Warnock JJ, Marks SL, Pollard R, Kyles AE. Surgical Management of cricopharyngeal dysphagia in dogs: 14 cases (1989-2001). J Am Vet Med Assoc, 223(10): 1462-8.