Neal Pollock is a Canadian academic and diver. Born in Edmonton, Canada he completed a bachelor's degree in zoology; the first three years atUniversity of Alberta and the final year at theUniversity of British Columbia. After completing a master's degree he then served as diving officer at University of British Columbia for almost five years. He then moved to Florida and completed a doctorate inexercise physiology/environmental physiology atFlorida State University.[1]
Pollock is the Research Chair in Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine atLaval University, Quebec .[2] He also serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, School of Medicine. The Chair position is possibly the first of its kind in North America. The purpose is to provide overarching support and promotion of hyperbaric and diving medicine.[citation needed]
Prior to this move in November 2016 Pollock was Research Director atDivers Alert Network,[3] a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology atDuke University Medical Center,[4] a member of the Board of theAmerican Academy of Underwater Sciences Foundation,[5] a member of the Advisory Board of Divewise,[6] chair of the International Breath Hold Blackout Task Force,[7] and a member of Editorial Board of the journalDiving and Hyperbaric Medicine.[8]
His academic training is in zoology/marine science, exercise physiology and environmental physiology;[citation needed] his research interests focus on human health and safety in extreme environments.[citation needed] Pollocck developed and maintains a breath-hold incident database for DAN that includes cases from 2004 forward.[9] Summaries and case reports have appeared in DAN annual reports since 2005 and a variety of other publications. Pollock co-organised and edited the proceedings of the 2005 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society / Divers Alert Network 'Diabetes and Recreational Diving: Guidelines For The Future Workshop.[10] He co-chaired the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society / Divers Alert Network 2006 breath-hold workshop and co-edited the proceedings published from that meeting, and was part of organising team behind the 2012 international safety symposium; Rebreather Forum 3 and co-edited the subsequent proceedings.[citation needed]
Pollock is a member of the 'Diver Medical Screen Committee ' (DMSC). This team of internationally respected diving medicine experts - Dr Nick Bird, Dr Oliver Firth, (the late) Professor Tony Frew, Dr Alessandro Marroni, ProfessorSimon Mitchell and Dr Adel Taher, revised the 'RSTC Diver Medical Declaration Form' and associated 'Notes for Physicians'. The process took three years and it was published in June 2020. The previous document dated from 1989.[11]
Foster, Philip P.; Pollock, Neal W.; Conkin, Johnny; Dervay, Joseph P.; Caillot, Nicolas; Chhikara, Raj S.; Vann, Richard D.; Butler, Bruce D.; Gernhardt, Michael L. (2013). "Protective Mechanisms in Hypobaric Decompression".Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine.84 (3): 212–224(14).doi:10.3357/asem.3314.2013.PMID23513282.
Zanchi J, Ljubkovic M, Denoble PJ, Dujic Z, Ranapurwala S, Pollock NW (2013). "[abstract] Influence of Repeated Daily Diving on Decompression Stress".Int J Sports Med.35 (6):465–8.doi:10.1055/s-0033-1334968.PMID23771833.
Lunn Rosemary E, Pollock Neal W (2013)."Update on Rebreather Forum 3"(PDF).Wound Care Hyperbaric Medicine. In: 4(3): 17-9
Sheldrake, Sean; Pollock, Neal W. "Alcohol and Diving". In: Steller D, Lobel L, eds. Diving for Science 2012. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 31st Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS; 2012.
Thom, SR; Milovanova, TN; Bogush, M; Bhopale, VM; Yang, M; Bushmann, K; Pollock, NW; Ljubkovic, M; Denoble, P; Dujic, Z (Apr 2012). "Microparticle production, neutrophil activation, and intravascular bubbles following open-water SCUBA diving".Journal of Applied Physiology.112 (8):1268–78.doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01305.2011.PMID22323646.S2CID11475127.
S K Hooker; A Fahlman; M J Moore; N Aguilar de Soto; Y Bernaldo de Quirós; A O Brubakk; D P Costa; A M Costidis; S Dennison; K J Falke; A Fernandez; M Ferrigno; J R Fitz-Clarke; M M Garner; D S Houser; P D Jepson; D R Ketten; P H Kvadsheim; P T Madsen; N W Pollock; D S Rotstein; T K Rowles; S E Simmons; W Van Bonn; P K Weathersby; M J Weise; T M Williams; P L Tyack (2012)."Deadly diving? Physiological and behavioural management of decompression stress in diving mammals".Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.279 (1731):1041–1050.doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.2088.PMC3267154.PMID22189402.
Wester TE, Cherry AD, Pollock NW, Freiberger JJ, Natoli MJ, Schinazi EA, Doar PO, Boso AE, Alford EL, Walker AJ, Uguccioni DM, Kernagis D, Moon RE (2009). "Effects of head and body cooling on hemodynamics during immersed prone exercise at 1ATA".Journal of Applied Physiology.106 (2):691–700.doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.91237.2008.PMID19023017.S2CID13339293.
A. D. Cherry; I. F. Forkner; H. J. Frederick; M. J. Natoli; E. A. Schinazi; J. P. Longphre; J. L. Conard; W. D. White; J. J. Freiberger; B. W. Stolp; N. W. Pollock; P. O. Doar (2009). "Predictors of increased PaCO2 during immersed prone exercise at 4.7 ATA".Journal of Applied Physiology.106 (1): 316–325 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00885.2007.doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00885.2007.PMID18787095.S2CID17115583.
Brueggeman P, Pollock Neal W, eds. Diving for Science 2008. Proceedings of theAmerican Academy of Underwater Sciences 27th Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS
Pollock NW, Uguccioni DM, Dear GdeL, eds. (2005) "Guidelines to Diabetes & Recreational Diving". In: Proceedings of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society / Divers Alert Network 2005 June 19 Workshop. Durham, NC: Divers Alert Network; 2005.
Vann RD, Pollock NW, Pieper CF, Murdoch DR, Muza SR, Natoli MJ, Wang LY (2005). "[Abstract] Statistical models of acute mountain sickness".High Alt Med Biol.6 (1):32–42.doi:10.1089/ham.2005.6.32.PMID15772498.S2CID24320351. In: 2005 Spring; 6(1):32-42.
G de L Dear; N W Pollock; D M Uguccioni; J Dovenbarger; M N Feinglos; R E Moon (2004). "Plasma glucose responses in recreational divers with insulin-requiring diabetes".Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine.31 (3).
Pollock, NW; Natoli, MJ; Gerth, WA; Thalmann, ED; Vann, RD (Nov 2003). "Risk of decompression sickness during exposure to high cabin altitude after diving".Aviat Space Environ Med.74 (11):1163–1168.PMID14620473.
Pollock, Neal W; Hobbs, Gene W; Natoli, Michael J; Hendricks, David M; Gabrielova, Ivana; Delphia, Bruce C; Vann, Richard D (2000). "REMO2: an O2 rebreather for use in emergency medical applications".Wilderness Environ Med.11 (1): 60.
Pollock, NW; Natoli, MJ; Hobbs, Gene W; Smith, RT; Winkler, PM; Hendricks, DM; Mutzbauer, TS; Muller, PHJ et al. (1999). "Testing and evaluation of the Divers Alert Network closed-circuit oxygen breathing apparatus (REMO2)". Divers Alert Network Technical Report.
Neal William Pollock (1996). "Peripheral and whole-body cold acclimatization in Antarctic scuba divers".Dissertation: Thesis (Ph.D.) - the Florida State University.OCLC224277268.
