Report 24: Dr. Fernando Polack – Real Person or Ghost?

Dr. Fernando Polack: Real Person or Ghost?

Who is Dr. Fernando Polack, and where does he work? Vanderbilt in Nashville? No. Johns Hopkins in Baltimore? No. Buenos Aires? Not that I can find. 

In this brief foray into Dr. Polack’s background, he appears to be

more of a well-funded ghost than a real person.

Program notes from CIPP XVI in Lisbon Portugal dated June 22-25, 2017 reads:

“Dr. Fernando Polack is a Specialist in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, graduated with Honors from the University of Buenos Aires in 1990. Dr. Polack completed residency training at the French Hospital in Buenos Aires and at William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Polack is the Cesar Milstein Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University and the Scientific Director of the INFANT Foundation in Buenos Aires which coordinates a network of 26 hospitals in Argentina. Dr. Polack has led numerous scientific manuscripts in reputed journals, including New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Nature Medicine, Journal of Experimental Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (PNAS), among others. His work is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Thrasher Research Fund, the Optimus Foundation and other international organizations.”

(Source)

Dr. Polack is listed as Cesar Milstein Professor in

the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University.

“PLENARY SESSION

08:30 – 10:00 – Room A

Chairmen:u8nhjv 
Paulo Camargos – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Renato Stein – Porto Alegre, Brazil

1. Maintaining Respiratory Health in Resource-poor Populations.
   Catherine Byrnes – Auckland, New Zealand
2. Mortality Associated with Severe Viral Infections in Early Life.
   Fernando Polack – Buenos Aires, Argentina
3. Food Allergy for Respiratory Pediatricians.
   Adnan Custovic – London, UK

Respiratory Viruses and Their Relation to Disease

10:30 – 12:00 – Room B

Chairpersons:
Milagros Salvani Bautista – Manila, Philippines
Antonio Martinez Gimeno – Toledo, Spain

1. Viral Bronchiolitis in Children.
   Giovanni Rossi – Genoa, Italy

2. The Drakenstein Child Health Study: New Insights into Childhood LRTI.
   Heather Zar – Cape Town, South Africa

3. Advances in Prevention of RSV Disease.
   Fernando Polack – Buenos Aires, Argentina”

However, Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics has no such faculty member or chaired position.

There is also no listing for Dr. Polack at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital.

Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health has no listing in Buenos Aires and no record of Dr. Polack.

International Training Programs through Vanderbilt has no listing for Dr. Polack or for Buenos Aires, past or present.

“INFANT Foundation 

This program will provide participants with the opportunity to conduct biomedical translational research or pediatric rotations at hospitals and medical centers in Buenos Aires.” 

 

“Fernando received the Award for Excellence in Research and Young Pediatric Investigator by the Pediatric Research Society and the Pediatric Society of the United States; The Thomas and Carol McCann Award in Respiratory Research, from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the Pasteur Mèrieux Connaught Laboratories Fellowship in Pediatrics from the Infectious Diseases Society of America In Argentina, the B’nai B’rith at the Human Rights Award; Louis Pasteur Prize, O.S. Health, National Academy of Medicine and Distinguished Citizen in the Field of Sciences, of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. He is also a Member of the Argentina 2030 Presidential Council and Honorary Professor, Maimonides University and Doctor Honoris Causa, Antenor Orrego Private University, Trujillo, Peru. In addition, Fernando is a Member of the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR), the American Pediatric Society (APS), the Society of Clinical Investigators (ASCI) of the Committee of the International Respiratory Syncytial Virus Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is advisor to the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Vaccine Safety Committee and Consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) Pediatric Vaccine Development Committee in Geneva.”

Doximity gives an office for Dr. Polack in Baltimore:

“Office

600 N Wolfe St
Baltimore, MD 21287 

Phone (410) 614-3917

Summary: Dr. Fernando Polack, MD is a pediatric infectious disease specialist in Baltimore, Maryland.”

But there are No office hours or listing for Dr. Polack as a staff member at Johns Hopkins.

So where does Dr. Polack work? Nowhere that I can find. The following are a few other sources I have searched.

• https://diariodeflores.com.ar/quien-es-fernando-polack-el-director-de-la-fundacion-infant-que-trajo-la-vacuna-que-probara-el-pais-contra-el-coronavirus/
• https://doctor.webmd.com/doctor/fernando-polack-9dc76de1-e317-49cf-a305-2aab73df9851-overview
• https://www.resvinet.org/fernando-polack.html

Yet, Dr. Polack was a major contributor to the Pfizer Phase 3 trial and was lead author of NEJM article presenting results before widespread distribution of BNT162b2. There have been others who have questioned the veracity of the Polack contribution.

• https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1523617233255436289
• https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/if-this-isnt-covid-vaccine-clinical?s=r
• https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/are-we-pfinding-pfizer-pfraud-part?r=chkp3&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
• https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/are-we-pfinding-pfizer-pfraud-part-fa2?r=chkp3&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
• https://davidhealy.org/fishy-business-in-the-rio-de-la-plata/

The topic of Dr. Polack warrants further investigation given his alleged role in the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trials.

Dr. Polack appears to be a ghost who produces prodigious research funded by NIH, the Gates Foundation and Pfizer.