Based near Philadelphia, Charles V. Pollack, MD, has worked as a research and clinical trial consultant with multiple pharmaceutical companies since 2000. In addition to medically monitoring clinical trials, his responsibilities in this role involve regulatory compliance, trial site oversight, and protocol development. Since 2019, Charles V. Pollack, MD, has balanced his role as an independent research and clinical trial consultant with his work as a clinician-scientist and adjunct faculty member with the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s and Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Pollack was the first physician to receive the American College of Emergency Physicians’ highest research and teaching awards.