In an earlier case, Dr. Polin teamed with Shanin Specter in another birth injury case that resulted in a $21.6 million verdict for a brain-injured boy. The award, most of which will pay for future medical expenses for a boy who suffered severe brain damage, was the largest-ever personal injury verdict in Erie County. (See The Graham Case)
Dr. Polin graduated how praise from Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, placing him in the Woolsack Honor Society. He was also the recipient of several academic awards, including Cali awards as the top student in Legal Research and Writing and Federal Income Taxation and the “Student Health Law Award” from the American Bar Association and Bureau of National Affairs. Dr. Polin was featured on the cover of Dickinson’s Lexicon magazine, Summer 2012 issue (read article).
Dr. Polin earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he also graduated near the top of his class and earned membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Society. He did his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of medicine with Drs. Howard and Georgianna Jones, leading pioneers in gynecologic surgery and In Vitro Fertilization.
Dr. Polin earned his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University with “high distinction” and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the Honorary Business Society. He also attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia as a non-degree graduate student before entering medical school.
Among his personal interests, Dr. Polin umpires high school and legion baseball and has run numerous marathons, including 11 Marine Corps Marathons in Washington, D.C. and one Boston Marathon.
