Diplomas and Other Qualifications
1975 Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1998 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Lond)

Scholarships and Fellowships
Commonwealth Scholarship 1958-1964
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Beecham Travelling Scholarship) 1973
National Health and Medical Research Council Scholarship 1969-1972
Brain Travelling Professorship to London 1997

Present Appointments

• Bushell Professor of Neurology, University of Sydney 1997-
• Director, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences,
  University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1998-2000
• Head, Department of Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1997
• Chair of Executive and Head, Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney 1999-2001
• Director, Nerve Research Foundation, University of Sydney 1995
• Vice Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society 2000

Positions Held
1966 Junior Resident, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1967 Senior Resident, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1968 Medical Registrar, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1969-71 NH & MRC Research Fellow, Departments of Medicine & Surgery, University of Sydney
1972 Staff Neurologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1973 Beecham Travelling Research Fellow, Royal Free Hospital, London with Professor PK Thomas
1974-75 Neurology Registrar, The National Hospital for Nervous Disease, Queen's Square, London
1976 Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Sydney
1976 Visiting Neurologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1976 Visiting Neurologist, Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
1977 Visiting Physician, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
1981 Associate Professor in Medicine, University of Sydney
1982 Visiting Professor, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, working with Professors AJ Sumner, R Lisak and AK Asbury
1992 Visiting Professor, Neurological University Clinic, Wárzburg, Germany, with Professors KV Toyka and HP Hartung
1993 Director, Nerve Research Foundation, University of Sydney
1995 Academic Head, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1996 Professor of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Sydney
1997 Bushell Professor of Neurology, University of Sydney
1998 Head, Department of Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1999 Head, Department of Medicine, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney
1999 Director, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Associations
Australian Association of Neurologists, 1976
Invited member - American Association of Neurologists, 1991
Australian Neuroscience Society.
World Federation of Neurology - Peripheral Nerve Study Group, Nominating Member
International Society of Neuroimmunology
Royal Australian College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians (Lond)
British Association of Neurology

Research Advisory Boards
World Federation of Neurology Peripheral Nerve Study Group
National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Australia
Motor Neurone Disease Society of Australia
Muscular Dystrophy Association of NSW
Guillain Barré Society of NSW
Victorian Inflammatory Neuropathy Group
National Health and Medical Research Council Assignors Panel

Editorial Boards
J. Neurological Sciences
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Research Experience
Thirty years of experience in laboratory based studies into inflammatory demyelinating disease of the peripheral and central nervous systems. This research has been performed at The University of Sydney, Royal Free Hospital London, Neuroimmunology Department at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA, Neurology Department at the Julius Maximilions University Wurzburg Germany. Twenty years of clinical based research into inflammatory demyelinating disease of the peripheral and central nervous systems including clinical trials particularly involving multiple sclerosis, Guillain Barre Syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

Research Support - Over the past 12 years
NHMRC
2000-2002 Antibody mediated demyelination in inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Pollard JD, Spies JM - $240,000
2000-2002 Myelin repair by neural stem cells genetically modified to secrete growth factors TGF beta or IGF-1. Taylor R, Pollard JD - $195,000
1997-1999 The role of antibody in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy. Pollard JD - $306,000
1995-1997 An in vitro study of the blood nerve barrier: Activation and permeability changes. Armati PJ and Pollard JD - $160,000
1994-1996 Blood-nerve barrier in inflammatory neuropathy. Pollard JD - $210,000
1991-1993 Aetiopathogenesis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Pollard JD and McLeod JG - $258,000
1990-1992 Mechanisms of demyelination in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy - in vitro studies. Armati PJ and Pollard JD - $120,000
1991 NH&MRC Competing Equipment Grant. Pollard JD and McLeod JG - $43,000
1988-1990 Pathophysiology and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy. Pollard JD and McLeod JG - $212,000
1987-1988 Class II antigens and T cell subsets in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy.
Pollard JD and Armati PJ - $79,500
National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Australia
2000-2001 The relationship between stress and attacks in multiple sclerosis, Tennant C, Pollard JD, Dunn S, Brown R - $100,000
1999-2000 T cell receptor peptides modulate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Pollard JD, Sanders S, Manolios N - $80,000
1995-1997 Molecular mechanisms of blood-brain barrier breakdown. Pollard JD - $104,000
1993-1995 T cells, cytokines and vasoactive amines open the blood-brain barrier to circulating anti myelin antibody. Pollard JD and Harrison B - $80,000
1992-1994 Synergy between antibody and cellular mechanisms in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy. Pollard JD and Armati PJ - $120,000
1990-1991 Inhibitors of interferon gamma in inflammatory demyelinating disease. Pollard JD and Armati PJ - $70,000
1988-1989 The role of gamma interferon and MHC expression on Schwann cells in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies. Armati PJ and Pollard JD - $42,700
1987-1988 Plasma and gammaglobulin infusion in experimental allergic neuritis. Pollard JD - $71,500

Postgraduate Student Supervision
Degrees conferred
1986 Sally Dunwoodie, BSc(Hons), A study of proteases and protease inhibitors in the serum of patients with a demyelinating neuropathy, the Guillain-Barré syndrome, with particular reference to the effects of plasma exchange therapy (co-supervisor)
1987 Pamela McCombe, PhD, Clinical and immunogenetic studies in chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy
1987 Kristin Wesley, BSc(Hons), The role of the Schwann cell in immune responses of the peripheral nervous system. Dakin Prize (co-supervisor)
1989 Jayne Antony, PhD, Plasma exchange in experimental allergic neuritis
1989 Mary Karakotchian, BSc(Hons), Development and functional aspects of MHC Class II molecule expression in peripheral nervous tissue of Lewis rats (co-supervisor)
1990 Graham Harvey, PhD, Plasma exchange and immunoglobulin infusion in experimental allergic neuritis (Awarded a von Humbolt Post-Doctoral Fellowship - 1992)
1991 Annick Ansselin, PhD, Regeneration through peripheral nerve grafts
1991 C Tsai, MMed, The role of MHC Class I and II molecules on Schwann cells in experimental allergic neuritis
1992 Stephanie Watson, BSc(Med), (Hons I) Demyelination due to proteases and lipases
1992 Dennis Feeney, PhD, Antimyelin antibodies and immunogenetic studies in peripheral neuropathy
1992 Suzanne Hodgkinson, PhD, Studies on the cellular immune mechanisms of peripheral neuropathy
1993 Kristin Argall, PhD, Regulation of major histocompatability complex expression by rat Schwann cells and their interaction with CD4+ T cells.(Awarded Jabez-Heydon King prize for the best PhD thesis for 1993, School of Biological Sciences and NMSSA Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1994-1995) (co-supervisor)
1995 Judy Spies, PhD, The blood nerve barrier in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy
1997 Anne Constable, PhD, Immune modulation by Schwann cells
1998 Retno Murwani, PhD, Cytokine production by Schwann cells (co-supervisor)
1999 Xiao Yang, MMed, Neuropathy due to Simvastatin
2001 Jude Taylor, PhD, Cellular immune mechanisms in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy
Currently Enrolled

1. Susan Andrias-Kauba, PhD, Humoral mechanisms in IDN
2. Emily Mathey, PhD, In situ hybridisation detection of cytokines and adhesion molecule expression by biopsied nerve from CIDP patients
3. Weixing Yan, PhD, Antibody mediated demyelination in CIDP
4. Michael Barnett, PhD, The role of antimyelin antibody in acute MS
5. Penny Spring, PhD, Pathogenic mechanisms in sensory neuropathy

Invited Lectures

1. Pollard JD (2002) Optic Neuritis and Multiple Sclerosis. XXIXth International Congress of Ophthalmology, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia
2. Pollard JD (2001) Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. World Congress of Neurology, London
3. Pollard JD (2001) Acute paraplegia. World Congress of Neurology, London.
4. Pollard JD (2000) Immunotherapy for neuropathies. Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Association of Neurology, Melbourne
5. Pollard JD (1999) Inflammatory Neuropathies. Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Association of Neurologists, Hobart, May.
6. Pollard JD (1999) Immunomodulatory Agents in MS. Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Association of Neurologists, Hobart, May.
7. Pollard JD (1998) Immune mediated sensory neuropathies. World Conference of Neuromuscular Disease. Adelaide, October.
8. Pollard JD (1998) Multifocal Motor Neuropathy. World Conference of Neuromuscular Disease. Adelaide, October.
9. Pollard JD (1998) The role of nerve biopsy in the investigation of peripheral neuropathy. World Conference of Neuromuscular Disease. Adelaide, October.
10. Pollard JD (1998) The diagnosis and management of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Festschrift to honour Professor M Pollock, Queenstown, New Zealand, September.
11. Pollard JD (1998) The role of antibody in Inflammatory Demyelinating Neuropathy. Festschrift to honour Professor J N Davis, Oxford University, England, June.
12. Pollard JD (1997) Inflammatory Neuropathies. Festschrift to honour Professor M Eadie. Royal Brisbane Hospital, October.
13. Pollard JD (1997) Mechanisms and management of inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy - The Brain Lecture. Institute of Psychiatry, King's Hospital, London, July.
14. Pollard JD (1997) Diagnosis and management of inflammatory neuropathy. Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, July.
15. Pollard JD (1997) The role of antibody in inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central and peripheral nervous system. Guy's Hospital, London, July.
16. Pollard JD (1997) Autoimmune Neuropathies. Combined Annual Scientific Meeting of Australian and British Association of Neurologists. Sydney, May.
17. Pollard JD (1996) Indications for and interpretations of Nerve Biopsy, Australian Association of Neurology Annual Scientific Meeting, Broome, May.
18. Pollard JD (1996) Myasthenia Gravis - Recent Advances, Australian Association of Neurology Annual Scientific Meeting, Broome, May.
19. Pollard JD (1996) The role of intravenous immunoglobulin in neurological disease, Annual Scientific Meeting, Haematology Society of Australia and Australian Society of Blood Transfusion, Adelaide, 13-16 October.
20. Pollard JD (1995) Activated T cells of non neural specificity open the blood brain barrier, Progress in Multiple Sclerosis Research, International Scientific Meeting, Centenary Institute, Sydney, 12-15 November.
21. Pollard JD (1995) The mechanism of action of intravenous Immunoglobulin in demyelinating neuropathies. 10th International Congress of EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology. Kyoto Japan, 15-19 Oct.
22. Pollard JD (1995) Chronic autoimmune polyneuropathies. 6th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy. Sydney, 31 Oct.
23. Pollard JD (1994) Interferon beta in multiple sclerosis: An international controlled trial. Progress in Multiple Sclerosis Research. 10, Canberra.
24. Pollard JD (1994) The role of the blood nerve barrier in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy. VIII International Congress of Neuromuscular Diseases. Kyoto, May.
25. Pollard JD (1994) Immunologically mediated peripheral neuropathies. Diagnostic management of CIDP. International Symposium on Neuromuscular Diseases. Manila, June.
26. Pollard JD (1994) Diagnosis and management of CIDP. International Symposium on Neuromuscular Diseases. Manila, June.
27. Pollard JD (1993) Immunological mechanisms in diseases of peripheral nerve. XVth World Congress of Neurology. Vancouver, Canada. September.
28. Pollard JD (1993) Inflammatory neuropathies. Annual Scientific Meeting of Australian Neurologists. Cairns, May.
29. Pollard JD (1992) Recurrent and chronic forms of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. International Symposium on Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Würzburg, Germany. WHO & AIREN.
30. Pollard JD (1992) Diagnosis and management of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Scandinavian Congress of Neurology. Aarhus. July.
31. Pollard JD (1992) Pathogenesis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Neurological Meeting of Guys, Thomas and St. Mary's Hospitals, London. June.
32. Pollard JD (1992) Immunological mechanisms in diseases of peripheral nerve. University Hospital, Würzburg, Germany.
33. Pollard JD (1992) Mechanisms of demyelination in inflammatory neuropathy. The Italian Institute for Postgraduate Studies. Trieste. July.
34. Pollard JD (1992) The role of high dose immunoglobulin therapy in neurological disease. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Haematology Society of Australia. Canberra, September.
35. Pollard JD (1992) Synergy between humoral and cellular mechanisms at the Blood Nerve Barrier. International Symposium on Multiple Sclerosis. Walter and Eliza Hall, Melbourne, November.
36. Pollard JD (1991) Recent advances in CIDP. International symposium to honour Professor PK Thomas, London.
37. Pollard JD (1991) Inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy. Asian & Oceanic Congress of Neurology, Tokyo.
38. Pollard JD (1991) Workshop on Guillain-Barré Syndrome. National Institute of Health, Bethesda USA. Invited member
39. Pollard JD (1991) The role of intravenous immunoglobulin in neurological disease. Workshop on Immunoglobulin Therapy. National Blood Bank Service, Melbourne.
40. Pollard JD (1990). The effect of proteases and lipases in demyelination. International workshop on mechanisms of vascular and tissue damage in demyelinating disease. International Multiple Sclerosis Societies, Viterbo.
41. Pollard JD (1990) The management and prognosis of inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. International Congress and Scientific Meeting of the Chinese Medical Association, Taipei.
42. Pollard JD (1990) The immunopathogenesis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies. Australian Neuromuscular Association and Muscular Dystrophy Association, Melbourne.
43. Pollard JD (1989) The pathogenesis of chronic demyelinating polyneuropathy. Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Association of Neurologists, Perth.
44. Pollard JD (1989) The inhibition of interferon gamma suppresses experimental allergic neuritis. International Symposium on Multiple Sclerosis, Melbourne.
45. Pollard JD (1988) Nerve transplantation - a new era. International Symposium on Peripheral Nerve Disease, New Orleans.
46. Pollard JD (1988) The mechanism of rejection of peripheral nerve allografts. International Transplantation Congress, Sydney.
47. Pollard JD (1987) MHC expression on Schwann cells in inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy. International Symposium on Multiple Sclerosis, Sydney.
48. Pollard JD (1987) Nerve regeneration. Australian Neuroscience Association, Newcastle.
49. Pollard JD (1986) Myasthenia Gravis - mechanisms and management, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Brisbane.
50. Pollard JD (1986) i) Treatable neuropathies, ii) Weakness and fatigability. Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Hobart.
51. Pollard JD (1985) A critical review of therapies in acute and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. International Symposium on Peripheral Nerve Disease, Las Vegas.
52. Pollard JD (1985) Inflammatory neuropathies. XIII World Congress of Neurology, Hamburg.
53. Pollard JD (1985) Autoimmune neuropathies. XI International Congress on Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, London.
54. Pollard JD (1984) Plasma exchange in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. 1st International Meeting on Hemapheresis, Dijon, France.
55. Pollard JD (1983) Experience with the use of irradiated nerve grafts. International Symposium on Development of Tissue Banks, Bombay.
56. Pollard JD (1983) Plasmapheresis in the treatment of demyelinating neuropathies in man and animals. International Symposium on Peripheral Neuropathies, Nagoya.
57. Pollard JD (1981) Plasmapheresis in chronic relapsing polyneuropathy. XII World Congress of Neurology, Kyoto.
58. Pollard JD (1980) Current research in nerve transplantation. International Symposium on the Use of Irradiated Tissue Grafts, Athens.
59. Pollard JD (1980) Plasmapheresis in neurological disease. International Symposium on Plasmapheresis, Sydney.
60. Pollard JD (1979) Myasthenia gravis. Annual Scientific Meeting of Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Brisbane.
61. Pollard JD (1977) Allergic neuritis and HLA associations in acute and chronic demyelinating neuropathy. World Congress of Neurology, Amsterdam
62. Pollard JD (1976) The use of irradiated nerve transplants. International Symposium on the Use of Irradiated Tissue Grafts, Athens, WHO sponsored
63. Pollard JD (1974) Experimental relapsing demyelinating neuropathy. Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London Research Society