Dr. Pohl was born and raised near Osgood, Ohio, the son of Lavern and Rita Pohl. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Archeology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (elected to Phi Beta Kappa). He then entered Graduate School in Anthropology, specializing in Physical Anthropology and Genetics, at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

While on an archeological excavation in France during his studies, he met a Radiologist, Paul Woodrow, MD, who introduced him to the “living” side of human anatomy. Inspired, Dr. Pohl completed his Master’s Degree from UNC-CH. Subsequently, he returned to Miami University to fulfill the entrance requirements for medical school, after which he was an Instructor in Anthropology at the Western Ohio campus of Wright State University. He matriculated at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, obtaining his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1985. Next, he entered Residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Saint Louis University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri (serving as Chief Resident during his final year), and became Board Certified in Diagnostic Radiology in 1989.

Dr. Pohl entered practice with Central Radiology Group, Ltd., where he practiced until September 2003. At that time, he joined Radiologic Imaging Partners (currently a 16-member group, all of whom are MSMA members) providing radiology services to SSM Health throughout St. Charles County, Missouri.

Dr. Pohl has been a long-time member of both general and specialty-based organized medicine, having been a member of MSMA since 1985, and was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology in 2010. He has served many roles in organized medicine, including as President of multiple medical organizations: the Greater St. Louis Society of Radiologists (2006-2007), the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society (2013), and the Missouri Radiological Society (2018-2019). Additionally, he has been a Missouri Councilor to the American College of Radiology, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and has also been a member of the Washington University Medical Center Alumni Association Executive Council. His service to the MSMA includes roles as Councilor and Treasurer, and he has served on multiple committees at the hospital, local, and state levels.