Women's Health Consultants is a leading fertility, pregnancy management and urogynecology practice based in Chicago, Illinois.
Xavier Pombar, D.O.
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rush University Medical Center
Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program
Rush University Medical Center
Associate Attending Physician, Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Dr. Xavier Pombar is an Associate Attending in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Residency Program in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He received his medical degree from New York college of Osteopathic Medicine in 1986. He completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York in 1991. He served as a Clinical Director for Ob/Gyn at Union and Saint Barnabas Hospitals in the Bronx, New York. During this time he was also the Educational coordinator for Obstetrics Medical Students at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. In 1994 Dr. Pombar completed a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Pombar has also completed a year of research in Obstetrical Ultrasound at the University of Colorado in Denver. During this year his main focus was studying fetal brain development with ultrasound.
His current clinical interests include diabetes in pregnancy, Level II targeted ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis. Additional research interests include premature rupture of membranes, and the use of ultrasound during the first trimester and in labor. Dr. Pombar also is active in many professional organizations.
